Newbery/Caldecott 2025: Summer Prediction Edition

Okay! This is good! I’m feeling a little more confident about this year. After discussing it with my fellow librarians, I think we all have come to the agreement that in 2024 it was the picture books that came barrelling straight out of the gate. It’s taken the middle grade a little longer to find its footing, but at this point things are beginning to settle down. We all have our favorites. I’ll confess that I’m still feeling more certain on the Caldecott side of things than the Newbery (there a...