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Review of The Lions’ Run
The Lions’ Run by Sara Pennypacker; illus. by Jon KlassenIntermediate, Middle School Balzer + Bray/Macmillan 288 pp.2/26 9781250392817 $18.99For Lucas, a young teen orphan living in Nazi-occupied France, resistance seems impossible. When the timid and compassionate boy saves a litter of kittens, he brings them to a deserted stable, where...
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Review of Your Truck
Your Truck by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPreschool Candlewick 28 pp.1/26 9781536248227 $8.99Expanding on the concept of his Your Places books (Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island, all rev. 1/25), Klassen here explores a familiar thing in many a child’s life: trucks. The text begins by establishing ownership:...
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Review of Rock Paper Incisors: A Skunk and Badger Story
Rock Paper Incisors: A Skunk and Badger Story by Amy Timberlake; illus. by Jon KlassenPrimary, Intermediate Little, Brown 192 pp.10/25 9781643750071 $18.99Roommates Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, rev. 1/21; Egg Marks the Spot) are now caring for two rat pups, Zeno and Zephyr. Badger, true to form, has exacting...
Your Farm | Your Forest | Your Island
Could an original board book ever win a Caldecott? This blog has contemplated this question, most notably in 2018 (“All A-Board: Why the Hell Hasn't a Board Book Won the Caldecott!?”) when Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt lamented that Llamaphones by French resident Janik Coat was not eligible and wondered...
Review of Your Farm | Your Forest | Your Island
Your Farm by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230826 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242416 $8.99 ★ Your Forest by Jon Klassen; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 2/25 9781536230833 $8.99 e-book ed. 9781536242430 $8.99 ★ Your Island by Jon Klassen; illus. by the...
Calde-folklore: there's a hell of a lot of it
Today on Calling Caldecott, a conversation between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt about folklore and the Caldecott Award. (This is an entry in their "why-the-hell" Calling Caldecott series. Previous posts include discussions about the Caldecott and holiday books; photography; board books; the Newbery Award; and "didactic intent.") ELISA GALL: While traditional literature is not eligible for...
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Review of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon KlassenPreschool, Primary Candlewick 32 pp.9/23 9781536223767 $18.99e-book ed. 9781536234442 $18.99Barnett and Klassen (The Three Billy Goats Gruff, rev. 1/23, and others) reunite to address the title’s age-old Christmas question. Barnett’s text expertly speculates as a child might,...
The Skull
Given the cover, you might think this book, based on old Tyrolean folktale, will open, “Alas, poor Yorick!” But, no, it opens with a young girl on the run, and as Otilla runs through the snowy forest, readers are plunged along with her. It’s an unusual story and completely engaging. But is it...
Review of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 112 pp.7/23 9781536223361 $19.99e-book ed. 9781536232158 $19.99“One night…Otilla finally ran away.” After trekking through the snowy forest, she knocks at the door of a large old house. A skull in the window says he’ll let the girl...
Review of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
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 serve up a delectable rendition of the oft-retold folktale. The bare-bones narrative “clip clops” along with abundant humor and plenty of verbal delights, repetition,...
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