Thank You, Omu!

This week Oge Mora added a Caldecott Honor to the many accolades she's won for her debut picture book, and for good reason. Using a painted collage style full of muted colors, she creates a cityscape reminiscent of the one Ezra Jack Keats's Peter wanders through, though a little less melancholy, for a story of her grandmother's generosity that's like the stone soup fable turned inside out. It's a warm as a bowl of stew held in your hands. (Ages 0 to 4)