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A Year Without Page Turns
Those of you who read Calling Caldecott may have seen some think pieces this year about what it has been like to read and review books during 2020. Because of the pandemic, publishers (generally speaking) have been distributing digital copies of books to review publications and their reviewers. Vicky Smith of...
Review of In the Half Room
In the Half Room by Carson Ellis; illus. by the author Primary Candlewick 32 pp. g 10/20 978-1-5362-1456-7 $16.99 In a series of images that depict halves, Ellis ushers readers into a delightfully surreal setting. With pleasing rhymes (“Half a window / Half a door / Half a rug on...
A Conversation with Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson is the author-illustrator of The Undefeated, winner of the 2020 Randolph Caldecott Medal. Julie Danielson interviewed him by email for Calling Caldecott. Calling Caldecott: What have been some of the highlights of your Caldecott year? Kadir Nelson: I’ve been blessed with a wonderful year thus far. The news of...
Let's Do This!
Hi again! Today, we are sharing the list of books we plan to cover at Calling Caldecott in the months leading up to the big awards announcement. As we noted the other day, please remember that this list is not definitive. Books may fall off the list, and we may...
Calling Caldecott 2021
Hello, dear readers. It’s good to have you back as we kick off this year’s Calling Caldecott season. Ordinarily, I’d write something about how Calling Caldecott is one of many things I like about fall and winter, along with sweater weather and the possibility of snow. But there’s nothing ordinary about...
Review of A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead
A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead by Evan Turk; illus. by the author Primary Atheneum 48 pp. g 8/20 978-1-5344-1034-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1035-0 $10.99 In fifteenth-century northern Italy, on the island of Murano, where glassmakers thrived, lived young Marietta Barovier. Marietta dreamed...
Review of Jules vs. the Ocean
Jules vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Simon 48 pp. 5/20 978-1-5344-4168-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-4169-9 $10.99 Intent on impressing her older sister at the beach, Jules plans to build a big sandcastle. When the waves foil her plans, she assumes “the Ocean” is...
Review of A New Green Day
A New Green Day by Antoinette Portis; illus. by the author Preschool Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 4/20 978-0-8234-4488-5 $18.99 In this exuberant celebration of a summer day, readers engage with compelling page-turns to solve simple nature riddles. “Morning lays me on your pillow,” the book opens, “square and warm. Come out...
Review of My Mama
My Mama by Annemarie van Haeringen; illus. by the author; trans. from Dutch by Bill Nagelkerke Preschool Gecko 32 pp. 3/20 978-1-776572-67-0 $17.99 Told from the baby’s point of view (“I’ve known my mama for a long time”), this playful offering explores, through two elephant characters, the strong emotional bond...