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A picture book is a whole package, every square inch valuable real estate. And Susanna Chapman, illustrator of The Fastest Drummer: Clap Your Hands for Viola Smith!, wastes none of that real estate as she lays the land for author Dean Robbins’s spare lyrical text. Together both text and art...
Illustrator Frank Morrison began his career as an artist breakdancing and creating graffiti art. These influences are evident in his illustrations for My Block Looks Like, in which he turns Janelle Harper’s joyful ode to city life into a story about what a child experiences on their way to a...
Full disclosure: I am a dog person. My daughter, also a dog person, and a pediatrician, reports that the service dogs who visit her hospital are often the only remedy for her sick patients. I believe in dog joy. But the medal-worthiness of Jump for Joy, illustrated by Hadley Hooper...
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...
Black women librarians have been integral to the collection and preservation of Black literature and culture. Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s first Black librarian, curated an extensive collection of Black literature for the George Cleveland Hall Branch on Chicago's South Side. While Vivian Harsh was collecting Black literature for adults, Charlemae Hill...
At the beginning of The House Before Falling into the Sea, we don’t know why large groups of people are fleeing their homes on foot, but they all seem to have one destination: a house at the tip of a rocky peninsula that juts out into a choppy sea. The...
"I am convinced that the struggle for human rights is not over and never will be, but I also know that love, peace, and justice will always have the last word.” — Coretta Scott King Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King written by Coretta Scott King with Reverend...
The Caldecott Medal was never meant to identify the best picture book of the year. The aim of the folks who founded the award was to see higher quality art in picture books published in the United States. This is why when one reads the Caldecott criteria, under “Purpose,” one...
Today we present: The List™ (subject to and likely to change). These are the Caldecott-eligible* books that we (not the actual Caldecott committee) think are notable and worth discussion: A few books from Adrienne's library. Photo: Adrienne L. Pettinelli. Call Me Roberto: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by...
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