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Review of Our Little Kitchen
Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki; illus. by the author Primary Abrams 48 pp. g 9/20 978-1-4197-4655-0 $17.99 Our narrator explains, with great enthusiasm and gusto, how “every Wednesday, we come together in this little kitchen” to prepare a communal meal for all who are hungry. Meal prep begins with...
My Best Friend
I admit it -- I am a proponent of picture books aimed at the very young, and I am aware that these books don’t often garner Caldecott recognition. But they deserve our attention. So here's one: My Best Friend, written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki. It's the story of...
Review of My Best Friend
My Best Friend by Julie Fogliano; illus. by Jillian Tamaki Preschool Atheneum 32 pp. 3/20 978-1-5344-2722-8 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-2723-5 $10.99 What begins on the title spread as a small redheaded girl hesitantly approaching another girl on a tire swing becomes an ode to making friends. Our narrator gleefully shares this discovered joy:...
2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winner Interviews
On October 6th, the morning following the 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony, Roger Sutton sat down to chat with several of the winners and judges. Watch their conversations below; click on the tag BGHB18 for much more (speeches! photos! timeline! reviews!) on the winning books and the ceremony itself.Picture...
They Say Blue: Jillian Tamaki's 2018 BGHB Picture Book Award Speech
Thank you to the Horn Book, the Boston Globe, and the awards selection committee.This is my first picture book, and it represents a lot of struggle. I think this surprises people given that I have done many books before, but there’s something uniquely challenging about a picture book specifically aimed...
They Say Blue
Have you noticed? This is a powerhouse year for the Caldecott. We are seeing so many spectacular books worthy of Caldecott recognition — and many are illustrated by women. Jillian Tamaki's They Say Blue is one of those extraordinary picture books.Although we know Tamaki's work from of the Caldecott Honor-winning graphic novel This One Summer, They Say Blue is...
Review of They Say Blue
They Say Blueby Jillian Tamaki; illus. by the authorPrimary Abrams 40 pp.3/18 978-1-4197-2851-8 $17.99A girl considers the wondrousness of the world around her, prompted by the colors she encounters throughout her day. While at the beach, she gazes across the water (“They say the sea is blue…But when I hold...
Jillian Tamaki 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 Photo: Reynard LiWhile Jillian Tamaki won a Caldecott Honor in 2015 for This One Summer, written by her cousin Mariko Tamaki, there is still plenty of...
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