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The Three Billy Goats Gruff
[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.] The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen Preschool, Primary Orchard/Scholastic 48 pp. 10/22 9781338673845 $18.99 Frequent collaborators Barnett and Klassen...
Mama Klassen's Goat
If you watched the Liza Baker Talks with Roger video interviews earlier this month (go ahead — we'll wait!), you'll see in the second video — "How a Book Is Made: The Three Billy Goats Gruff" — at about the 24-minute mark, this fantabulous surprise gift handed to me by...
Liza Baker Talks with Roger (Video Edition)
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by For this special video edition of Talks with Roger, I’m joined by Elissa Gershowitz, the newly named editor in chief of the Horn Book, Inc. (yay!), and Liza Baker,...
Review of Pax: Journey Home
Pax: Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker; illus. by Jon Klassen Intermediate, Middle School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 256 pp. g 9/21 978-0-06-293034-7 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-293037-8 $10.99 It has been a year since the dramatic and emotional events of Pax (rev. 3/16). Peter, now thirteen and estranged from his grandfather, is...
Review of The Rock from the Sky
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Primary Candlewick 96 pp. g 4/21 978-1-5362-1562-5 $18.99 In this collection of five connected short stories, clocking in at over ninety pages and composed solely of dialogue, Klassen introduces readers to a turtle, an armadillo, and a snake...
Review of Skunk and Badger
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake; illus. by Jon Klassen Primary, Intermediate Algonquin 136 pp. g 9/20 978-1-64375-005-7 $18.95 e-book ed. 978-1-64375-121-4 $15.95 Badger is perfectly content to live alone in a brownstone owned by Aunt Lula, which he’s arranged to suit his rather particular preferences, when a surprise roommate...
The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse
Last Friday, the team from the Guessing Geisel blog dropped by to discuss some 2017 picture books with possible crossover Geisel and Caldecott appeal. One of the titles was Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen's Triangle. But today we're here to discuss Barnett and Klassen's other 2017 picture book, The Wolf,...
CaldeGeisel 2018
We here at Calling Caldecott thought it would be fun to have a visit today from the three librarians who run the show over at Guessing Geisel, the blog that celebrates beginning readers and annually runs a mock vote for the Geisel Award (just as we will soon have a...
Readers, meet Triangle
Reposting a previous Review of the Week from our website today...A new Mac Barnett/Jon Klassen collaboration is always of interest for picture book connoisseurs. This one? Well, you can tell from the wordless cover that it's somewhat of a departure from their previous books — and you probably can't tell, but the...
Review of Triangle
Triangleby Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon KlassenPreschool, Primary Candlewick 48 pp.3/17 978-0-7636-9603-0 $15.99Triangle leaves his triangle-shaped house via his triangle-shaped door, off to “play a sneaky trick on Square.” He walks to Square’s house and stands outside the square-shaped door, hissing like a snake. Square, who...
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