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Well, today is the Oakland Mock Newbery, and as I’m looking over my notes I’m thinking a lot about all of the books I’ve read this year, and particularly about the books on our shortlist. It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about Pax, Wolf Hollow or When the Sea Turned Silver – not since before we settled […]
So, we’ve nominated our books and we’ve discussed them and discussed them and discussed them. Now, it’s time to vote! But how does that voting work? And how does the Committee decide what books are honor books? Let’s start with our Newbery winner. In order to be selected as the Newbery winner, a book must […]
We finished off with nominations over in Part 1 of this series, and now we find ourselves at Part 2, the discussion. This is the biggest piece of the puzzle of how a book wins. Hours and hours (and hours and hours) of discussion. All day and into the night for two days, until a […]
I’m going to end this year with a post that gets a little bit into process. I know this will be review for a lot of you, but it’s nice to talk about and a reminder is always good! So, how does a winner get picked? And what about honor books? What has the committee […]
JUANA & LUCAS is pure delight. I’m really excited to be able to discuss a heavily illustrated early chapter book that has lovely art, but certainly also has text worth consideration. We didn’t find a graphic novel this year that we felt belonged on our shortlist, so for me this is the closest we get […]
Hi everyone! I’m excited to announce that we have a date, time and location for the Oakland in-person Mock Newbery. It will be on Sunday, January 15th at the Rockridge Branch of the Oakland Public Library. We’ll meet from 12:30 until 5pm with discussion starting promptly at 1pm. An Evite has been sent to past […]
HOUR OF THE BEES has been mentioned a couple of times in our comments section, but hasn’t gotten as much love as maybe it should. It is definitely a book that has stuck with me over the months and one I think is worthy of a bit of discussion. I really enjoyed the story within […]
We are heading towards picking our final list and I’m feeling the pressure. There are just so many amazing books, and so little time! So for today, THE BEST MAN. It came up in a couple of people’s lists, and I think it has a deserved place in our conversation. Richard Peck is pretty much the […]
This blog may be as divided as our nation is when it comes to this book, but I gave MS. BIXBY’S LAST DAY a read and it just doesn’t rise to the top for me. Don’t get me wrong, I like this book very much, but it doesn’t scream Newbery to me. It is […]
First, a confession. I haven’t read the previous Grace Lin books in this series! Unforgivable, maybe, but I think that makes it easier for me to try to read and evaluate her new novel without letting my feelings about her other work get in the way. I don’t have to worry about it standing alone, about […]
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