On Monday librarians from around Nassau County gathered to discuss some of the best chapter books of 2007 and then we voted for our favorites in a Mock Newbery election. The "winner" was The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, and there were three "honor" books: Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson, Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis and Red Moon at Sharpesburg by Rosemary Wells. The actual Newbery Award winners and Honor Books will be announced the second weekend in January during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.