Author Archive for Casey

Friday, Dec 28, 2018

This week's Mock Caldecott title is "The Stuff of Stars"  written by Marion Dane Bauer and illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner and Coretta Scott King Award recipient, Ekua Holmes. In short, this is a book about the birth of the universe, told...

Friday, Dec 21, 2018

This week's Mock Caldecott title is Grace Lin's, "A Big Mooncake for Little Star"  . Grace Lin is a well known author and activist in the kidlit world.  She runs a site and podcast called Kidlit Women   in which she interviews prominent creators...

Friday, Dec 14, 2018

This week's Mock Caldecott selection is Evan Turk's "Heartbeat "  . In this lovely tribute to the majesty of whales, we follow an orphaned whale calf through nearly two hundred years of human development. From whale oil candles and machine gun oil...

Friday, Dec 7, 2018

 This week for ICPL's Mock Caldecott, I'm taking a look at the Fan Brothers' Ocean Meets Sky . This sibling duo has been featured in ICPL's Mock Caldecott every year that we've had one, starting with their debut picture book, The Night Gardener ....

Friday, Nov 30, 2018

The next title up for review in ICPL's 2019 Mock Caldecott is Jessica Love's debut picture book,  "Julián is a Mermaid" . Utilizing very sparse text, Love relies heavily on her lustrous illustrations for her narrative. In fact, there are only 92...

Friday, Nov 23, 2018

The next book up for your consideration in our mock Caldecott series is Sophie Blackall's "Hello Lighthouse" .  Following a lighthouse and its keeper through their final years together, this story is quietly introspective, bittersweet and...

Saturday, Nov 17, 2018

The first of our Mock Caldecott selections up for review is Jen Wang's "The Prince and the Dressmaker" . Set in Paris at the turn of the century, this graphic novel is part realistic fiction, part fairy tale and wholly delightful. Not only is...

Monday, Nov 12, 2018

In preparation for the ALA's Youth Media Awards librarians and educators all over the country are talking about who could win, in particular the  Newbery and Caldecott . Here at ICPL we like to host our own mini version of the awards in the months...

Friday, Feb 2, 2018

I am happy to present the medalists and honorees for ICPL's 2018 Mock Youth Media Awards. Without any further ado here they are-- The Newbery Medal goes to: The Newbery Honor titles are: Real Friends by Shannon Hale Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren...

Friday, Jan 26, 2018

Last, and last to be published in 2017, but certainly not least in our Mock Caldecott review series is  Here We Are: notes for living on planet Earth   by acclaimed author-illustrator, Oliver Jeffers. Written for his son during the first few...

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Casey buys books for ICPL's youngest readers. However, she enjoys reading books of all shapes and sizes. You can find her at the Children's Desk, out and about at one of our area preschools, or providing in-house programming like StoryJAM.