Mock Newbery 2027 discussion

It's always fun to see which books won. Here is a listing of some of the other awards or notable books:

Michael L. Printz Award- (for Young Adult Books)

Honors:
Eleanor & Park
The Kingdom of Little Wounds
Maggot Moon
Navigating Early

Award:
Midwinterblood

Odyssey Award- (for Audiobooks)

Honors:
Eleanor & Park
Better Nate Than Ever

Award:
Scowler

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

Finalists:
Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
"The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Award:
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi

Caldecott- (for picture books)

Honors:
Journey
Flora and the Flamingo
Mr. Wuffles!

Award:
Locomotive

Schneider award-
For Children:
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
For Middle School:
Handbook for Dragon Slayers
For Teens:
Rose Under Fire

Geisel Award (for young readers)

Honors:
Penny and Her Marble
A Big Guy Took My Ball!
Ball

Award:
The Watermelon Seed


And the Corretta Scott King Award:
P.S. Be Eleven



And so many more...

We have mentioned a few of these. Did any of the other awards please or disappoint you?

I love Ball by Mary Sullivan but I'm a little confused why it received an honor for the Geisel because there is only one word used: ball.

thanks for putting this list together Kristen!

Happy to see "The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy get some recognition. This list does give me more to put in my TBR pile!

I was excited to see the CSK illustrator award go to Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me - it sounds cliched, but it's such a powerful book.

I thought all the Caldecott honorees were solid - another good year! There were so many fantastic options to choose from.

I also like the Geisel line-up - there was a Mock Geisel that some of my coworkers went to, and they read all of the honorees except Ball, so I'm sure the folks who picked the list will be pleased with the winners!

I'm heartbroken that Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown was not on the Caldecott list. I bought Locomotive for my nephew and Flora and the Flamingo for my niece for Christmas so I have bragging rights regarding those choices.

So glad Navigating Early got a Printz honor; I loved that book.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Eleanor & Park. I urge you all to read it if you haven't.

I checked out Midwinterblood on Saturday from the public library. It is on the SLJ Battle of the Books list. Good thing, as I'm sure there will be lots of requests.

Yes, there was a fair amount of overlap with winners and SLJ Battle if the Books selections. I highly recommend going over to SLJ and participating there - it's a lot of fun and it fills up the gap of time before mock clubs gear back up in march and April.