2024 Newbery Buzz #1: A First Time for All the things by Dan Santat

A First Time For All the things has already received the Nationwide E-book Award for Younger Folks’s Literature. May it additionally win the Newbery? We’re kicking off our long-running Newbery Buzz Dialogue collection this yr with a e-book that’s already received the Nationwide E-book Award: A First Time for All the things by Dan Santat. […]



Newbery Roundup 1: Jawbreaker, When Sea Turns into Sky, Duel

Two weeks from now (January 22), the American Library Affiliation will announce their Youth Media Award winners, together with the Newbery and Caldecott. We’ve saved an eye fixed on books that is likely to be doable contenders, although it’s not unusual when a title pops up on the winner’s checklist that completely escaped our radar. […]


Newbery Roundup 2: Mexikid, The Swifts, and Shira and Esther’s Double-Dream Debut

That is second of our roundup collection of attainable Newbery contenders for 2024. See the primary roundup right here. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin. Dial, 2023, 320 pages. Studying Stage: Center Grades, ages 8-10 Really helpful for: ages 8-15 Pedro Martin (pronounced Mar-TEEN, in fact) is #7 of 9 kids.. The oldest 5 […]


Newbery Roundup #2: Plain Jane, Flawed Method House, and The First State of Being

Our second roundup of Newbery-buzzing books features a graphic-novel fairy story, an escape narrative, and a time-travel journey. Plain Jane and the Mermaid mixes fairy-tale components with graphic-novel fashion. Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Ver Brosgol. First Second, 2024, 352 pages Studying Degree: Center Grades, ages 10-12 Advisable for: ages 8-15 Jane is not […]