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Results of the 2026 Calling Caldecott mock vote

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Our 2026 mock vote winner—by a lot more than a whisker—is:  Cat Nap, written and illustrated by Brian Lies.  And our one honor book is:  Fireworks, illustrated by Cátia Chien, written by Matthew Burgess.                      Congratulations to Brian Lies and Cátia Chien, and to all of you Calling Caldecott voters! Thanks so much for playing along...
      

Review of Cat Nap

Cat Nap by Brian Lies; illus. by the author Primary    Greenwillow    48 pp. 9/25    9780062671288    $19.99 An unusual game of cat-and-mouse takes place in this visually stunning and highly creative picture book. Kitten snoozes on the back of a couch until “something scritches, waking Kitten. A mouse? A MOUSE!” The...
      

Cat Nap

I love an ambitious picture book, and Brian Lies's Cat Nap is that and then some. When I wrote The Horn Book Magazine review for this book, I knew it then that it would be a Calling Caldecott candidate. The illustrations stand out in terms of the diverse media used and the technical skill necessary to work in these many different...
      

Brian Lies Talks with Roger

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 A Cat Nap turns into a fantastical museum tour for the titular feline and for child readers. Brian Lies uses “colored glass, lead, gold leaf, ink, graphite and colored pencil, plaster, wood, goatskin parchment,...
      
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Review of Wombat Said Come In

Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy ; illus. by Brian Lies Preschool, Primary     Quinlin/Peachtree    40 pp.     g10/22     978-1-68263-321-2     $18.99 As fire spreads above his burrow, a wombat opens his underground home to a series of Australian animals, including a wallaby, kookaburra, and platypus. Each...
      

Spring 2018 Publishers' Preview: Five Questions for Brian Lies

This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2018 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews, 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 byWe think that The Rough Patch is...
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