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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.

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News:
Little Black Crow has won an award
Aug 28, 2012
News:
Fortune Cookies has won an award
Aug 17, 2012
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
News:
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
Graphic Excerpt:
Fortune Cookies
Oct 12, 2010
Little Black Crow is now available in
Aug 31, 2010
Little Black Crow will be released on August 31, 2010 in
Aug 31, 2010
Graphic Excerpt:
Little Black Crow
Dec 17, 2009
News:
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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Roanoke Times, April 11, 2013
...beautiful book invites repeated perusals.” Wordless picture books like the Caldecott Medal winners ?A Ball for Daisy? by Chris Raschka and ?The Lion and the Mouse? by Jerry Pinkney are becoming more and more popular, and Staake is welcome addition to...
Huffington Post, April 7, 2013
...s message far and wide, the author has teamed up with Random House and fellow authors and illustrators, Chris Raschka (), Bob Staake (Bluebird), and Tad Hills (Rocket Writes A Story), to encourage kids to follow the little robot's example and unplug for...
Kirkus Reviews, April 4, 2013
...don’t know. I just know the very thought right now is her own personal idea of torture. Chris Raschka gets this. You’d think a picture book devoted to the notion of learning to ride a bike, which is precisely what his new book is, would be too...
School Library Journal, March 4, 2013
...Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle (Raschka) ©2013 by Chris Raschka. BUNTING , Eve. Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? illus. by Sergio Ruzzier. 32p. Clarion. Mar. 2013. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-547-75267-9. LC 2012012192. PreS-Gr 1 –A small...
Albany Democrat Herald, March 2, 2013
...explosion of giggles from the audience. Children rarely leave Keeney’s presence without a story. Today it was Chris Raschka’s, “Yo! Yes?”, which uses just a handful of words to bring two friends together. “The cool thing about this book is...
Parenting.com, January 31, 2013
...Are, Brian Selznick for The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Jerry Pinkney for The Lion & the Mouse and Chris Raschka for A Ball for Daisy. PLUS: Building Baby’s First Library: 25 Must-Have Books The American Library Association also announced today...
Sequim Gazette, January 23, 2013
...a book that stands up well to multiple reads. “Otter and Odder” by James Howe and illustrated by Chris Raschka Everyone knows that otters and fish are destined to be enemies — as is the natural order of things — but when an otter falls in...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 12, 2013
...achievement in writing it, and I think it is telling me to stay the course, which I will. Chris Raschka 2012 Caldecott Medal On the one hand, my life has not changed a bit, says Raschka. I still walk to my studio every day, having the same doubts, finding...
C & G Newspapers, January 11, 2013
...laughing, too,” Bond said. Recommended by Roseville’s Assistant Library Director Annamarie Lindstrom, “A Ball for Daisy,” by Chris Raschka, tells a story without words, about a pet dog’s favorite toy ball. “It’s clear he loves his ball...
ALA, January 4, 2013
...of high-profile experts and children’s book illustrators including Paul O. Zelinsky, Brian Selznick, Jerry Pinkney, Erin Stead, Chris Raschka, and Eric Rohmann The amazing city of Chicago! For attendees needing to show how you’ll be more valuable...
Examiner.com, December 20, 2012
...Water in the World. By George Ella Lyon, Illus. by Katherine Tillotson, · A Ball for Daisy. By Chris Raschka, · Blackout. By John Rocco, · Bring on the Birds. By Susan Stockdale · The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred. By Samantha R....
Individual.com, December 18, 2012
...--"Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs" by Tomie dePaola --"The Blue Roses" by Linda Boyden --"The Purple Balloon" by Chris Raschka --"Last Week My Brother Anthony Died" by M.W. Hickman --"Tear Soup" by Pat Schweibert --"A Terrible Thing Happened"...
Montreal Families, December 12, 2012
...and their friendship. The Caldecott Medal (United States) A Ball for Daisy (Schwartz & Wade, $18.95) by Chris Raschka — Ages 3-6 In this whimsical book, Chris Raschka tells the story of a playful little dog named Daisy – but only through the...
School Library Journal, December 3, 2012
...With all the mergers going on within the publishing world these days, a couple librarians and I were joking the other day about those mergers we?d actually like to see.� And because we are horribly spoiled east-coasters it didn?t take long for us to...