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Calde-folklore: there's a hell of a lot of it
Today on Calling Caldecott, a conversation between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt about folklore and the Caldecott Award. (This is an entry in their "why-the-hell" Calling Caldecott series. Previous posts include discussions about the Caldecott and holiday books; photography; board books; the Newbery Award; and "didactic intent.") ELISA GALL: While traditional literature is not eligible for...
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Review of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon KlassenPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.9/23 9781536223767 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536234442 $18.99Barnett and Klassen (The Three Billy Goats Gruff, rev. 1/23, and others) reunite to address the title’s age-old Christmas question. Barnett’s text expertly speculates as a child might,...
The Skull
Given the cover, you might think this book, based on old Tyrolean folktale, will open, “Alas, poor Yorick!” But, no, it opens with a young girl on the run, and as Otilla runs through the snowy forest, readers are plunged along with her. It’s an unusual story and completely engaging. But is it...
Review of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 112 pp.7/23 9781536223361 $19.99e-book ed. 9781536232158 $19.99“One night…Otilla finally ran away.” After trekking through the snowy forest, she knocks at the door of a large old house. A skull in the window says he’ll let the girl...
Review of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen Preschool, Primary Orchard/Scholastic 48 pp. 10/22 9781338673845 $18.99 Frequent collaborators Barnett and Klassen serve up a delectable rendition of the oft-retold folktale. The bare-bones narrative “clip clops” along with abundant humor and plenty of verbal delights, repetition,...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen Preschool, Primary Orchard/Scholastic 48 pp. 10/22 9781338673845 $18.99 Frequent collaborators Barnett and Klassen...
Mama Klassen's Goat
If you watched the Liza Baker Talks with Roger video interviews earlier this month (go ahead — we'll wait!), you'll see in the second video — "How a Book Is Made: The Three Billy Goats Gruff" — at about the 24-minute mark, this fantabulous surprise gift handed to me by...
Liza Baker Talks with Roger (Video Edition)
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by For this special video edition of Talks with Roger, I’m joined by Elissa Gershowitz, the newly named editor in chief of the Horn Book, Inc. (yay!), and Liza Baker,...
Review of Pax: Journey Home
Pax: Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker; illus. by Jon Klassen Intermediate, Middle School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 256 pp. g 9/21 978-0-06-293034-7 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-293037-8 $10.99 It has been a year since the dramatic and emotional events of Pax (rev. 3/16). Peter, now thirteen and estranged from his grandfather, is...
Review of The Rock from the Sky
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Primary Candlewick 96 pp. g 4/21 978-1-5362-1562-5 $18.99 In this collection of five connected short stories, clocking in at over ninety pages and composed solely of dialogue, Klassen introduces readers to a turtle, an armadillo, and a snake...
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