Louie and Dan discuss their favorite moments from the ALA Youth Media Awards and celebrate the amazing books and authors recognized this past Monday in Chicago!

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Louie and Dan share about the Newbery process, their Newbery predictions, and other Youth Media Award predictions in this episode of Road to Newbery.

Dan and Louie share ten more titles we have been thinking about when it comes to the Newberry this year and we share a few 2026 titles we are looking forward to reading soon.

Our Final Prediction Episode will be published on Friday.

Dan and Louie discuss Teacher or Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri

Dan and Louie discuss Nicholas Day's A World Without Summer

Louie and Dan discuss The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest Aubrey Hartman

Louie and Dan discuss The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes in this episode of Road to Newbery.

Buckle up! Dan and Louie discuss three potential Newbery contenders and share some of their other favorite books and moments from the year.