Newbery/Caldecott predictions

["Alice H. Yucht" <YUCHT@ZODIAC.RUTGERS.EDU>]

I offer this year's predictions from Judy Freeman,
author of *Books Kids Will Sit Still For* (Bowker,1990),
who manages to accurately predict 3/4 of the winners each year:

for Caldecott -- best illustrated:

**Isaacs, Ann. *Swamp Angel*   il. by Paul O. Zelinsky
Bunting, Eve.  *Smoky Night*  il. by David Diaz
Mahy, Margaret.  *The Rattlebang Picnic*  il. by Stephen Kellogg
Schwartz, Amy.  *A Teeny-tiny Baby*
Lester, Julius. *John Henry*  il. by Jerry Pinkney
Polacco, Patricia. *Pink and Say*  (could also qualify for Newbery)

for Newbery -- best written:

**Avi.  *The Barn*
Bauer, Marion Dane.  *A Question of Trust*
Hesse, Karen.  *Phoenix Rising*
Cushman, Karen.  *Catherine, Called Birdy*
Polacco, Patricia. *Pink and Say*

caveat:  remember, the terms of these awards state that the winners
are selected by adults as the "best of kind", not necessary the most likely to b
 e "kid-appeal" titles.

Happy reading!

Alice H. Yucht  <yucht@zodiac.rutgers.edu>