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The days grow short and there are still many contenders out there! Here’s a mash-up on a couple of worthy titles we haven’t talked about yet. Tanya Lee Stone’s COURAGE HAS NO COLOR is a finalist for the YALSA Nonfiction Award, is on the discussion list for the ALSC Notable Children’s books, and was on […]
And…we have totally different results than Jonathan’s group. After 3 ballots: Mock Newbery Medal THE THING ABOUT LUCK Mock Newbery Honors We ran out of time to finish this, but were likely headed to a final Honors ballot. Definitely on it would have been CLEMENTINE AND THE SPRING TRIP, which was tied neck and neck […]
As Jonathan and I head into our Mock Discussion weekend, you can expect to hear our discussion results soon, and we’ll invite others to post their results and thoughts as well (Sam already shared some here, for instance). The actual award announcements are on Monday January 27, in Philadelphia. Between our Mock results and the […]
I’m enjoying the back and forth at Jonathan’s TRUE BLUE SCOUTS post and don’t really want to slow it down, but thought to offer this conversation on the side. In the comments, there seem to be two different assessments of Appelt’s writing style/p.o.v. choice going on. One is: Is it appropriate for readers? The other […]
You’ve probably all caught the news by now, that Kate DiCamillo has been named the next Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. She is the fourth such Ambassador to be named for a two-year term, following Jon Scieszka, Katherine Paterson, and Walter Dean Myers. I was struck by something she said that was quoted in the New […]
Hoping you all had some peaceful time off this week. Did you do any reading? Read something new, or something you read before? I always have that tug-of-war over the holidays… I want the excitement of a new read, but I don’t want to risk a bad one. So I often end up turning to […]
Those of you who’ve followed us for a while may anticipate, as I do, commenter Jen J piping in to point us to her spreadsheet where she tracks starred reviews and best books. Many of us watch this data in some form or another…Jonathan has always been good at summarizing starred reviews in posts. […]
We’ve all had plenty to say about THE THING ABOUT LUCK from out of the gate this season, from Jonathan’s first post, all the way through the NBA announcements and our nominations. We’ve talked about the strength of the characters, setting, and prose; how these all support a theme that hangs on a light plot, […]
Jonathan goaded me in the last paragraph of his P.S. Be Eleven post: “it has the kind of broad support necessary to go far, but I’m not sure that it’s anything more than . . . wait for it, Nina . . . an Honor book.” He knows I bristle when anyone categorizes a contender […]
Jonathan made a statement by giving this his first October nomination. When we pick a nonfiction title for our shortlist (cause we always do), it’s easier to tend to the longer, historical narrative nonfiction offerings, which read more like novels and so seem easier to compare with other contenders. And we had several of that sort […]
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