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Call Me Roberto!
The Caldecott Award has only gone to a handful of picture-book biographies. Some have received well-deserved Caldecott honors, but only a few have taken home the Gold. Most recently, Javaka Steptoe won the Medal in 2017 for his inventive jigsaw puzzle–style book, Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel...
Review of Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso; illus. by Rudy Gutierrez Primary, Intermediate Calkins/Astra 40 pp. 8/24 9781635928112 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781635928129 $11.99 In engaging, economical, and colloquial prose, Alonso chronicles the ascent and career highs of legendary right fielder Clemente (1934–1972), who endured...
Five questions for Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez
In their dynamic picture-book biography Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos (Calkins/Astra, 7–10 years), author Nathalie Alonso and illustrator Rudy Gutierrez trace their subject’s baseball career and his advocacy. See also the Sports--Baseball and Puerto Ricans tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. 1. Nathalie, as a sports...
From the Editor - September 2024
In my house, baseball season never really ends, and September, with its lead-up to the MLB playoffs, is clutch. Sunday, September 15, was the annual celebration of Roberto Clemente Day — all players wear #21 — and the start of National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month (September 15–October 15). What...
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Review of Window Fishing
Window Fishing by DK Dyson; illus. by Rudy GutierrezPrimary Knopf 40 pp.8/23 9780593429013 $18.99Library ed. 9780593429020 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593429037 $10.99Grumpy artist Rudeday feels he’ll never be famous as he toils away in his fourth-floor apartment. Although he wants to bring people joy, Rudeday has none of it himself. One day,...
Publishers' Preview: Spring 2023: Five Questions for DK Dyson and Rudy Gutierrez
This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2023 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Spring 2023, 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 For Window Fishing,...
2020 Caldecott Announcement
The wait is over! The 2020 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee has made its choices: one winner and three honor books. The winner is: The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Kwame Alexander: The honor books are: Bear Came Along, illustred by LeUyen Pham and written by Richard T. Morris: Double Bass...
Double Bass Blues
As I read Double Bass Blues, I can see and feel the double meaning of the title. Nic is a young Black boy who plays the double bass at his suburban school. Unlike his friends, to get home he must travel across town — and with a double bass on his back....
Review of Double Bass Blues
Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Loney; illus. by Rudy Gutierrez Primary Knopf 32 pp. g 10/19 978-1-5247-1852-7 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-5247-1853-4 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5247-1854-1 $10.99 Told entirely through dialogue and sound effects, the story follows double-bass player Nic as he performs an “epic solo” at band practice at...
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