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The Caldecott Committee tends to like wordless books. In my year, we gave an honor book award to The Red Book. In the past ten years, four winners were wordless or nearly wordless. Plus Raschka is a past winner. I have no doubt this will be on the current committee's...
Some of you know that I have served on the Caldecott and Geisel committees—two equally rewarding experiences. The Geisel Award is given annually to “the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.” It’s a relatively new award, so it’s interesting to...
Every time I turn around, I read a review of a picture book that sends me to the bookstore and library. Last year, when I was on The Committee, every book was delivered to my doorstep. This year I am busy scrambling—scrambling to read reviews from all over and scrambling...
The New York Times Book Review section this Sunday will feature their annual list of the 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books. The posted the list early, so let's hear what you all think.*Along a Long Road, written and illustrated by Frank Viva (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)A Ball for...
A while ago I mentioned this book as the favorite of a teacher friend. Now it's time to look at it as a Caldecott contender.This is absolutely the kind of book the committee will be talking about. Not only is it darned pretty, there are plenty of elements to discuss....
I have been hauling around a copy of Blue Chicken for at least four months. Something about that big-footed little yellow duck and her chicken friend on the cover and the streaks and drips of blue, blue, blue kept me returning to it.Here we have two barns, an unfinished farm scene...
I've been struggling with this book for a while.There's a lot to love about it, but what I'm not in love with is how Rocco has drawn the central characters. Is this just a personal dislike or is it actually a problem with the book? I don't love beans, but...
Holly Meade uses watercolor collage (which matches this story of water perfectly) to tell Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s lullaby story of Naamah, Noah’s wife. We learn in her fascinating author’s note the mystery of her name and also about the ghazal, the poetic structure Bartoletti followed to write this poem. So,...
So, our loquacious friends at Heavy Medal are burning up the internet talking about a picture book, Kadir Nelson’s Heart and Soul. Do read that discussion and then ask the big question, “Is this a picture book or an illustrated book?”I know, half of you are rolling your eyes and...
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