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From the January/February 2022 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Holiday House Issues Mordicai Gerstein's Collaborative Finale By Sally Lodge | Jan 21, 2021 A moose, a goose, and a mouse ride a loose caboose to find the perfect house in Moose, Goose, and Mouse, a picture book written by the late Mordicai Gerstein and illustrated by Gerstein and Jeff Mack. Released this month by Holiday House, the book has a bittersweet back story involving the collaborators’ chance meeting, a fast friendship between two kindred spirits, an unexpected working partnership, and a rewarding cap to a distinguished career for Gerstein, winner of the 200...

By Libby Morse | If you’re a New Yorker subscriber, you’ve probably encountered Jashar Awan’s work: the venerable magazine—and the “Goings on About Town” section in particular—was one of his best clients during his almost two decades as a freelance illustrator in the New York City. But you’re forgiven if you don’t make the connection between the graphic novel realism of those images and the strongly geometric pictures in his debut, What a Lucky Day! (Norton Young Readers), which are modeled on the look of cut paper. The big departure in style resulted from a co...