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Mo Willems
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Why Books?
An adaptation of the author’s 2011 Zena Sutherland Lecture. |
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Jack Gantos
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Mausoleum Madness
Or, children’s books six feet under. |
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Barbara Bader
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Nonfiction: What’s Really New and Different—and What Isn’t
A response to The Horn Book’s special issue on nonfiction. |
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Ron Koertge
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Roger Sutton
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Giving Thanks
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Carmen Agra Deedy
Marc Aronson
Susan Patron
Malinda Lo
Rita Williams-Garcia
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Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin.
Mukiwa by Peter Godwin. My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange. |
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Danielle J. Ford
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What Makes a Good…?
What Makes a Good Space Book? |
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Leonard S. Marcus
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Sight Reading
Touchy Picture books and the feel of the page. |
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Sandra Dutton
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The Writer’s Page
The Poetry of Talk An author’s appreciation for dialect in children’s books. |
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Megan Lambert
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Books in the Home
O Christmas Books! Reading and the myth of Santa. |
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From The Guide
More Good Space Books A selection of reviews from The Horn Book Guide. |
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Cadenza
What’s Under the Tree? A handful of children’s book characters get what they deserve. |
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Book Reviews
Audiobook Reviews
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Cover and page 1 art from The Money We’ll Save. © 2011 by Brock Cole.
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