Comments on: A Fuse #8 Prediction: Newbery/Caldecott 2011 Halfway Mark

By: Meeting Newbery Award Winners Spinelli and Vanderpool

Meeting Newbery Award Winners Spinelli and Vanderpool — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:56:43 +0000

[...] took the children’s book community by surprise. It was a dark horse wins … even A Fuse #8 Production didn’t have it on her radar and she’s my go to [...]

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:48:17 +0000

sigh

I’ve been a little silent on that one, eh? Well . . . I’m not a fan. Hate to say it since I’m a big time Mo Willems advocate, but this book just isn’t doing it for me. I don’t much care for the writing and pictures are fine, but Muth has done better. I dunno. It has the pedigree, but not the chops.

By: Tina Zubak

Tina Zubak — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:59:02 +0000

What about City Dog, Country Frog?

By: Molly Guerrero

Molly Guerrero — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:07:54 +0000

How about some great new multicultural books? Red Umbrella is awesome, so is Leaving Gees Bend and Shooting Kabul.

By: laurie

laurie — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:18:53 +0000

take a look at “dark emperor” by joyce Sidman and rick Allen. if that doesn’t win the caledecott, i’ll eat my hat.

By: Mock Newbery 2011 « Dog Ear

Mock Newbery 2011 « Dog Ear — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:02:42 +0000

[...] mock lists at: Fuse #8, SJCPL, ACPL Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)ACPL Mock NewberryBookmother [...]

By: Alyson Whatcott

Alyson Whatcott — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:03:29 +0000

Thanks for this great list! I am a 6th grade teacher and we are going to launch our first Mock Newbery this year. You’ve given me some great titles to put in our Newbery 2011 corner. I’ll keep watching this fall!

By: Jessica @vegbooks

Jessica @vegbooks — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:00:21 +0000

Here Comes the Garbage Barge also got a top review on Vegbooks — we love the eco-theme. Here’s hoping it wins the Caldecott!

By: Reshuffling the Leaning Tower of Shelves | Reading Countess

Reshuffling the Leaning Tower of Shelves | Reading Countess — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:10:58 +0000

[...] It seems I have to reshuffle my books and put some on the IMMEDIATE to-be-read pile. On Fuse #8, Betsy Bird posted her mid-year predictions for the Newberry Award in June, and I have YET to get to any of her frontrunners. With just seven [...]

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:43:29 +0000

Aw, thanks! Chalk would be one heckuva interesting winner if it got that far. When I read it it felt a little like David Wiesner lite, but that's not a bad thing. However, there IS a Fall 2011 new David Wiesner picture book coming out, and I suspect it'll smash the competition into the ground quite thoroughly. Just finished Turtle in Paradise myself, which I adored. I don't know that it'll win a Newbery if only because the ending wraps up at a rapid fire pace that can make your head spin. Still, I love it so. In terms of Fall 2011 fiction releases, I hear good things about Selling Hope by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb and What Happened on Fox Street by Tricia Springstubb, though I've not read either book myself yet. We shall see if they live up to the hype.