The “Other” Winners: The Excitement of Mock Newberys

Authors

  • Steven Engelfried

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.20.1.30

Abstract

As we look back on one hundred years of the Newbery Medal, it’s fun to revisit the winning titles from past years. Remember when Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper won the 2011 award? And wasn’t it great when Jonathan Auxier’s Sweep was announced as the 2019 Medal winner?

Author Biography

Steven Engelfried

Steven Engelfried is the Library Services Manager at the Wilsonville (OR) Public Library. He has served on two “real” Newbery Committees (2010 and 2013) and has taken part in too many “mock” awards elections to count. Steven blogs about the Newbery Medal on School Library Journal’s “Heavy Medal” site. He also edited the Newbery and Caldecott Mock Elections Tool Kit, published by ALSC in 2011.

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Published

2022-03-22

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2022): Spring

Section

Features

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