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on Peter Sís's "Nicky & Vera" (), which "employs his characteristic maps, mazes, graphic borders, stamps, + circles...in a story about a border-crossing, document-forging, labyrinthine wartime rescue effort." https://t.co/8r59ICxaYA

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2021-09-28

Dean Schneider on 's "Bear Island" /: "What a rich reading experience a magnificent PB can be. Cordell’s illus. + text work beautifully together, w/ so much story + emotion related in the illus." https://t.co/3bHx3fm3Rp

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2021-09-14

on Patricia MacLachlan + 's "Prairie Days" (): "Poetry + picture come together to create a bk that provides children w/ a 'visual experience' that's altogether mesmerizing + worthy of the https://t.co/8n8fRBzIhd

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2021-01-12

Rachel Payne on David Elliott + Rob Dunlavey's "In the Woods": "What I admire is that Dunlavey’s work breathes. Illus. is a static art form, but a talented artist offers the illusion that the creatures could start moving at any minute." https://t.co/yvWiHUbiKA

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2020-11-07

on + 's "Outside In" (), which "particularly nails the criterion of 'appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme or concept.'" https://t.co/kkPn3SxCAv

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2020-10-28

Dean Schneider announces the winner of the 2020 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize is...*drumroll*... "River" by Elisha Cooper () https://t.co/rQ3ueuJpNr

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2020-01-31

Allison Grover Khoury + her students are smitten with the beautiful illustrations in 's "Home in the Woods" () + "how much they communicate about Marvel's family’s experiences." Do you agree? https://t.co/7FemNN9AIT

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2020-01-11

on "Fry Bread": " reveals so much of the book's theme through how characters hold themselves, relate to one another through eye contact & (physically & emotionally) lift one another up..." https://t.co/UhlnTXNCNS

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2019-12-05

is "ready for more gold and silver on the comics shelves." Today he's discussing two of his favorites in "CaldeComics 2020": https://t.co/6XRD86ANjR

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2019-10-16

dives into Hey, Water by : "Lines and simple shapes are the name of the game here..." https://t.co/WZBskVLB1g

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2019-10-08

CaldeComics, Part One by Alec Chunn : Following This One Summer's lead, which comic will be the next to get some Caldecott love? https://t.co/kMFQn6JumE

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2018-10-04

Jules looks at some picture books published in (and around) April that are on our radar https://t.co/UzqHP4YbwU

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2018-04-10

Inspired by Robin Smith's "How to Read a Picture Book," Julie takes a close look at Egg https://t.co/RD3sLut9qM

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2017-09-20