Five questions for Emily Jenkins Water in the Park: A Book About Water & the Times of the Day written by Emily Jenkins, illus. by Stephanie Graegin, Schwartz & Wade/Random, 4–7 years. Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money written by Emily Jenkins, illus. by G. Brian Karas, Schwartz & Wade/Random, 4–7 [...]
The Horn Book Magazine — May/June 2013
May 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
Table of Contents Features Caroline Fraser 10 Peter Rabbit and the Tale of a Fierce Bad Publisher The bunnysploitation of a children’s literature icon. Jeanne Birdsall 27 Middle Grade Saved My Life In praise of middle grade novels—and why not to confuse them with YA. Jonathan Hunt 31 The Amorphous Genre Needed: a gateway [...]
Photos from Fostering Lifelong Learners
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Pictures from the Fostering Lifelong Learners conference. Photos by Shara Hardeson. For more on the day-long event, click here.
NF Notes: From the editor, April 2013
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to our third issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book, and I’m pleased to be able to tell you that Nonfiction Notes will now be published six times a year, thanks to your interest and advertisers’ enthusiasm. We hope that you find this newsletter useful in finding good nonfiction books for your library [...]
Newbery Award Acceptance by Elaine L. Konigsburg
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
You see before you today a grateful convert from chemistry. Grateful that I converted and grateful that you have labeled the change successful. The world of chemistry, too, is thankful; it is a neater and safer place since I left. This conversion was not so difficult as some others I have gone through. The transformation [...]
Books mentioned in the April 2013 issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book
April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Remembering the Holocaust Holocaust Through Primary Sources series Altman, Linda Jacobs The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Striking a Blow Against the Nazis Middle school, high school 128 pp. Enslow 2011 Library binding ISBN 978-0-7660-3320-7 Byers, Ann Rescuing the Danish Jews: A Heroic Story from the Holocaust Middle school, high school 128 pp. [...]
