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Beach towel reads
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Our annual summer reading list is full of our favorites from the last year—perfect for the long Memorial Day weekend coming up. (Road trip? We've got audiobook recommendations … [Read More...]
Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012
We remember the incomparable Maurice Sendak, longtime Friend of The Horn Book, with these articles about, interviews with, and writings and illustrations by the great man, along with select reviews of his books. It's My Party: An Interview with … [Read More...]
Review of the Week
Review of Summer in the City
Summer in the City by Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel; illus. by Marie-Louise Gay Intermediate Groundwood 151 pp. 4/12 978-1-55498-177-9 $15.95 g e-book ed. 978-1-55498-200-4 $15.95 Sixth grade is almost over, summer’s approaching, and Charlie’s parents haven’t revealed the family’s summer plans yet. What great adventure is in store? In the past, they’ve been caught in a revolution in Mexico, gotten sandblasted in the desert, ridden out … [Read More...]
The fun kind of summer reading
We've posted our selections, compiled by Katie Bircher, for summer reading--the fun kind, not for school. You can see my at-home mostly-unread piles above: some are as yet untouched and saved for true leisure (The End of the Wasp Season, by Denise … [Read More...]
Tragedy of the traveling pants—no spoilers
I recently started reading Ann Brashares's Sisterhood Everlasting (Random House, 2011), a ten-years-later installment of the popular YA Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (Sisterhood is shelved in the grown-up section at my library). The story … [Read More...]
Aren’t they great?
NOT the Caldecott choices, well, of course them but really: Lolly and Robin. I want to thank them for starting up Calling Caldecott and doing such a nice job of keeping it going and getting it noticed. (On the day of the announcement, the New York … [Read More...]
Recommended Books
Review of Summer in the City
Summer in the City by Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel; illus. by Marie-Louise Gay Intermediate Groundwood 151 pp. 4/12 978-1-55498-177-9 $15.95 g e-book ed. … [Read More...]
Beach towel reads
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Our annual summer reading list is full of our favorites from the last year—perfect for the long Memorial Day weekend coming up. … [Read More...]
Summer reading recommendations
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? We've hand-picked some new favorites, all published within the last year, that are ideal for the season. Picture books … [Read More...]
Elizabeth Wein on Code Name Verity
From the May/June 2012 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Roger asks Code Name Verity author Elizabeth Wein about writing books and flying airplanes. Read the full review of Code Name Verity … [Read More...]
Interviews
Elizabeth Wein on Code Name Verity
From the May/June 2012 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Roger asks Code Name Verity author Elizabeth Wein about writing books and flying airplanes. Read the full review of Code Name Verity … [Read More...]
Five questions for Paul O. Zelinsky
Having illustrated more than thirty books, Paul O. Zelinsky is a master of just about every artistic medium. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1998 for Rapunzel, a dark story illustrated with lush, … [Read More...]
Five questions for Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
To tell the complex story of her great-uncle, bookseller Lewis Michaux, 2010 Coretta Scott King Author Award–winner (for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. … [Read More...]
Get your mind out of the gutter
While working on my interview with Molly Leach about her jacket and interior design for the 50th anniversary edition of A Wrinkle in Time, I was reminded of all the terms that have alternate meanings … [Read More...]
Interview with Molly Leach
About a month ago I began an email conversation with Molly Leach about her new cover and interior book design for Macmillan's 50th anniversary edition of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time. Have … [Read More...]
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