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Intricate, water-colored paper cuts make for an old-fashioned delight in Katherine Paterson’s reimagining of Saint Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures. I was initially struck by the use of black—an unusual choice in a picture book. The black allows the intricacies of the Scherenschnitte (the name for this type...
We'll get back to our own book discussions this weekend, but first we want to hear about any Mock Caldecotts you have led or participated in. If the results are in, what were they? If you have books you plan to discuss, share your list.We'd love to let this blog...
Underground is one of those books I was taken by the first time I read it, perched at the Roaring Brook booth at ALA this summer. It’s a quiet book, but one that is worth some closer attention. The Underground of the title is the Underground Railroad and the story...
I can't remember why I got to write about this one instead of Robin -- it seems like an obvious book for a teacher to review. But I sure am glad it's mine!This is one of those books that could have been a big mess. First, the traditional Gingerbread Man...
In the interest of transparency: I love the art of Brian Karas, from his early reader books to poetry and everything in between. I have never met him, though I have been tempted to friend him on Facebook, which places me in the near-stalker camp. I still talk about last...
In rounding up what we think are the best picture books of the year and discussing them through a Caldecott committee lens, it can be easy to assume that we are looking for the best picture books of the year, period. But we're not really, because the Medal can't go...
The bookseller at my local store was frantically restocking after the grand opening weekend and was making room to face out Jon Klassen’s wickedly funny I Want My Hat Back. After I commented on the book, she said, “I’ve read a lot about this book, but I have not had...
Having last posted on Chris Raschka's A Ball for Daisy, Subway Story seemed like an obvious follow-up because of its connections to Arlene Sardine. True, the central character here isn't alive to begin with, but she is so clearly personified that her "drowning" near the end had me all panicked...
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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