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If you work at a public library, a school library, or in the classroom, and have been hosting some form of Mock Battle of the Kids’ Books in your institution, or some other setting (home schooling, clubs, etc) we’d love to hear from you! If you and your friends have been discussing or trying to figure out […]
Judge Erin Kelly Entrada says she won't go into the whole "OMG-these-books-couldn’t-be-more-different-and-it’s-like-apples-and-oranges spiel" and that at least both of these titles are YA novels. But, we agree that they are indeed incredibly different and a tough pair to compare and choose from! What will the outcome be?
Judge Melanie Crowder must choose a winner between two beloved middle grade novels: both featuring well realized characters but very distinct and different in their tones. Which will she favor: the boisterous or the quiet?
Judge Maris Wicks confessed that she has not done a "book report" in decades but "when you don’t have school or homework or assignments for so long, they seem… sort of appealing."
Read Judge Michael Buckley's "challenging" decision between two books about WAR -- physical and psychological!
Worried about your favorite contender’s chances in the Battle? Here’s what you can do to help. [FS_UndeadPoll2016] The previously-eliminated contender that receives the most votes will be dug out of the grave to join the two other finalists for the closing round judged by the Honorable Ann M. Martin. So vote for your favorite and by all […]
With the judges all announced it is time to let you know just what they are judging. So here you are. Now, what do you think? How do YOUR brackets look? Round One M1 Judge: Michael Buckley The Boys Who Challenged Hitler vs Challenger Deep M2 Judge: Maris Wicks Drowned City vs Echo M3 Judge: Melanie Crowder Gone […]
Ann M. Martin is the author of the New York Times bestseller Rain Reign, Everything for a Dog, and other titles. She won a Newbery Honor for A Corner of the Universe, and is the author of the beloved Baby-sitters Club series. She lives in upstate New York. Ann’s next project with Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan […]
Maris Wicks is the author behind Human Body Theater, as well as the illustrator of New York Times bestselling Primates, with Jim Ottaviani. Wicks has also created comics for Spongebob Comics, DC, and Marvel. When she’s not making comics, Wicks works as a program educator at the New England Aquarium. She is quite fond of […]
And here we are with this year’s brackets. (We will let you know about the judges’ assignments once we’ve revealed them all –on 2/24.) Being traditionalists, we stayed with our mostly-usual alphabetical order by title. So, what do you all think? Which eight will advance to Round 2? For those of you who registered for the previous […]
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