It's Almost Time for Reading List Number Two!

Reading our Mock Caldecott blog, I was reminded that it's almost time for the second reading list for our Mock Newbery!

Which titles do YOU think are worthy of being kept and brought to the table for in-person discussion in January? Are there any titles we've missed that should be added? Let us know -- by the end of this month we will be compiling List 2, and we'd love to have YOUR input! Just email your suggestions to mvoors@acpl.info or post your suggested titles here in the comments. We look forward to hearing from you.

Just for Fun...

This is a Wordle that I created with words from the ACPL Mock Newbery blog. A Wordle is a text cloud that makes the most frequently used words larger than the rest. Click on the image above for a better view of the ACPL Kids Wordle or create your own Wordle here. Image courtesy of http://www.wordle.net

Fun stuff!

SLOB by Ellen Potter

"My name is Owen Birnbaum, and I'm probably fatter than you are."

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Abstract: Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed.

Publisher: Philomel Books; 199 pages

Neil Armstrong is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino

"Muscle Man McGinty is a squirrelly runt, a lying snake, and a pitiful excuse for a ten-year-old."

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Abstract: It’s the summer of 1969 and the world is getting ready for a man named Neil Armstrong to make history by taking the first step on the moon. But change happens a bit more slowly in Massapequa Park, and it’ll take one giant leap for Tamara to understand the likes of Muscle Man McGinty.

Roaring Brook Press; 154 pages

How OIiver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills

"Oliver Olson looked up at the moon."

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Abstract: Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 104 pages