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Review of I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea
I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea by Janice Milusich; illus. by Chris RaschkaPreschool, Primary Schwartz/Random 48 pp.10/25 9780593308172 $18.99Library ed. 9780593308189 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593308196 $9.99“Where I live, seasons change. I know because my fingers and toes, my ears, my mouth and nose all tell me so.” Accompanied by...
Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for Chris Raschka
This interview originally appeared in the July/August 2025 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Debut Authors, 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 Two Caldecott Medals, sure, but now...
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Review of Peachaloo in Bloom
Peachaloo in Bloom by Chris Raschka; illus. by the authorIntermediate Porter/Holiday 304 pp.7/25 9780823458554 $18.99Twelve-year-old Peachaloo Piccolozampa is staying with her beloved grandmother Omi in small-town Pennsylvania for the summer, as usual. This year their idyllic life, characterized by early-morning swims in the local pond, is threatened by villainous real...
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There are many classically trained musicians in my extended family, the most significant being two high school cellists who live with me. They are the reason I purchased a bigger car, with which I transport their two massive instruments in bulky hard cases, to private lessons, chamber groups, and youth...
Review of Nothing: John Cage and 4’33”
Nothing: John Cage and 4’33” by Nicholas Day; illus. by Chris Raschka Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 4/24 9780823454099 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823457601 $11.99 The very definition of music is explored in this thoughtful look at Cage’s (1912–1992) controversial musical composition, 4'33", a work that debuted with a pianist “performing” four...
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Review of My Book and Me
My Book and Me by Linda Sue Park; illus. by Chris RaschkaPreschool, Primary Red Comet 32 pp.6/24 9781636550947 $18.99Park and Raschka capture with deep understanding and admirable simplicity children’s attachment to their favorite books. Each of Park’s unpretentious nonrhyming quatrains is accompanied by a portrait of a different child, in...
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Review of Tomorrow’s Lily
Tomorrow’s Lily by Chris Raschka; illus. by the authorPreschool Greenwillow 32 pp.2/24 9780063049376 $19.99Brushy watercolors in sunny pastel tones illustrate a meditation on change in the form of a paean to the daylily. Raschka’s big blue text (which looks hand-lettered) guides readers through the rhyme: “Monday’s lily / blooms //...
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Review of Star Stuff
Star Stuff by Rand Burkert; illus. by Chris Raschka Primary di Capua/HarperCollins 32 pp.10/23 9780062858177 $19.99Burkert’s (Mouse and Lion, rev. 11/11) original tale uses traditional folkloric structures and motifs to explain how the stars get into the night sky. Giovanni, with his felt hat and drooping mustache, and his donkey,...
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Review of Yellow Dog Blues
Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan; illus. by Chris Raschka Primary Eerdmans 32 pp. g 9/22 978-0-8028-5553-4 $18.99 This book about a lost dog is also a musical and cultural journey along the Mississippi Blues Trail. Duncan’s (Just like a Mama, rev. 3/20) freewheeling narrative...
Review of Saint Spotting; Or, How to Read a Church
Saint Spotting; Or, How to Read a Church by Chris Raschka; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Eerdmans 40 pp. g 4/21 978-0-8028-5521-3 $17.99 Framing the book as an autobiographical recollection, Raschka provides a guide to “Saint Spotting,” a sort of game he and his mother would play while visiting...
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