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Before Morning

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To paraphrase Kevin Henkes in Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, sometimes all you can say is "wow." That's how I feel about Before Morning.Look at the intricacy and beauty of the scratchboard illustrations and the strength of the compositions.Notice how carefully the book is constructed. Spreads with text are full-bleed double-spreads; spreads without text...
      

Beth Krommes's Favorite Caldecott

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My favorite Caldecott book is Owl Moon (1988), written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr. I admire its elegant compositions, masterful watercolor and pen technique, the beauty of its blue and brown palette, and its gentle depiction of farm and woodland. It moves me every time I read...
      

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature

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Swirl by Swirl is one of the most beautiful books of the year. I can’t get enough of it.Krommes’ colored scratchboard illustrations invite the reader to slow down and quietly enter the world that she and poet Joyce Sidman have created, a world of spirals in nature. Each page is...
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