Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog

February 26, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (7)

I am sorry to report that this will be our last post here for awhile.
Thank you so much to everyone who has read and commented and made this
blog such a great success.  We have had a lot of fun with it, and have
enjoyed all the great conversation.

We'll be back in the fall, as it gets closer to next year's Newbery,
and we look forward to being back in touch then.  In the meantime,
please comment on this post with any titles you think we should be
looking at for next year's Mock Newbery and we'll check back every so
often.

And if you're looking for other reading to do while you wait for fall,
here are some great blogs that we like to follow for child lit news,
information, and trends.  Please visit them!

Educating Alice
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Industries: Awards, Books, Interviews, K-8, Preschool to Grade 4

February 17, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

American Libraries has given us a great little peek inside one of the most fun (I imagine) parts of being a member of a book selection committee; the calls to the winning authors!

Check it out here!

And only slightly off topic - but what did we all think of Coraline?  I saw it over the weekend in 3D and it was perfect!  Just beautiful and magical and creeeeepy.    
Industries: Awards, Books, Interviews, K-8, Preschool to Grade 4

February 3, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

Neil Gaiman pointed out, via a tweet, this comment on a New York Times blog post announcing the winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and others.

This book opens with a killer going from room-to-room, knifing a family — mother & father and a child — one-by-one while they sleep, but accidentally leaving a toddler to survive.

This book is monstrous. Those who voted it the Newberry Winner are incomprehensible or worse. Let’s just hope it’s not made into a movie to terrify a wider audience.

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January 27, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Sorry I am a day behind adding photos.  My usb cable was buried under a pile of ARCs, dirty clothes, and papers from meetings.  But now that I'm all packed up and ready to go it has been uncovered and I was able to upload all my pictures.

So, here's a morning in the life of a librarian attending the Youth Media Awards Press Conference.


Waiting for the room to open.



Nina and I are prepared to blog amidst the crowds.



A blurry shot of the winner being annou...Read More
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January 26, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

Neil Gaiman has already posted on his blog about the phone call he received this morning giving him the big news!  Read it here.
Industries: Awards, Books, Interviews, K-8, Preschool to Grade 4