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Review of Lost Evangeline
Lost Evangeline by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Sophie BlackallIntermediate Candlewick 160 pp.9/25 9781536225525 $17.99e-book ed. 9781536247596 $17.99In this, the latest of DiCamillo’s Norendy stories (The Puppets of Spelhorst, rev. 9/23; The Hotel Balzaar, rev. 9/24), we meet a cast of characters who come trailing their folktale origins. Evangeline, in the...
Review of If We Were Dogs
If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.9/25 9780316581721 $18.99In Blackall’s earlier picture book If I Was a Horse (rev. 9/23), a child imagines life as a spirited steed; activities include giving little sister a ride to school. In this clever follow-up,...
Review of Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups
Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups by Annie Barrows; illus. by Sophie BlackallPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 116 pp.9/25 9781797219714 $15.99Big sister Stella and little sister Marigold make a welcome return to the page with their own brand of sibling affection. The humor, energy, and poignancy of the first book (Stella &...
Ahoy!
Ahoy there! I’m here to start a conversation about Sophie Blackall’s latest picture book — one that has many of the hallmarks of her previous books (yes, including spectacular seascapes and even a lighthouse) but also breaks new ground — or explores new seas, in this case. And no, the...
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Review of Stella & Marigold
Stella & Marigold by Annie Barrows; illus. by Sophie BlackallPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 108 pp.10/24 9781797219707 $15.99Stella and Marigold, ages seven and four, are a force to be reckoned with. In eight tightly constructed, linked short stories, we follow the sisters through a domestic plumbing disaster, a visit to the zoo,...
Review of Ahoy!
Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Schwartz/Random 48 pp. 4/24 9780593429396 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593429402 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593429419 $10.99 Picture books about imaginary play can be belabored or overly precious. Not so Blackall’s brilliantly constructed latest. The opening setting is a living room (just a...
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Review of Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson
Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson by Ann E. Burg; illus. by Sophie BlackallIntermediate, Middle School Scholastic 304 pp.3/24 9781338883381 $19.99e-book ed. 9781338883404 $19.99In this first-person novel in verse, Burg (Serafina’s Promise, rev. 9/13) imagines the life of the groundbreaking environmentalist from age eleven through adulthood. Rachel possesses...
Sophie Blackall 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 I sternly cautioned my old friend Sophie Blackall that there would be no talking-like-pirates in our conversation about Ahoy!, the two-time Caldecott Medalist’s new picture book about an afternoon...
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Review of If I Was a Horse
If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 32 pp.10/23 9780316510981 $18.99A horse-obsessed child imagines all the things they could do if they were a horse. “I could go anywhere I want, and I’d come home when I was hungry.” The earnest text...
Farmhouse
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. g 9/22 978-0-316-52894-8 $18.99 Blackall brings herself and her artistic process into this...
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