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A Big Mooncake for Little Star is a 2018 picture book written and illustrated by Grace Lin. The story is about Little Star gradually eating the mooncake that her mother has baked. The book was a departure for Lin both thematically and in her use of illustrative style. The book was well reviewed and was awarded a Caldecott Honor. The illustrations feature heavy use of black and rely on both the pictures and words to convey the story and its themes.
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We Are Water Protectors is a 2020 picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade. Written in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the book tells the story of an Ojibwe girl who fights against an oil pipeline in an effort to protect the water supply of her people. It was published by Roaring Brook Press on March 17, 2020. The book was well received. Critics praised its message of environmental justice, its depiction of diversity, and the watercolor illustrations, for which Goade won the 2021 Caldecott Medal, becoming the first Indigenous recipient of the award. The book also received the 2021 Jane Addams Children's Book Award winner in the Books for Younger Children category.
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- ↑ "The Most Perfect Spot". Publishers Weekly, review
- ↑ "Personal and Political in Playful Pages". Vinyard Gazette, Holly Nadler, June 24, 2010
- ↑ Dutton, Sandra (16 November 2003). "CHILDREN'S BOOKS; The Grateful Fed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ↑ "Ballet Shoes". Book review by Norah Caroline Piehl, Common Sense Media
- ↑ "'Founding Mothers,' by Cokie Roberts". The New York Times, Feb 19, 2014
- ↑ "Over 100 of the Best Children and Young Adult Books on the American Revolution". Revolutionary War Journal, May 7, 2018, Harry Schenawolf
- ↑ "Four new picture books help kids deal with feelings". USA Today, Eliot Schrefer, Nov. 29, 2015
- ↑ "Mom as a magical unicorn and 4 other new picture books that honor mothers". Deseret News, By Cristy Meiners, May 9, 2018,
- ↑ "Annapolis Author Wins Newberry". Washington Post, By Curt Suplee January 11, 1983
