A Spring 2022 Newbery/Caldecott Check In
From time to time, do I indulge in a little Newbery and Caldecott conjecture? I do.
My favorite conjecturing methods include . . .
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Aaand the method I bring you today: checking out the Mock Newbery and Mock Caldecott lists on Goodreads.
Are these lists (which can be voted on by any Goodreads user) in any way official or, for that matter, accurate? Official, not one bit. Accurate? Sometimes.
More than anything, I see these lists as books to investigate further, and what’s the harm in that?
I will share the top five Mock Caldecott and Mock Newbery here, and you can click on the lists to see more.
First up, 2022 Mock Newbery:
Next up, 2022 Mock Caldecott:
What books do you have your eye on this year?
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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