Newbery/Caldecott 2024: Summer Prediction Edition

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Those early spring prediction posts for Caldecotts and Newberys are always fun to create because everything is so fresh and new. But by this point in the summer, some of the fall releases have made themselves known. Publishers that believe that they may have award winners on their hands tend to release them around either April or October. Personally, from a prediction standpoint, April is always the preferable month. That said, we’ve seen some truly beautiful fall books already. And...