Update

THE VERY GOOD STICKER:
(Mock Newberry)

I contacted Jennifer Roy by e-mail for her snail mail address.
She sent her response in a timely fashion.
So, our first “Very Good Sticker” award has been mailed.

Last year we tracked Nina’s Newbery as a role model.
This year the baton has been passed to Sharon in Oakland, CA.

Google: Sharon’s Mock Newbery:


Sharon’s preliminary list:

_Aurora County All-Stars_
Deborah Wiles

_Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree_
Lauren Tarshis

_Feathers_
Jacqueline Woodson

_Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!_
Laura Amy Schlitz
*NOT YET AVAILABLE

_How to Steal a Dog_
Barbara O’Connor

_In Search of a Mockingbird_ +
Loretta Ellsworth

_Kimchi and Calamari-
Rose Kent

_Miss Spitfire_
Sarah Miller

_The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World_
E L Koningsbury
*NOT YET AVAILABLE

-The Wednesday Wars_+
Gary D. Schmidt

_Way Down Deep_+
Ruth White

_Wild Girls_
Pat Murphy

I + marked the ones I’ll give a go after reading the summaries on the library website.


THE VERY GOOD STICKER LIST:

September: _Hitler’s Canary_ by Sandi Toksvig

October: _The Invention of Hugo Cabret_ by Brian Selznick

November: _Song of the Sparrow_ by Lisa Ann Sandel

The Naming of the "Very Good" Sticker: The Mock Newbery of the Catskill Mountains

Grace was about 6 years old when she asked me why some books have those circles on them. She had also asked recently, "Do adults get anything like Star Student for the week?"---a program at her school where the child recognized gets to wear a star pin. Telling her that Daddy has something called a performance review with his boss at work met with a blank look on her sweet little face. And I know how she feels, dreading the thought that someday she might outgrow candidacy for adult approval...so I tried to make those dazzling metallic discs---the Newbery, Caldecott, Prinz and National Book Award---sound as exciting to a first grader as they do to me and my fellow writers. I ended with "...and the books that are very good get the silver medal and the ones that are very very good get the gold." She sat right up, beaming, both dimples blazing, "Will your book have a Very Good Sticker?"
Your lips to God's ears!