Predicting the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz and Sibert

Posted on 5 January 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor



With the announcement of the American Library Association’s children’s and teen book awards coming up soon (on January 18), it’s prediction season in the  children’s book world. English teacher and children’s book reviewer extraordinaire Dean Schneider, a member of the 2008 Newbery Committee, shares some of his predictions, a number of which he reviewed for BookPage:

Newbery Medal: When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead)

Newbery Honors: Marching For Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don’t You Grow Weary (Elizabeth Partridge); Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Philip M. Hoose); The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Jacqueline Kelly)

Caldecott Medal: The Lion & The Mouse (Jerry Pinkney)

Caldecott Honors: All the World (Elizabeth Garton Scanlon)

Printz Medal: Marcelo in the Real World (Francisco X. Stork)

Printz Honors: Lips Touch by Laini Taylor; Fire (Kristin Cashore)

Sibert Medal: Charles & Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Deborah Heiligman)

Sibert Honors: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Philip M. Hoose); Marching For Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don’t You Grow Weary (Elizabeth Partridge); Truce (Jim Murphy); A Savage Thunder: Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom (Jim Murphy)

Do you have any other predictions? Also, be sure to bookmark the Children’s Page on BookPage.com. In the bottom left corner, we highlight award winners from the past. This week we’re featuring 2006 Caldecott Honor Book Rosa, by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier.

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Eliza loves teen novels by Madeleine L'Engle, anything by Julia Glass and vintage Nancy Drew postcards. Her favorite hobby is reading.
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0 Responses to Predicting the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz and Sibert

  1. Kim Lingbeck says:
    5 January 2010 at 10:52 am

    Another book that has captured the attention of many reviewers is called, “The House,” by J. Patrick Lewis and Roberto Innocenti.

  2. Lynn says:
    5 January 2010 at 12:00 pm

    The House is a beautiful book, but ineligible for the Caldecott, which is given to the illustrator of a picture book and restricted to “citizens and residents” of the United States. Illustrator Roberto Innocenti is Italian.

  3. Caleb says:
    15 January 2010 at 8:23 am

    A beautiful book, The Porch Dream by Tiffany Ann Laufer is worthy of a look. Published later in the year it’s wonderful.

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  6. Carlos Drinski says:
    23 February 2010 at 9:13 pm

    Great article, thanks!