Newbery Books discussion

Does anyone know when they'll announce the 2010 winners? I've searched a little bit online but haven't found anything...just Newbery predictions.

Looks like the evening of Jan. 18: http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress...

I'm so excited!

Thanks for the link! I'm excited to see what won!

This year's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement will take place from the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Jan. 18, at 7:45 a.m. (that is Eastern time .. adjust for your time zone!)

Visit the Youth Media Awards Announcement page (http://bit.ly/4uOFNN) for more information. The twitter hashtag is also handy for the tweeters among us.

Does anyone know where the list of books they are choosing from is found?

They choose from books published in 2009. So a Newbery like The Giver was published in 1993 and won the Newbery in 1994. If you go to this list on goodreads you will see a few of the books they are reviewing this year. Of course this is not the official list but it's probably pretty close.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/18...

I guess what I was wondering is if they have narrowed down the list or is all that we know is that they are looking at all books published in 2009? Well, of course books that are of the right age group, I know they aren't choosing adult books for the newbery medal. I just thought that maybe they had it down to a list of like 20 or 30 books they were going to choose the winner from. Maybe I am just naive to think that there were that many books published in 2009.

I don't think they have a list of 'nominees' or anything like that to choose from. I think some books have buzz around them as potential winners, but like last year the committee chose one that didn't really have a lot of buzz (from librarians, publications, student votes, etc.).

WINNER
When You Reach Me

HONORS
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

They've posted the press release announcing the winners!
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscente...

How exciting! I just happen to put almost all those books on hold at the library! This is going to be a great reading week!!

I read When You Reach Me just a few weeks ago! I loved it! What a great choice for the Newbery.

I read The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate last year and really liked it. I'm glad to see it win a Newbury Honor!