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This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Hope Larson | Frank Weber Calling Cadecott: Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kitty Flynn Out of the Box: Horn Book trivia Horn Book Guide: Horn Book...
In his post about Call Me Roberto!, Brian E. Wilson noted that picture-book biographies aren’t often among the Caldecott winners and honorees. The criteria states that a picture book needs to have “a collective unity of story-line, theme or concept, developed through the series of pictures of which the book...
This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: The Writer's Page: Building Something New: A Time-Travel Novel, a Global Pandemic, and a Baby Boy by Maurene Goo Horn Book Reminiscences: Memory, Storytime, and Yaya by Emma Shacochis Calling Caldecott: Call Me Roberto by Brian...
Sixteen of you responded to our call for nominations this round, and you nominated 22 eligible (more on that in a minute) titles. Thank you! Our three leaders are: Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Mclear, illustrated by Gracey Zhang (6 nominations) Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall (5 nominations) Love Is...
Kitchen tables can serve numerous purposes. We prepare and eat our meals at kitchen tables. Children complete their homework at them. We use them as workstations for various household projects, and we play games around them. Most importantly, we sit around them and tell stories, accounts of our days at...
Breaking a tradition is hard but making a new one can be incredibly fun. When I moved from Northern Virginia to Boston to attend college five years ago, I had a whole new daily life to adjust to, one that excluded some of my favorite traditions: attending the National Book...
The Caldecott Award has only gone to a handful of picture-book biographies. Some have received well-deserved Caldecott honors, but only a few have taken home the Gold. Most recently, Javaka Steptoe won the Medal in 2017 for his inventive jigsaw puzzle–style book, Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel...
This week on hbook.com... December Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: Fanfare Edition, featuring annotations of all fifty-three books on 2024's list Rosanne Parry Talks with Roger about A Wolf Called Fire From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Tomorrow by Nikki Giovanni Calling Caldecott: Golden Gate...
We Need Your Nominations! Hello, Calling Caldecott readers! As the year comes to a close, we’re calling on you to help us identify the most distinguished picture books of 2024. We’re inviting you to submit three more nominations to keep the conversation vibrant and ensure we spotlight the very best...
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