Comments on: Jan the Hungarian Predicts … ‘Chains’ Will Win the 2009 Newbery Medal http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/jan-the-hungarian-predicts-%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%98chains%e2%80%99-will-win-the-2009-newbery-medal/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:28:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Book Awards for 2009 Announced- American Library Association | NAIWE NewsWire http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/jan-the-hungarian-predicts-%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%98chains%e2%80%99-will-win-the-2009-newbery-medal/#comment-7175 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:11:12 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=6239#comment-7175 [...] a few days ago, Jan the Hungarian predicted a winner. Was she [...]

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/jan-the-hungarian-predicts-%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%98chains%e2%80%99-will-win-the-2009-newbery-medal/#comment-7165 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:43:51 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=6239#comment-7165 Wabi Sabi is definitely getting a lot of attention — not just on blogs but elsewhere. Alas, I wanted to review it, but it was checked out at library and not due back until after the medal announcement. So I’m not sure when I can get to it even if it wins.

I did get We Are the Ship, though, and plan to write about it within the next few days. I wonder if that one will be considered for the Newbery or Caldecott. It seems to be one that, like The Invention of Hugo Cabret, could go either way.

]]> By: speedytexaslibrarian http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/jan-the-hungarian-predicts-%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%98chains%e2%80%99-will-win-the-2009-newbery-medal/#comment-7163 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:52:10 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=6239#comment-7163 Wabi Sabi seems to be getting a lot of attention as a Caldecott possibility.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/jan-the-hungarian-predicts-%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%98chains%e2%80%99-will-win-the-2009-newbery-medal/#comment-7161 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:28:19 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=6239#comment-7161 Thanks, Amanda. Hadn’t heard that Chains had won the Scott O’Dell award and was glad to have that information. I’ve heard good things about The Porcupine Year, too, and have seen it high on Mock Newbery or similar lists. Won’t it be interesting to see what happens on Monday?

Do you have any Caldecott predictions? One of the things that strikes me as unusual about this year’s potential list of Caldecott candidates is that it is much stronger on nonfiction than usual.

Some years there isn’t a single nonfiction book that stands out. But this year quite a few could win: Pale Male, We Are the Ship, A River of Words and no doubt a few others that I haven’t seen.
Jan

]]> By: speedytexaslibrarian http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/jan-the-hungarian-predicts-%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%98chains%e2%80%99-will-win-the-2009-newbery-medal/#comment-7160 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:10:55 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=6239#comment-7160 Chains just won the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Another book that I think has a great shot at a Newbery (award or honor) is The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich. The first two books in this series (where each can stand alone) were a National Book Award finalist and an O’Dell winner respectively.

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