Comments on: Nonfiction Reviews of 2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winner and Honor Books

By: Picturing Imogen - The Horn Book

Picturing Imogen - The Horn Book — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:42 +0000

[...] Mother of Modernism and Three Boys (Cameron + Company, December 2012) by Amy Novesky, author of the 2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book nonfiction honor book, Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Pain…. Novesky presents the story of early-twentieth-century photographer Imogen Cunningham, who, like [...]

By: 2012 Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium timeline — The Horn Book

2012 Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium timeline — The Horn Book — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:57:55 +0000

[...] BGHB chair Thom Barthelmess on nonfiction winners: committee looked for books that “inform and delight in equal [...]

By: 2012 BGHB ceremony timeline — The Horn Book

2012 BGHB ceremony timeline — The Horn Book — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:29:43 +0000

[...] 6:36pm: Award committee chair Thom Barthelmess introduces the nonfiction winners and honorees [...]

By: 2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature — The Horn Book

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:57:16 +0000

[...] NONFICTION WINNER: Chuck Close: Face Book, written and illustrated by Chuck Close (Abrams Books for Young Readers) Chuck Close’s art is easy to describe and especially attractive to children because he creates only portraits—in almost every possible medium with an intriguing trompe l’oeil effect. This book explores how his life story and so-called disabilities relate directly to his style. In this Q&A–style narrative, Close himself answers with a clear voice without a hint of famous-artist self-aggrandizement or angst. Read The Horn Book‘s review [...]