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So, as I cast my eyes across my shelf, I wonder: what in the world is the committee going to do with all the picture-book sequels that have been pouring in?! Now, picture books usually do not have sequels, and some of these are not officially sequels but are simply...
On May 6, we posted Elissa Gershowitz's review of Water in the Park: A Book About Water & the Times of the Day by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Loosely based on Prospect Park in Brooklyn, this is a book I want to come back to when we...
As promised, we're going to pop up from time to time off-season to keep us all up to date with new books that will be eligible for the next Caldecott. Every week, this website posts a review from the latest issue of Horn Book Magazine. Whenever it's a picture book...
Though we primarily chat about the Caldecott, we get downright giddy when some of out favorites get recognized by other smart folks. The Gryphon award was announced today and two of out favorites are there. This will make Lolly smile. Feel free to post links to other picture book awards in...
By now everyone knows the news: This Is Not My Hat won the Caldecott and the committee chose five honor books. Oh happy day for these two bloggers who like a generous honor book slate! Winner: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen Honor Books:...
Robin and I have been figuring out how to finish things up here with some last-minute posts before the vote. Weirdly, we find that the three books we MOST want to discuss in the next two days are all about real people and have the word "Dream" in the title....
I've been a fan of Kevin Henkes's "thick line" books ever since the first one came out -- Kitten's First Full Moon, the year I was on Caldecott. All of these books work well with very young children and have a timeless feeling, as if Henkes was channeling the spirit...
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...
If you caught this September conversation with Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall here at Calling Caldecott, then you know that she and fellow Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell discussed the notion of a new Caldecott tradition in which the previous year's Medalist would pass the torch, so to speak, to the current, seated Medalist in...
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