Woo-woo Warning: I Predict the Awards

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So, the other day I got kind of haughty about how clairvoyant I am and, as a result, I was dared to predict the Caldecott, Newbery and Cybils awards.

Well throw down the gauntlet. 
Far be it for me to ignore a good ol’ fashioned dare. 
(And yes, if all my friends jumped off a cliff I would, too.)

Coming up with these was a tall order and totally intuitive (if you don’t count my crystal ball from the dollar store) so there will be no reviews or explanations. Just wild guesses. (And I should say, these aren’t necessarily my absolute favorites. I just think they’re gonna win…)

Caldecott and Caledcott Honors:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick 
The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Oliver Jeffers
Pssst!, Adam Rex
The Apple Pie that Papa Baked, Lauren Thomson/Jonathon Bean
Pictures from our Vacation, Lynne Rae Perkins

Newbery and Newbery Honors:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick (I mean really — where does this one fit???)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
Edward’s Eyes, Patricia McLachlan
Me and the Pumpkin Queen, Marlane Kennedy
A Crooked Kind of Perfect, Linda Urban

Cybils:
Poetry — This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness, Joyce Sidman
Picture — Pssst! or The Chicken-Chasing Queen, Janice N. Herrington/Shelley Jackson
Middle Grade — Crooked or Emma Jean Lazarus, Lauren Tarshis
YA — Deadline, Chris Crutcher or Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend, Carrie Jones (and if I get this one right, promote me to queen because the finalists haven’t even been announced yet.)

So what do you guys think?
On the money?

28 Responses to “Woo-woo Warning: I Predict the Awards”

  2. lurban

    First, thanks. 🙂

    But Second: I’m thinking Wednesday Wars or Elijah of Buxton will get the Newbery. It’s even possible that they will be the only two on the list: one medal, one honor. If there are more honors, I’m thinking Emma Jean Lazarus or Leepike Ridge or Miss Spitfire.

    • liz_scanlon

      I haven’t read Elijah, but Wednesday Wars is a goodie for sure. Ugh. It’s so hard!!! Thank god I’m not on the committee…

    • liz_scanlon

      Re: Possible Newbery

      I know. That was one of top choices. And I think it’s got a really good chance. We’ll see….

  5. kellyrfineman

    I love the way your mind works.

    Although Crutcher’s Deadline can’t win the CYBIL on account of not making the shortlist, which flummoxed me. Yes. Flummoxed.

    I called Crooked for a Newbery win/honor before it even got published, so I’m with you there. I believe Linda thinks it’ll go to Wednesday Wars or Elijah of Buxton, though.

    I’d love to see Adam Rex win a Caldecott; Hugo Cabret is a bold call, too – I have to go review the criteria for that award, which I thought was for picture books, but I’m guessing I’m wrong about the precise criteria.

    • liz_scanlon

      Deadline didn’t make the finals? Sheesh. I’m flummoxed, too, I must admit.
      Linda IS protesting my Crooked prediction, but we shall see…
      And as for Hugo Cabret, I don’t what the heck kind of award category it fits in, I really don’t…

      PS — love the way your mind works, too.

  6. Anonymous

    Adam Rex win a Caldecott — I’d love to see that, too. I would be surprised if it happened, but not ’cause I wouldn’t want it to.

    Jules, 7-Imp

  7. carriejones

    I am blushing madly. I doubt I’ll win but I did make the shortlist, so you, girl, are at least partially, amazingly psychic.