Recommended Caldecott Reading: K.T. Horning in The Horn Book
This one’s for all the Caldecott connoisseurs out there. Back in the early 2010s, as the Caldecott Medal was turning 75, Kathleen T. Horning wrote a series of six articles for The Horn Book. They act as a mini masterclass on the award. I recently came across them again and man are they good.
Here they are, in order:
Mei Li and the Making of a Picture Book
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Prayer for a Child and the Test of Time
Madeline’s Rescue and the Question of Audience
Drummer Hoff and “Didactic Intent”
Arrow to the Sun and Critical Controversies
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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