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Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
This year's standout nonfiction books cover a wide range of topics, including codebreakers,, dinosaurs, pilots, and ordinary kids. We look at possible nonfiction 2025 Medal contenders, plus a quick look back at nonfiction Newbery's of the past.
New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
Several excellent 2024 children's books look at World War II in creative ways. We look at four titles, two fiction and two nonfiction, and consider their Newbery potential.
Wednesday Roundups are Back… plan accordingly
Want to plan your reading schedule? Here's our plan for what genres we are planning on featuring on Wednesdays this Fall. And a survey about your favorite Newbery winners in select genres.
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Mock Newbery Numbers: What Are We Missing (so far)?
We have 82 books on our Mock Newbery list so far...but what are we missing? Lists and pie charts help us try to identify the genres, categories, and age levels that seem to be garnering the most...and the least attention among Heavy Medal readers so far.
Let’s Talk Books: Think about early favorites and take our “Beginning of the Year Check-In” Survey
It's time to talk about early favorites on Heavy Medal and gauge our readers (that's you!)- please take our Beginning of the Year Check-In Survey by Weds. Sept. 11.
Welcome to Heavy Medal
It's time for Year 17 of the Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Blog! We're looking forward to another season of discussing the best children's books of the year. Here's a look at what we have planned for the next few months on Heavy Medal.
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September Suggestion Totals: 83 Total Contenders
We have finished up our final round of suggestions for Heavy Medal 2025 Mock Newbery. The real committee keeps suggesting all year, but here we focus on nominations instead. We have 337 suggestions for a total of 83 titles with FERRIS by Kate DiCamillo still leading the way followed closely by THE TENTH MISTAKE OF […]
September Suggestions: The Final Round
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, so those late publication books won’t be left out. Our official Heavy Medal […]
August Suggestion Totals:
In our second-to-last suggestion pool, we received 65 suggestions for a total of 62 books with 13 new titles.
Our Mid-Year Mock-Newbery Book List: 49 Possible Contenders
Our updated Mock Newbery list includes 49 titles, all published in the first half of 2024. These books have been put forward by Heavy Medal readers as possible contenders for the 2025 Newbery Medal.
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