January 13, 2026 by Betsy Bird
Am I right? Does it matter? Let's have some fun blindly throwing darts at a wall.
September 17, 2025 by Betsy Bird
Our penultimate prediction post before final considerations. Here are the titles I think have the best show at the two major literary awards. Do you agree? Disagree? Find out!
September 10, 2025 by Betsy Bird
Is it too early to start calling Caldecott 2027 contenders? That's not an idle question since today we're talking to Steven Weinberg about a book that, honestly? You're going to need to see this thing.
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June 17, 2025 by Betsy Bird
Prediction posts, while rarely accurate, often just give a sense of what's particularly good in publishing these days. Today's post is no exception.
March 11, 2025 by Betsy Bird
It's heeeeere! Everyone's favorite oh-dear-god-why-are-you-talking-about-2026-when-we're-barely-surviving-2025 post!
January 17, 2025 by Betsy Bird
I'm not talking about what I want to win, necessarily, but what I think WILL win. So buckle up and enjoy this crazy ride . . .
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November 26, 2024 by Betsy Bird
I just can't keep myself from making more predictions on what might win the upcoming ALA Youth Media Awards. I already did my Fall Prediction list of Newbery and Caldecott titles. But lest we forget, those are hardly all the awards out there.
October 29, 2024 by Betsy Bird
By now a lot of us have seen some of the excellent contenders for the Newbery/Caldecott. Here's the fall prediction list in all its prediction-y glory.
June 18, 2024 by Betsy Bird
We're back to make some mid-year predictions for the future and along the way we're making some Coretta Scott King and Batchelder Award thoughts as well.
March 13, 2024 by Betsy Bird
This marks my 15th spring prediction edition of the Newberys and Caldecotts, and by gum we're going to kick this year off right!
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