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And now there are 38: May Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Suggestions
This month's Heavy Medal Mock Newbery suggestion round up brought a plethora (5) more suggestions for our now strong frontrunner SIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin Bow, along with 14 new suggestions and love for early May publications THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY by Kate DiCamillo and A WORK IN PROGRESS by Jarrett Lerner.
May there be MAY Heavy Medal Suggestions
Please suggest up to five contenders for the 2024 Newbery Medal by Saturday May 6th.
March suggestions: early Mock Newbery possibilities
Sixteen titles have been suggested as Mock Newbery 2024 contenders. Keep reading and we'll open suggestions again in April.
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March Forward: Heavy Medal 2024 Mock Newbery Suggestions
We're 10 months away from the 2024 Newbery Medal announcement, but it's never too soon to start reading. If you've read any early 2023 publications that might have a chance at the Medal, add your suggestions to our monthly list between now and March 13th.
FREEWATER wins the Newbery Medal, live reactions from Heavy Medal bloggers
The 2023 Youth Media Award announcements took place at 8 a.m. CST Monday morning in New Orleans during LibLearnX. Emily and Steven watched the live webcast and live blogged their reactions, take a look here:
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Webcast Results
About 300 people attended the webcast where the 16 Heavy Medal Award Committee members discussed the final five titles and voted on a Mock Newbery winner.
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Who Will Win? 2023 Newbery Predictions
s we narrow down our Heavy Medal Mock list and prepare for our Zoom conversation, the 2023 Newbery committee is also rereading titles before their big discussions. Steven and Emily touched base to determine their predictions and would love to hear yours.
Heavy Medal 2023 Mock Newbery: FINAL FIVE CONTENDERS
It took more than one vote, but the Heavy Medal Award Committee made it to a final five list. They are all middle grade, which is definitely a common Newbery occurrence (although less in years past). We will discuss the final five titles in our live Zoom session this Friday January 27th at 1:00 p.m. […]
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT By Jason Reynolds
Not only is there a one-sentence Newbery potential for 2023, but a three-sentence one two. A double Jason heavily illustrated tag-team effort, AIN'T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT, is definitely a unique Newbery contender.
Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: VIOLET AND JOBIE IN THE WILD by Lynn Rae Perkins
Previous Newbery winner Lynne Rae Perkins is back with an animal adventure story about VIOLET AND JOBIE IN THE WILD.
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