Newbery / Caldecott 2019: Final Prediction Edition

2019 Caldecott Predictions

At this point in the proceedings, after doing a mess of reading, and reviewing, and contemplating, and pondering, you have a sense of how the year has shaped up. What kind of an award year will this one be? Will there be a lot of surprises or familiar faces? What are the dark horse candidates?

This year, as with every year, I am going to make my predictions. Often they’re wildly off-base. Last year I did pretty darn well with the Caldecotts (three out of five ain’t...