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Our Picture Book Year
Jules: So, we here at Calling Caldecott have wrapped up our book coverage, and it's almost time for the mock vote. (More on that tomorrow!) But before that happens we thought we'd have a brief discussion about the year. No predictions here, because … [Read More...]
Week in Review, January 7th – 11th
This week on hbook.com… 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards acceptance speeches January 2019 Notes from the Horn Book: five questions for Caroline Cala, recommended read-alouds, early-chapter-book mysteries and madcap plans, and eye-opening YA … [Read More...]
A Parade of Elephants
This year on Calling Caldecott we’ve had an impassioned plea for Caldecott recognition for board books. The title under discussion today isn’t a board book (well, not yet). But it’s for the same audience, and I’m about to make an impassioned plea … [Read More...]
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We are experiencing technical difficulties with some links from social media and our email newsletters. Links are still clickable on our website. Thanks for your patience, and stay tuned! … [Read More...]
“Love Your Neighbor” booklist series from the Association of Jewish Libraries
Following the October 2018 gun murders at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, and in response to rising anti-Semitism in the United States, the Association of Jewish Libraries began compiling a series of themed booklists for children, families, … [Read More...]
Blogs
Happy New Year
Happy New Year, everybody. I hope you got some good reading done over the holidays. Me, I shuttled among Tim Mohr's Burning Down the Haus (a history of punk rock in East Germany), Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs. Westaway, and Jane Austen's Mansfield … [Read More...]
Week in Review, January 7th – 11th
This week on hbook.com… 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards acceptance speeches January 2019 Notes from the Horn Book: five questions for Caroline Cala, recommended read-alouds, early-chapter-book mysteries and madcap plans, and eye-opening YA … [Read More...]
Haiku: A Small Poem with Great Potential
snow melting the village brimming over… with children! --Issa (1763-1828) (translated by David Lanoue) Yes, I was taught that a haiku, a short poem that originated in Japan centuries ago, was supposed to consist of three lines of five, seven, … [Read More...]
Our Picture Book Year
Jules: So, we here at Calling Caldecott have wrapped up our book coverage, and it's almost time for the mock vote. (More on that tomorrow!) But before that happens we thought we'd have a brief discussion about the year. No predictions here, because … [Read More...]
Review of the Week
Review of The Wicked King
The Wicked King [Folk of the Air] by Holly Black High School Little, Brown 325 pp. g 1/19 978-0-316-31035-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-316-31033-8 $9.99 A mortal raised in the realms of Faerie by the devious General Madoc, Jude Duarte has learned to play games of politics and intrigue quite well. By manipulating her onetime nemesis, Cardan (the titular Cruel Prince of the previous book, rev. 1/18; and Wicked King of this one), onto the throne and binding his will to … [Read More...]
App Review of the Week
Sesame Street app review
Can you tell me how to get to…tons of wonderful educational videos and games for preschoolers? Just like the neighborhood itself, the Sesame Street companion app (Sesame Workshop, 2014; iOS and Android) is the place to be: a free account gives a child access to a large selection of games as well as new and classic (ad-free) video clips from the television show. The home screen offers a handful of featured videos and games. Below that, large icons link to additional videos organized by topic … [Read More...]
Recommended Books
Review of The Wicked King
The Wicked King [Folk of the Air] by Holly Black High School Little, Brown 325 pp. g 1/19 978-0-316-31035-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-316-31033-8 $9.99 A mortal raised in … [Read More...]
Review of Chicken Talk
Chicken Talk by Patricia MacLachlan; illus. by Jarrett J. Krosoczka Preschool, Primary Tegen/HarperCollins 32 pp. 1/19 978-0-06-239864-2 $17.99 In this slight but charming tale, a … [Read More...]
Review of The Night Diary audiobook
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani; read by Priya Ayyar Intermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 7/18 5 CDs 5.92 hrs. 978-0-525-53044-2 $45.00 Twelve-year-old Nisha, … [Read More...]
Review of Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival
Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival by Lindsay Moore; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 48 pp. g 1/19 978-0-06-279128-3 $17.99 A polar bear wanders alone through icy … [Read More...]
Non-snoozy storytimes
Need some inspiration for a new year of storytimes? Learn how to shake things up with Julie Roach's classic tips for reading aloud, then choose one of these lively new picture books and invite … [Read More...]
Interviews
Five questions for Caroline Cala
If you were a young reader in the nineties (or even if you weren’t), there’s a good chance you remember Ann M. Martin’s Baby-Sitters Club books. Author Caroline Cala definitely does, and her hilarious … [Read More...]
2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winner Interviews
On October 6th, the morning following the 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony, Roger Sutton sat down to chat with several of the winners and judges. Watch their conversations below; click on … [Read More...]
Publishers’ Preview: Picture Books: Five Questions for Laura Vaccaro Seeger
This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2018 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a … [Read More...]
Publishers’ Preview: Picture Books: Five Questions for Maira Kalman
This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2018 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a … [Read More...]
Publishers’ Preview: Picture Books: Five Questions for Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar
This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2018 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a … [Read More...]
