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There is so much to notice and appreciate about LeUyen Pham’s Outside, Inside that it’s hard to know where to start. This is a book about the COVID-19 pandemic, a book that explains the major societal changes the onset of the pandemic wrought in a way that the many preschoolers who...
Photo credit: Sydney Akagi. Michaela Goade is the illustrator of We Are Water Protectors (written by Carole Lindstrom, and published by Roaring Brook), the winner of the 2021 Randolph Caldecott Medal. Julie Danielson interviewed Michaela via email for Calling Caldecott. Calling Caldecott: What was your first conversation with Carole Lindstrom like...
Today at Calling Caldecott, we start talkin' books. Which ones will we write about this year? Here's where we remind you that this list is ever-evolving. Books may be added to it, and books might fall off of it. Please also remember that we have zero, zilch, nada to do...
Hello! We interrupt your Target shopping for all the spectacular Christian Robinson products to announce that it's time to kick off our Calling Caldecott season. We are happy you are here to join us in discussing All Things 2021 Picture Books! (Or, well, the Caldecott-eligible ones anyway.) We last saw you...
Hello, Calling Caldecott readers! As we wave to you from our little corner of cyberspace, we are wiping off a bit of dust on the blog, since it's been a little over three months since we last saw you. But! We are here now to share glimpses of some of the notable...
It’s hard to believe this is the fourth annual selection for the Robin Smith Picture Book Prize, four years since my wife, Robin Smith, died of cancer at age 57. Robin co-founded Calling Caldecott, reviewed for the Horn Book Magazine and Kirkus Reviews, served on the Caldecott committee and several others,...
Greeting, fellow members of the children's book community, on this day after a most momentous one in our history. Yesterday, Michaela Goade, who is of Tlingit descent and is tribally enrolled wih the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, won the Caldecott Medal for We Are...
The wait is over! The 2021 Caldecott Awards were announced this morning. The committee chose one winner and four honor books. The winner is: We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom: The...
We here at Calling Caldecott want to take a moment to thank everyone who voted in this week’s 2021 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote. Here are the results if you missed them yesterday. And if mock-voting is not your thing but you have read along with us for the past five months...
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