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Review of Home

Home by Matt de la Peña; illus. by Loren LongPrimary    Putnam    48 pp.3/25    9780593110898    $19.99e-book ed.  9780593110904    $10.99The duo behind Love (rev. 3/18) returns with another meaningful picture book meant to tug on readers’ heartstrings—this time, on the topic of home. It begins with glimpses into the mundane moments people...
      

Results of the 2025 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote

The votes have been counted; the readers have spoken.  Calling Caldecott’s 2025 Mock Vote Winner is {{drum roll, please}}:  The Yellow Bus, written and illustrated by Loren Long.  And our one Honor Book is:  Home in a Lunchbox, written and illustrated by Cherry Mo.  Excellent choices! Congratulations to Loren Long and Cherry...
      

The Yellow Bus

Pertinent information for those interested in serving on Caldecott committees: There are certain rules and regulation to bear in mind.   According to the rules placed by ALA, no committee member may blog while serving on the committee:  “Members should not use social media or electronic forms of communication in relation...
      
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Review of The Yellow Bus

The Yellow Bus by Loren Long; illus. by the authorPrimary    Roaring Brook    48 pp.6/24    9781250903136    $19.99e-book  9781250368034    $11.99Long’s poignant picture book about a school bus is a meditation on the passage of time while finding purpose in all seasons of life, in the tradition of Virginia Lee Burton. “There was...
      

Publishers' Preview: Spring 2024: Five Questions for Loren Long

This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Spring 2024, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by The Yellow Bus doesn’t look down...
      

Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Loren Long

This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books and Graphic Novels, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by...
      

Someone Builds the Dream

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I could tell from the dust jacket alone that Someone Builds the Dream, written by Lisa Wheeler, was something special. And after multiple readings, poring over Loren Long's illustrations and thinking about the text accompanying them, I still just plain love this book.   Long’s signature style, with its rich colors, careful...
      

Review of Someone Builds the Dream

Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler; illus. by Loren Long Primary    Dial    48 pp.    g 3/21    978-1-9848-1433-3    $19.99 e-book ed.  978-1-9848-1434-0    $10.99 Written in aptly propulsive verse and illustrated with aptly muscular art, this is a paean to people who work with their hands. To make a house, an...
      

The Night Before Christmas

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"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" Most of us know this line, the ending of Clement C. Moore's classic poem "The Night Before Christmas," first published in 1823. But I promise you, it will hit differently after you read Loren Long's visual interpretation. I get it — a...
      

Review of The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore; illus. by Loren Long Primary    Harper/HarperCollins    40 pp.    g 9/20    978-0-06-286946-3    $18.99 Long’s inclusive take on Moore’s poem focuses on four different families in four diverse dwellings: a country farmhouse, a city apartment, a trailer home, and a house in the tropics....
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