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Chris Raschka

Chris Raschka

Chris Raschka

Chris Raschka is the illustrator of The Hello, Goodbye Window, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal. He is also the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Yo! Yes?; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop; Mysterious Thelonious; John Coltrane's Giant Steps; and Can't Sleep. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

Little Black Crow will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
Little Black Crow is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
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Fortune Cookies
Apr 27, 2011
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Little Black Crow has won an award
Mar 24, 2011
News:
Little Black Crow has won an award
Mar 24, 2011
Fortune Cookies is now available in Paper Over Board, Novelty
Jan 04, 2011
Fortune Cookies will be released on January 04, 2011 in Paper Over Board, Novelty
Jan 04, 2011
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Fortune Cookies
Oct 12, 2010
Little Black Crow will be released on August 31, 2010 in Hardcover
Aug 31, 2010
Little Black Crow is now available in Hardcover
Aug 31, 2010
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Little Black Crow
Dec 17, 2009
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Peter and the Wolf has won an award
Mar 01, 2009
Peter and the Wolf will be released on November 04, 2008 in Hardcover
Nov 04, 2008
Peter and the Wolf is now available in Hardcover
Nov 04, 2008
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Nov 04, 2008
Peter and the Wolf is now available in
Nov 04, 2008

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Bend Bulletin, February 17, 2012
...savor, so get comfortable, turn the pages slowly and find your own story. ?A Ball For Daisy? by Chris Raschka This book earned the 2012 Caldecott Medal for most distinguished picture book for children. This picture book, told from the point of view of...
Youth Worker Journal, February 15, 2012
...Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: A Ball for Daisy illustrated and written by Chris Raschka, is the 2012 Caldecott Medal winner. The book is published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's...
New York Times, February 10, 2012
...ones with their peep kisses. LITTLE TREASURES Endearments From Around the World. By Jacqueline K. Ogburn. Illustrated by Chris Raschka. 32 pp. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 4 to 8) A book to make any Montessori or multicultural...
School Library Journal, February 9, 2012
...This?  Then Try: “Let’s Get a Pup!” Said Kate by Bob Graham A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka Fred Stays With Me! by Nancy Coffelt Other Blog Reviews: No related posts. Tags: 2012 picture books, 2012 reviews, Barroux, Blue Apple Books, dog...
WRAL, February 8, 2012
...styles. Valentine's Day: Jacqueline Ogburn's Little Treasures (Houghton Mifflin $16.99), illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka, is a lovely collection of endearments from around the world. For ages 4 and up. An Eve Bunting-Jan Brett...
Detroit News, February 6, 2012
..."Dead End in Norvelt" won the John Newbery Medal for the best children's book of 2011, and Chris Raschka's "A Ball for Daisy" won the Randolph Caldecott award for best illustration. The prizes were announced Monday by the American Library Association...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 6, 2012
...Voigt and narrated by Wendy Carter. Schwartz & Wade Caldecott Medal—A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka. King Author Honor Book—Patricia C. McKissack, author of Never Forgotten, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Sydney...
Examiner.com, December 16, 2011
...his past through the impressive landscape he's created. An instant classic. 2. A Ball For Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade) Ages 2 to 5 A little dog loves playing with her favorite ball more than anything in the world, until it's destroyed by a...
Good Times Santa Cruz, December 13, 2011
...Canyon); “Whiteout,” a collaboration with the photographer Nathan Lyons, (Lodima); and a children's book with illustrations by Chris Raschka, “A Primer about the Flag” (Candlewick). His poems, his teaching, and his columns in The American Poetry...
Oregonian, December 9, 2011
...his mother decorates a pine tree with paper cranes. A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. Chris Raschka Raschka's illustrations include many tiny details that will entice readers into the classic story of a boy's memories of Christmas. Too Many...
MetroKids Pennsylvania, December 6, 2011
...expressions to define each character in this sardonically humorous offering. A Ball for Daisy Written and illustrated by Chris Raschka; Schwartz & Wade/Random (Preschool, Primary) Dog gets (red) ball; dog loses ball; dog gets (blue) ball. Raschka’s...
Sacramento Bee, December 5, 2011
...books we reviewed this year, these are the ones that have stayed with us: A Ball for Daisy Chris Raschka Schwartz & Wade, $17, 32 pages, ages 3-7 Named by the New York Times as one of the best illustrated books of 2011, this wordless gem by Raschka will...
New York Times, December 2, 2011
...Rife with snappy asides and clever but never heavy-handed, our reviewer wrote. SERIOUSLY, NORMAN! Written and illustrated by Chris Raschka. (Michael di Capua/Scholastic, $17.95.) This humorous first novel by picture book author Raschka describes life...
KansasCity.com, December 2, 2011
...mid-grade novel. •  “Fortune Cookies,” by Albert Bitterman (pseudonym of a Kansas City children’s bookseller), illustrated by Chris Raschka (Beach Lane Books). A child receives a box of seven fortune cookies from an uncle, a fortune per day...