Every year we set off at Calling Caldecott with a determination to cover Absolutely Everything, and every year we don't quite make it — a testament, I think, to how many great books there are. (Which also prompts me to remind everyone of the gargantuan task the Real Committee must accomplish!...
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book (or books), followed by the post's author's critique.] Black Gold by Laura Obuobi; illus. by London Ladd Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 10/22 9780063015760 $18.99 Reminiscent of creation myths collected in Virginia Hamilton’s In...
[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.] Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. g 9/22 978-0-316-52894-8 $18.99 Blackall brings herself and her artistic process into this...
Violet & Jobie in the Wild by Lynne Rae Perkins; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Greenwillow 240 pp. g 9/22 978-0-06-249969-1 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-249971-4 $9.99 Mouse siblings Violet and Jobie live a cozy life in a human house where they are warm and comfortable,...
I Don’t Care by Julie Fogliano; illus. by Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 11/22 978-0-8234-4345-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5430-3 $11.99 It’s all about the body language in this enjoyable collaboration. Idle (Flora and the Flamingo, rev. 7/13; Witch Hazel, rev. 9/22)...
[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.] This Story Is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Séve ; illus. by Carson Ellis Primary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp. g 10/22...
American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South [Medical Fiascoes] by Gail Jarrow Middle School, High School Calkins/Astra 160 pp. g 9/22 978-1-68437-815-9 $24.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63592-829-7 $14.99 Zoologist Charles Stiles discovered a new species of hookworm: Necator americanus , the titular “American murderer,” which affected a...
Windswept by Margi Preus; illus. by Armando Veve Intermediate, Middle School Amulet/Abrams 304 pp. g 9/22 978-1-4197-5824-9 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-6470-0504-7 $15.54 The time is the future. The “Powers-That-Be” are kidnapping children—using a meteorological weapon of windstorms that sweep them up, to then be sold to mountain trolls for profit....
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”...
[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.] Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy; illus. by Janelle Washington Primary, Intermediate Roaring Brook 64 pp. ...