Calling Caldecott pauses its coverage to give a nod to some of the books that are ineligible for the Caldecott Award. Here, we dive into an interview with Jack Wong about When You Can Swim, which also won the 2023 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Award.
We asked author-illustrators Lucy Ruth Cummins and Jack Wong to discuss their new picture books celebrating the expansive and liberating pleasures of swimming.