Honor Books
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Frazee (YES!)
How I Learned Geography by Shulevitz
A River of Words by Melissa Sweet
Winner
HOuse in the NIght by Krommes (YES! YES!!!!!!!!)
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Waking Brain Cells 
OK, Tasha, help me out here. This looks like another retro book with little child appeal to me. Help me like it!
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Managed to find my review of it:
This cumulative tale follows the pattern of nursery rhymes, naming common objects in a bedtime house. Open the door with the key, move into the warm glow of the lamp, discover the book on the bed, and away you fly. Out you go, into the night where the stars shine, filling the night sky with their glow and the moon beams upon you.
This book exudes warmth, comfort and blessings. The images done in black and white primarily are given beacons of warmth through the use of yellow. Done in a classic woodcut feel, the illustrations pay the same homage to classic nursery rhymes as the text does.
Recommended as a cozy winter bedtime story. Curl up with your child, discuss how the moon reflects the sun’s light, and be reminded of how lucky we are.
Does that help?
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Yes, it does some. I was seeing the yellow in sharp contrast to the black and white, kind of like a 50’s bathroom. (Sorry!) I’m getting more into the warmth idea now. Still not sure it will ever be one of my favorite Caldecotts, but your interpretation does make me adjust my original reaction. Thanks!
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