Newbery / Caldecott 2016: Fall Prediction Edition

Around this time of year people start discussing what kind of a publishing year it has become. Is this a strong year for picture books? A weak year for nonfiction? An unusually peculiar year for fiction? It’s all based on personal assessments, containing little to no empirical evidence one way or another, culminating, in the end, in personal opinions. Of which I’ve a mint!

So, from my sole, solitary standpoint, 2015 is shaping up to be . . . well, it’s fine. There really haven’t been that man...