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Today on Calling Caldecott, a conversation between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt about sequels, series, 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; "didactic intent"; and folklore.) ELISA...
I’m a big fan of Matthew Cordell’s work. I was on the 2018 Caldecott committee that chose Wolf in the Snow, and I selected Evergreen last year for the Robin Smith Picture Book Prize. So, what do I like about Cordell’s latest outing, The Ship in the Window written by...
We've been checking religiously for Fuse #8's predictions post, and today is the day! You know things are getting real when Betsy Bird presents her final (after spring and summer) predictions for Newbery and Caldecott winners. Her whole post is definitely worth a look; we will focus our attention on her...
I was enamored with The Mango Tree / La mata de mango, written and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez, from the endpapers (an elegant leaf-and-mango pattern that could be a wallpaper pattern). In this wordless picture book, two friends spend their days in the safety and comfort of a backyard mango...
November is Native American Heritage month, and Being Home, illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Tracie Sorell, offers a heartfelt reminder of the importance to Native communities of family, tradition, and belonging. This exquisite picture book follows a young Cherokee girl and her mother on a journey — leaving...
Susan Gal’s illustrations in Joyful Song: A Naming Story, written by Lesléa Newman, are full of vibrant colors — as well they should be. The book is a celebration of a new baby’s arrival, and of welcoming her into a family and a community — both of which are portrayed...
Dalmartian: A Mars Rover Story, written and illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins, has the same setup as the film E.T.: a crew of alien botanists is interrupted while collecting samples, and in the rush to escape, one of their number is left behind. In this case, though, the aliens look...
Adrienne Pettinelli captured the heart of Kevin Henkes’s work in her Horn Book review of his picture book The World and Everything in It (May/June 2023): “Henkes’s strength is in the poetry of the everyday and finding the profound in ordinary moments.” Finding Things, written by Henkes and illustrated by...
Under cheerfully intrepid cover art, Aaron Becker’s wordless picture book opens onto quite a mood with a wash of watercolors in gloomy grays and blues. Intricate scratchy lines depict a scene of old, crumbly stone buildings from who-knows-what era rising out of standing water. Isolated on various high points of...
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