''Blackout'' is a children's picture book written and illustrated by

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, published by Disney Hyperion in 2011. It features a New York City family during an electrical

power outage A power outage (also called a powercut, a power out, a power failure, a power blackout, a power loss, or a blackout) is the loss of the electrical power network supply to an end user. There are many causes of power failures in an electricit ...

. During the blackout, the lack of distraction by their technological devices leads to a renewal of the family members' connections with each other. ''Blackout'' was a 2012 Caldecott Honor Book, one runner-up for the annual

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has optioned it for a live-action feature. In 2013, the book was made into an animated film narrated by

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2011 children's books American picture books Caldecott Honor-winning works {{child-book-stub