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Volunteer for the 2026 Heavy Medal Award Committee
Are you a serious children's book reader who loves to discuss the best of the best? Now's your chance to volunteer for the Heavy Medal Award Committee. Participants will take part in in-depth book discussion and a live webcast leading to the selection of our Mock Newbery winner. Apply online by December 12th.
Notable Nonfiction and Newbery 2026
Is this the year a nonfiction title will win the Newbery? We have a variety of strong contenders spanning a vast array of topics from volcanoes, to disabilities, to cults and life origins.
The Newbery Medal: the most DISTINGUISHED contribution to American Literature
A huge piece of the Newbery medal is that titles are a distinguished contribution to American literature. What does that mean and what 2026 potentials hit the mark? Let's take a look.
Weird, sad, and a sleeper title? Friendship, bullying and brains complete this title
Today’s guest blogger is Lisa Menasha, introducing WEIRD, SAD, AND SILENT by Alison McGhee.
RETURN TO SENDER: complex themes, important messages and entertaining
Today’s guest blogger is Helen Baldwin, introducing RETURN TO SENDER by Vera Brosgol.
Now there are 59: November Mock Newbery 2026 nomination results
The quest to find the 2026 Heavy Medal Mock Newbery winner continues as the second round of nominations closed last Saturday. Twenty-one new titles were nominated for a total of 59 Mock Newbery potentials.
Friendship, fruit and freedom: THE PEACH THIEF by Linda Joan Smith
In today's guest post, we feature a historical fiction title THE PEACH THIEF by Linda Joan Smith.
A Mock Newbery 2026 Comparison: Stacking Up the Titles
As we get later into the calendar year, I always start getting paranoid about missing titles and not reading everything. What’s nice on the “real committee” AND on Heavy Medal is that you are not reading just by yourself and have other people making suggestions and nominations. However, despite a robust and active Heavy Medal […]
Pick two: November Mock Newbery 2026 Nominations
Today our second nomination period opens. You have until Saturday Nov. 8 to pick two more precious nominations for Mock Newbery 2026.
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