January 2013 reviews of the week

by Lolly Robinson
Feb 18, 2013 | Filed in Blogs

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 review, we'll put link here.

So far this year, there have been two:
Building Our House by Jonathan Bean (reviewed by Betty Carter)
My First Day by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (reviewed by Danielle J. Ford)

Feel free to discuss these books here or in the comments for the actual reviews.

     My First Day by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Lolly Robinson

Lolly Robinson is a freelance designer and consultant with degrees in studio art and children’s literature. She is the former creative director for The Horn Book, Inc., and has taught children’s literature at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. She has served on the Caldecott and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award committees and blogged for Calling Caldecott and Lolly's Classroom on this site.

 

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AllisonGK

Just made it back to check this blog after a month and discovered I've missed posts! So happy you are continuing to post from time to time. Looking forward to reading about these 2 books.

Posted : Mar 16, 2013 10:53

Sam Bloom

Building Our House is amazing.

Posted : Feb 19, 2013 02:28

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