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Week in Review, September 9th-13th

  This week on hbook.com... Gayle Forman Talks with Roger about Not Nothing   From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Much Ado About Middle Grade by Horn Book editors   Calling Caldecott: Welcome to the Calling Caldecott Committee! by Adrienne L. Pettinelli Coretta by Annisha Jeffries   Out of...
      

Coretta

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"I am convinced that the struggle for human rights is not over and never will be, but I also know that love, peace, and justice will always have the last word.” — Coretta Scott King  Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King written by Coretta Scott King with Reverend...
      

Welcome to the Calling Caldecott Committee!

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The Caldecott Medal was never meant to identify the best picture book of the year. The aim of the folks who founded the award was to see higher quality art in picture books published in the United States. This is why when one reads the Caldecott criteria, under “Purpose,” one...
      
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Review of They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom

They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. RansomePrimary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp.9/24    9780763681555    $18.99This poetic picture book tells the inspiring tale of a young enslaved man, “a compilation of many of the real-life stories of the people who resisted, fought, demanded, and seized...
      

Week in Review, September 2nd-6th

  This week on hbook.com... Chuck Wendig Talks with Roger about Monster Movie!   From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Table of Contents Editorial: Some Magazine! by Elissa Gershowitz   Calling Caldecott: Let's get started! by Kitty Flynn The List by Kitty Flynn, Annisha Jeffries, and Adrienne L. Pettinelli...
      

The List

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Today we present: The List™ (subject to and likely to change). These are the Caldecott-eligible* books that we (not the actual Caldecott committee) think are notable and worth discussion: A few books from Adrienne's library. Photo: Adrienne L. Pettinelli. Call Me Roberto: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by...
      

Let's get started!

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Welcome to a brand-new season of Calling Caldecott — the Horn Book blog that looks at a year’s worth of Caldecott-eligible books through the lens of ALSC’s Caldecott Award criteria (more on that in a future post). First, there’s been a changing of the guard at Calling Caldecott. No Martha...
      

2023: The Year in Words and Pictures

Some of the most indelible imagery in Big, this year’s Caldecott Medal–winning title by Vashti Harrison, is of breaking free of constraints, as a protagonist who feels trapped “make[s] more space for herself,” emerging into a stunning double gatefold. Big was a BIG deal this year, with additional accolades including...
      

Results of the 2024 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote

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The votes are in!! The results of the 2024 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote yielded a winner and two honor books. Big, written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison, is the winner. The two honor books are: There Was a Party for Langston, written by Jason Reynolds and illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey, and An...
      

Week in Review, January 1st-5th

  This week on hbook.com...   From the January/February 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Table of Contents Editorial, First Issue, 1924 by Bertha E. Mahony Editorial, First Issue, 2024 by Elissa Gershowitz   Calling Caldecott: An American Story by Annisha Jeffries Remember by Allison Grover Khoury Big by Monique Harris A...
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