Which books are best for our discussion?

As our Mock Discussion draws near, which books from our final reading list do YOU think all participants should be sure to read before we get together? We hope you'll give your thoughts by answering the quiz on the right. Vote for one book or vote for many. Just vote!!

Final Mock Newbery Reading List for 2010

Here (at long last) is Reading List 4 - the last reading list for our 2010 Allen County Public Library Mock Newbery:

• The Great and Only Barnum - The Tremendous Stupendous Life of P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming
  

• Road to Tater Hill by Edith Hemingway
  

• Claudette Colvin - Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

• The Small Adventures of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Connor

Click here for a complete, printable list of all 45 of this year's "Short List" nominees; these are the books we will be discussing in January.

Here, in no particular order, are pictures of the covers of all the books we'll be discussing on January 9th:

If you would like to register for the ACPL Mock Newbery, click here. (Remember that if you are a Indiana Librarian, you will earn one LEU by attending.)

If you would like to register for the ACPL Mock Newbery for kids in grades 3 to 6, click here. (If you'd like to see the short list for the kids, click here.)

If you'd like to jump right in to the discussion and comment online about any of the titles on our lists, just click on the title - over there on the right - and comment away! All comments will be reviewed at our Mock Discussion in January.

CHILDREN'S Mock Newbery List

Here is the list for the 2010 Children's Mock Newbery Election program!

Kids in third grade through sixth grade are invited to attend. Read the books from the list, add comments to our blog, and join us for a discussion of which was the best children's book of the year! Advanced Registration required.

We will have refreshments, door prizes, and a lively discussion.

• Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• The Great and Only Barnum: the Tremendous, Stupendous Life of P.T. Barnum by Candace Fleming
• The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
• Melonhead by Katy Kelly
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Happy reading!

Here's List Number Three!

This is the third of four reading lists for this year's Mock Newbery at the Allen County Public Library:

• Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

• The Dream Stealer by Sid Flesichman

• Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French

• Crossing Stones by Helen Frost

• Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff

• Wings by Jason Lethcoe

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
  

• The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon

• Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson

• Season of Gifts by Richard Peck

We'd love to hear what you think about these books. Just click on the titles above to leave comments about each book. If you would like to suggest a book for the next (and final!) list, send me an email or leave a comment here. Look for the other two lists here.

Reading List Number Two! It's Finally Here!

This is the second of four reading lists for this year's Mock Newbery at the Allen County Public Library. These titles, along with those on our first list, will be brought to the table for discussion at our in-person program at the Main Library on January 9th. If you'd like to attend this event, please click here for our registration form.

We'd love to hear what you think about these books! Just click on the links below to leave comments about any of the titles. If you would like to suggest a book for the next list, send me an email or leave a comment here.

1. Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

3. Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle

4. Born to Fly by Michael Ferrari

5. Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff

6. Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings by Alan Gratz

7. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

8. Comfort by Joyce Moyer Hostetter

9. Melonhead by Katy Kelly

10. Love, Aubrey by Suzanne M. LaFleur

11. Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal

12. Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino

13. How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills

14. Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry

15. When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton

16. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

17. Sacred Mountain: Everest by Christine Taylor-Butler

Mock Newbery 2010 - List One

This is the first of four "short lists" we will prepare for this year's Mock Newbery Program at the Allen County Public Library. Basically, this means that while we will continue to highlight and discuss a wide variety of children's books on our blog -- and we encourage comments on all of them -- the books on this first list are destined to be 'brought to the table' to be discussed in more depth at our Mock Newbery Discussion and Election on January 9, 2010. We welcome both online discussion through this blog and invite you to register for our "in person" discussion to be held on January 9th at our Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

ACPL Mock Newbery List # 1:

1. Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin


2. All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg


3. Wild Things by Clay Carmichael


4. Happenstance Found by P.W. Catanese


5. Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane


6. The Problem with the Puddles by Kate Feiffer


7. The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice


8. Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan
   
   
9. Scat by Carl Hiaasen


10. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
    


11. Traveling the Freedom Road by Linda Barrett Osborne


12. Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
    


13. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead


14. Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

I can't wait to read what YOU think about these great books! And to hear which other 2009 titles you believe are "must reads" this year.

It's time to start our Discussion Blog for the Mock Newbery 2010!

One year ago today, we started this Mock Newbery blog with our first post. Throughout 2008, we had a great year discussing children's books. Our reading year culminated in a wonderful discussion and selection of our 2009 winners. The kids in our community got involved as well through participating in this blog and having their own Mock Newbery Discussion.

Now it's time to start another year of discussion! We have the dates set for our Mock Election for Adults as well as our Mock Election for Kids in January 2010, and we're already reading some great books which we will start adding to this blog. Please visit often and leave your comments.

If you have suggestions of additional titles, just comment here or email me the title with your comments.

I look forward to a great year of reading and discussion!


Mock Newbery 2010 (Mock Newberry 2010)