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Too Small Tola Makes It Count by Atinuke; illus. by Onyinye IwuPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 96 pp.9/24 9781536238150 $16.99e-book ed. 9781536240030 $16.99Atinuke returns for a fourth time (Too Small Tola, rev. 3/21, and sequels) to her diminutive, high-spirited, mathematically gifted protagonist’s “run-down block of apartments in the megacity of Lagos, in...
Shake It Off! by Vanessa Brantley-Newton; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.6/24 9780525517115 $18.99e-book ed. 9780525517122 $10.99“This is a story that will have a happy ending, so don’t worry too much!” With that reassuring front-matter spoiler, Brantley-Newton launches into her tale about a little singing goat. Conflict is...
Sometimes I Feel like an Oak by Danielle Daniel; illus. by Jackie TraversePrimary Groundwood 32 pp.4/24 9781773066981 $19.99e-book ed. 9781773066998 $16.99Daniel’s (Sometimes I Feel like a Fox; Sometimes I Feel like a River) latest offering invites readers to commune with trees. Short first-person verses assign attributes to twelve different trees...
When You Have to Wait by Melanie Conklin; illus. by Leah HongPreschool Roaring Brook 40 pp.1/24 9781250816542 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250365309 $11.99The passage of time can seem painfully slow to young children who haven’t yet mastered how to measure hours, days, weeks, months, or years. This is especially true when a...
Not breaking news, but motherhood is hard (fatherhood, too; check back next month). Of course it's also all the good stuff — rewarding, gratifying, exhilarating, heartwarming — but easy it is not; and, to borrow from The Princess Bride, "anyone* who says differently is selling something." Mother's Day is this Sunday, May...
Today by Gabi Snyder; illus. by Stephanie GraeginPreschool, Primary Wiseman/Simon 40 pp.1/24 9781665924856 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665924863 $10.99A lesson in mindfulness is couched in a cozy story about a much-anticipated visit with extended family. At first, the child protagonist struggles with a seemingly interminable “today”: “Today stretches long…when you’re counting weeks...
Calling Caldecott's mock vote opens tomorrow, and we're excited to see what you, our readers, will vote for. Please come on back to the blog tomorrow to vote for your top choices. In the meantime, we're taking stock of the books that we wished we had time to include in...
Before, Now by Daniel Salmieri; illus. by the authorPrimary Rocky Pond/Penguin 48 pp.6/23 9780593461976 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593461983 $10.99Salmieri delivers a moving intergenerational story using opposites as its central conceit. Opening pages show a view of Earth from space, reading: “In the dark sky floats a bright planet.” The page-turn zooms...
Off the Wall by Theodore Taylor III; illus. by the author Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp. g 10/22 978-1-62672-294-1 $19.99 Part fish-out-of-water story, part ode to street art, this vibrant offering will grab readers’ attention. Narrator Sam is unhappy about a family move that has traded their “fast, busy...
Every year, before the big awards announcement, Calling Caldecott takes a moment to thank our guest bloggers — all the observant and impassioned and articulate aficianados of picture books who make this blog possible. I am immensely grateful for their contributions — especially this year. Thank you to Julie Hakim Azzam,...