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January 15, 2024 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

THE FINAL FIVE: Heavy Medal Mock Newbery 2024 Contenders

Take a look at the five titles the HMAC committee selected to discuss and vote on during Friday January 19th's Zoom webcast.

December 27, 2023 by Steven Engelfried

Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by Dan Santat

Author/Illustrator Dan Santat has already won a Caldecott Medal. Will his graphic novel A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING earn him Newbery recognition this year? It's now up for discussion as part of our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery.

December 12, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

2024 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Book List

We now have a Heavy Medal Book List with 16 titles that will be discussed depth by the heavy Medal committee and then narrowed down to four for our final discussions.

Graphic Novels Take Two: Is This is the Year?

November 20, 2023 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

I know we already had a graphic novel round-up a in September, but I think in a year of so many strong titles- it deserves a revisit. We haven’t had a graphic novel win a medal or honor since 2019, so maybe now is the time. I’ll revisit my top three here along with their […]