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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Newbery Wayback Machine: The Trumpeter of Krakow (1929)

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Recently, we opened a Little Free Library in the bus station with which we share a building. As I was helping to stock it, I saw a copy o...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

2017 Contenders Round-Up

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I did read a few books that could be considered as in the running for this year's Newbery. I haven't read nearly widely enough to kn...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Newbery Wayback Machine: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg (1968)

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Happy new year loyal Mockers! In 2017 we will continue to focus on past Newbery winners. We will occasionally blog about current contender...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Newbery Wayback Machine: Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Peña (2016)

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I don't think anyone saw Last Stop on Market Street as the leading Newbery contender for 2016. If you, like me, think of A Visit to W...
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Monday, November 7, 2016

Newbery Wayback Machine: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman (2009)

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Plenty of Newbery-winning authors have had thriving careers outside the confines of children's literature. Will James and Walter Edmonds...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Newbery Wayback Machine: Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George

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Wow. This book surprised me. I expected to enjoy it. I expected that the research about the natural world would be very good, and the resear...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Newbery Wayback Machine: Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant (1993)

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Several years ago, when I did my look back at the 2011 Newbery winner, Moon Over Manifest , I introduced my discussion of it by talking ab...
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