The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead Preschool Porter/Holiday 32 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-4428-1 $18.99 A hungry mule, milk cow, and miniature horse wait for the sun to rise. Declaring that the sun is late (“and...
Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings by Emma Bland Smith; illus. by Becca Stadtlander Primary Calkins/Astra 40 pp. g 11/22 978-1-63592-392-6 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63592-827-3 $11.99 On page one of this true story behind the making of the 1942 Caldecott-winning Make...
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Matthew Cordell Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 6/22 978-0-8234-4427-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5298-9 $11.99 Louis...
Walter Had a Best Friend by Deborah Underwood; illus. by Sergio Ruzzier Preschool Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp. g 10/22 978-1-5344-7700-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7701-8 $10.99 Walter (a mouse-like creature) and Xavier (who resembles a duck) do everything together, including boating (their canoe has “X + W”...
Too Early by Nora Ericson ; illus. by Elly MacKay Preschool Abrams 32 pp. g11/22 978-1-4197-4207-1 $18.99 As the book opens, the child who narrates this atmospheric tale heads straight for Mama and Daddy’s bedroom and wakes them up. Both parents then admonish the child not...
Witch Hazel by Molly Idle; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-316-54113-8 $18.99 As the seasons pass, young Hilda visits elderly witch Hazel. In the spring, she helps Hazel sweep her front porch; in summer, they air the music room; in fall, they clean cobwebs...
Nine Color Deer by Kailin Duan; illus. by the author; trans. from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang Primary Em Querido/Levine Querido 48 pp. g 9/22 978-1-64614-178-4 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64614-199-9 $18.99 “Deep in the Kunlun Hills, there lived a mystical deer,” the Nine Color Deer, so called because of the varied...
Little Good Wolf by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel ; illus. by Janet Stevens Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp. g8/22 978-0-358-56188-0 $17.99 Little Good Wolf is menace-free: well-mannered, tidy, and hygienic. This frustrates Papa and Mama Wolf, who send him on the Big Bad Bus to...
Night on the Sand by Monica Mayper ; illus. by Jaime Kim Preschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 32 pp. g8/22 978-1-328-88418-3 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-358-68325-4 $12.99 An unspecified natural disaster destroys the home of two brothers, who are then unable to locate their parents. With the “howl” of the...