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September 22, 2023 by Travis Jonker

‘What’s Your Favorite Season? Awards.’ Heavy Medal and Calling Caldecott Are Back!

September 22, 2023 by Travis Jonker   3 comments

Today is the first official day of fall, the year is over 72% complete, and my thoughts are slowly turning to book awards. The National Book Award has already named their long lists. Calling Caldecott is back. So is Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog. Keep checking in, as they’ll be discussing some of the best books of 2023 over the next few weeks.

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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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  1. Team CYBILS Awards says

    September 22, 2023 at 6:49 am

    Psst … don’t forget us! In just 8 short days we’ll be asking readers for the cant-stop-talking-about reads of 2023 that they think are CYBILS Awards-worthy.

  2. Jacqui Cebrian says

    September 27, 2023 at 12:48 am

    Any thoughts on some Mock Geisel ideas? I’m looking to adapt to a grade level change for someone who had done Mock Caldecott and now has TK. Those lists are not as easy to come by.

    Thanks,

    Jacqui

    • Travis Jonker says

      September 27, 2023 at 9:55 am

      Hi Jacqui! I made a post about 2023 books from past Geisel winners here: https://100scopenotes.com/2023/03/14/2023-books-from-geisel-winners/ That might be a good place to start.

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