It's November. Holiday season is in full swing by the look at TV commercials and a glimpse at any store. The Hallmark Channel is running their holiday movies. And newspapers, libraries and others are beginning to share their end of the year best of lists. So, I have started to scroll through the 2017 nonfiction releases that I have read with an eye towards my own best of list. I am still am frantically looking for titles that I haven't read yet and know I need to find and read.

Aside from the end of the year best of lists, I have been chatting with friends about ALA's Sibert Award and Mock Sibert or Sibert Smackdown lists. Last year, when the Sibert Award was announced, I was surprised that it skewed towards the higher age range. Only one picture book made the list. I keep wondering about this year. Will it lean towards the older or younger end of the age range? Will it somehow resonate with where we are as a country?

Here are a few titles that are popping up onto an early Mock Sibert list for me....