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Review of Cabin Head and Tree Head
Cabin Head and Tree Head by Scott Campbell; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Tundra 88 pp.9/25 9781774885055 $13.99This graphic-novel series opener is a collection of short stories about two creatures distinguished by the cabin and the tree, respectively, on the tops of their heads. In the first story, “HELLOS,” Cabin...
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Review of Strange Creatures
Strange Creatures by Cristina Sitja Rubio and Cristóbal León; illus. by Cristina Sitja RubioPrimary Kids Can 48 pp.10/25 9781525313806 $21.99Bears, rabbits, foxes, and other small animals are living happily in a piney forest when a sign advertising a party lures them away to a revelry where they dance the cha-cha...
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Review of Nunu and the Sea
Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung; illus. by the authorPrimary Knopf 48 pp.10/25 9780593812723 $18.99Enraged by homework she doesn’t understand, Nunu runs into her room, slams the door, screams, and tears up the yellow origami house on her desk. In a story line reminiscent of Sendak’s Where the Wild...
Review of Outside In and the Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel
Outside In and the Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner; illus. by the authorPrimary Viking 40 pp.9/25 9780593692509 $18.99This picture-book biography of Arnold Lobel (1933–1987), which somewhat mimics the look of Lobel’s Frog and Toad series, explores his life through the lens of things that inspired...
Call for first-round nominations!
Kitty and I are stunned to find ourselves here in November already! It’s time for our first-round nominations. The real Caldecott committee is beginning their nomination process, which you can learn more about in this excellent post that Julie Hakim Azzam wrote a couple years back. Here on Calling Caldecott, we’ll be doing nominations in two rounds, asking you...
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Review of Go, Sloth, Go!
Go, Sloth, Go! by Toni Yuly; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.6/25 9780316497916 $18.99In a picture book just right for young listeners as well as new readers, Sloth wakes up ready to eat. She “moves by degrees toward the tastiest leaves.” Striking torn paper, ink, and digital...
A Forest Song
Some illustrators bounce around Caldecott discussions for years without winning or honoring. Evan Turk is one. His illustrations for Grandfather Gandhi, written by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus, were part of the Caldecott conversation when the book came out in 2014, and in 2022, The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn...
Review of Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World)
Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey R. Tabor; illus. by the author Primary Greenwillow 40 pp. 5/25 9780063373587 $19.99 Crow is waiting at his spot on the telephone wire when along comes Squirrel, who tries to interest Crow in ripping open garbage bags with her. Crow dismisses Squirrel...
Caldecott eligibility
As we’ve covered amply through the years, the Caldecott Medal “shall be awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished picture book for children published by an American publisher in the United States in English.” If you’re fuzzy on Caldecott criteria, I recommend Julie Hakim Azzam’s “A Refresher on...
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