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The 2020 Heavy Medal Mock-Newbery book discussion starts tomorrow. Here are the guidelines that the Heavy Medal Awards Committee will be following.
The 15 members of the Heavy Medal Committee are ready to begin discussing some of the year's best children's books. The HM Mock Newbery discussion starts January 2nd. Meet the 15 participants in this post:
Discussion of 15 of the best children's books of 2019 begins on Heavy Medal in January. We're inviting volunteers to serve on the HM Mock Newbery Committee. Participants will read the 15 books on our list, discuss them online in January, and vote for the Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Winner.
The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things:Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings —And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.’ The Walrus and the Carpenter – BY LEWIS CARROLL Yes, the time has come to announce the final list. The votes […]
What are the front runners of this year's Heavy Medal (Mock Newbery) Award titles? You have a chance to decide on the final two titles!
THIS IS PROMISE OF CHANGE was an early 2019 publication with many nominations, but we haven’t discussed it much on Heavy Medal (it was part of Roxanne’s post on poetry). We interviewed the authors to learn more about how the book happened: Heavy Medal: Debbie, why did you decide to write about Jo Ann’s memoir in […]
The list of nonfiction Newbery contenders seems to be growing. Deborah Heiligman's TORPEDOED is a recent standout, but it's not the only one.
This action-packed adventure graphic novel is book 9 in the series. It revolves around adventurer John Wesley Powell, who would come to be known as one of the most heroic adventurers in American History. As a young man, he wandered all over the United States exploring. In 1869 he organized the Colorado River Exploring Expedition, […]
Reviewers have called Planet Earth Is Blue poignant, intricate, masterful, authentic, and exceptional -- does it have a shot at the 2020 Newbery?
Have we found the most distinguished book for children this year? Presenting "Infinite Hope" by Ashley Bryan.
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