Newbery/Caldecott 2026: Spring Prediction Edition

It’s heeeeere! Everyone’s favorite oh-dear-god-why-are-you-talking-about-2026-when-we’re-barely-surviving-2025 post!

That’s the happy news. The sad news is that I broke my streak. Since 2016 I had correctly predicted at least one Newbery or Caldecott winner in my spring prediction posts. That all came crashing to the ground last year. Behold:

2008 spring predictions: I get one Caldecott right (How I Learned Geography)

2009 spring predictions: I get two Newberys right (The Evolution...