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Tag: 2024 Newbery

September 20, 2023 by Steven Engelfried

Nonfiction Round-Up: A look at Mock Newbery possibilities, from plastic straws to World War II

It's a Wednesday Roundup of some of the top nonfiction contenders for the 2024 Newbery Medal, with topics ranging from microbes and molecules to orcas and the Internet.

September 19, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Coming Soon (Tomorrow) Wednesday Roundups

Starting Wednesday Sept. 20th, we will focus on certain types of books on Wednesdays. View the schedule in this post.

September 18, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

First Impressions aren’t always right: or are they? Beginning of the year 2024 Mock Newbery Survey Results

Thank you to the 34 people who answered our Beginning of the Year Survey! It was very interesting to see people’s thoughts as we entered the year. These survey results will also guide Steven and I’s postings as we discuss throughout the year. You can view the pie chart results below (I love my pie […]

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It’s Top Two Time!: Share a pair of books you think have the best chance to win a Newbery so far

September 15, 2023 by Steven Engelfried

The Newbery Medal announcement is still four months away, but it's never too early to start speculating. In today's "Friday Feedback" exercise, we're asking readers to name your current top two Newbery contenders as of mid-September.

How are we doing? Heavy Medal 2024 By the Numbers

September 13, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Today we look at the 2024 suggestions by the numbers breaking down into ages, genres and categories.

Let’s Get This Party Started: Think about early favorites and take our “Beginning of the Year Check-In” Survey

September 11, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

To start off our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery season, Steven and I wrote back and forth about the books we’ve read and the books we’re looking forward to reading. Please join us with your own thoughts in the comment section below, and also be sure to take our Beginning of the Year Check-In survey as well, where you can vote for your own early favorites by genre.

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Meet the Heavy Medal Bloggers

September 8, 2023 by Steven Engelfried

Meet the Heavy Medal bloggers, Emily and Steven. Learn about their favorite books and find out what they did last summer. And you're invited to share a bit about yourself too, as we get ready for our Mock Newbery discussions to kick off next week!

Welcome to Heavy Medal, 2024 Edition

September 6, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

After compiling suggestions for the past six months, now is the time to finally start year 16 of Mock Newbery Discussions. Here’s a rough summary of what’s in store on this blog for the next five months.

Who Will Win? 86 Mock Newbery 2024 Suggestions

September 4, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

We officially concluded our suggestion period on Heavy Medal. Over the past seven months readers suggested 86 2024 Newbery eligible titles. This suggestion list will guide our blog posts and discussions through the rest of the year. Starting in October, readers can nominate books that they strongly believe are Newbery contenders (more on that Wednesday). […]

Suggest now or forever hold your peace: Heavy Medal 2024 Mock Newbery

August 28, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

And here goes another summer and our final suggestion piece for Heavy Medal! It’s your last time to suggest books to consider for our 2024 Mock Newbery, but don’t worry we will still be able to nominate books later in the year! Our official Heavy Medal season starts after Labor Day and Steven and I […]

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