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Newbery / Caldecott Predictions

January 13, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Newbery/Caldecott 2026: Final Prediction Edition

Am I right? Does it matter? Let's have some fun blindly throwing darts at a wall.

September 17, 2025 by Betsy Bird

2026 Newbery/Caldecott Fall Prediction Edition

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

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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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2026 Newbery/Caldecott Summer Prediction Edition

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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.

Newbery/Caldecott 2026: Spring Prediction Edition

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!

Newbery/Caldecott 2025: Final Prediction Edition

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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MORE 2025 ALA YMA Predictions! American Indian Youth, Asian/Pacific American Awards, and Schneider Family

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.

Newbery/Caldecott 2025: Fall Prediction Edition

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.

Newbery/Caldecott 2025: Summer Prediction Edition

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.

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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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