Calling Caldecott
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...
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...
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...
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...
When I first saw Chris Park’s jacket art for Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic’s Touch the Sky, I was struck by its bold colors, display type that would fit right into street art near a city playground, and by painterly, energetic brushstrokes evoking the soaring movement of the child on a...
A new book by Elizabeth Partridge is always a cause for celebration. I taught her Marching for Freedom for many years at my school, and her books about photographer Dorothea Lange (her godmother) are beautiful, full of archival photographs. When I got wind that Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge...
Desert Song, written in spare, lyrical prose by Laekan Zea Kemp and illustrated by Beatriz Gutiérrez Hernández, celebrates interconnectedness. As a multigenerational family gathers at sundown to make music, the landscape surrounding their desert home shares the stage. A menagerie of lively creatures is drawn to the family’s song, and,...
The first time I read My Daddy Is a Cowboy, I was drawn to C. G. Esparanza’s stunning illustrations and the sweetness of the narrative by Stephanie Seales. I love a good father-daughter story, and this one comes wrapped in an incredibly beautiful package. On subsequent readings, I only found...
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