Are they weird? What is weird, anyway? And will Jack ever reply to Polly? From the March/April 2013 special “Different Drummers” issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
Nicola Davies on Deadly! The Truth About the Most Dangerous Creatures on Earth
April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In the March/April 2013 Horn Book Magazine, our editors asked Nicola Davies about facing a dangerous animal herself — and got not one, but four stories. Read the review of Deadly! The Truth About the Most Dangerous Creatures on Earth here. Horn Book Editors: What’s the most dangerous creature you’ve ever encountered? Nicola Davies: My [...]
Guess who?: Secrets revealed!
April 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A. Arthur Geisert B. Cynthia Rylant C. D.B. Johnson D. Barry Moser E. Martha Brooks F. Marilyn Nelson G. Katherine Paterson H. Helen Oxenbury I. Brian Pinkney J. Bill Martin Jr K. Peter Sís L. Walter Dean Myers M. Christopher Myers N. Michael Rosen O. Paul Fleischman P. Avi Q. Lynne Rae Perkins R. Jerry [...]
Guess who?: Roundup
April 8, 2013 By 1 Comment
Last week we shared our collection of author and illustrator (and critic!) photos and asked readers to name the subjects. A few remain unidentified — can you match the names to the faces? Here are their names, in random order: Paul Fleischman Christopher Myers Helen Oxenbury Cynthia Rylant Marilyn Nelson Caralyn and Mark Buehner (we [...]
What Makes a Good YA Love Story?
April 8, 2013 By 1 Comment
It’s a simple formula. Boy meets girl (or, more often, girl meets boy. Or, less frequently, boy meets boy or girl meets girl). Boy and girl fall in love. One loses the other, or some other conflict arises. Then comes the happy ending. This plot, or some variation of it, is one we’ve read over [...]
Different Drums: Word Girl
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Horn Book Magazine asked Luann Toth, “What’s the strangest children’s book you’ve ever enjoyed?” I have to confess upfront to being a word girl. Don’t get me wrong: I love art, especially when the interplay of a book’s words and images click to form the perfect vehicle for the storytelling, but it is usually [...]
Five Questions for Julie Roach
April 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
Cambridge Public Library youth services manager (and Horn Book reviewer) Julie Roach will be discussing library services for preschool children at our Fostering Lifelong Learners event (free; you should come) at CPL on April 25th. I asked her to share some of her thoughts on serving this (very) particular audience. (I think her answer to [...]
Five questions for Marilyn Singer
April 5, 2013 By 2 Comments
Marilyn Singer had already demonstrated considerable versatility of poetic talents when in 2010 she debuted a new verse form in Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse (6–10 years, Dutton). This year she is back with a companion, Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems (6–10 years, Dial; both books illustrated by Josée Masse), in [...]
Guess who?: Beards
April 3, 2013 By 5 Comments
Fabulous Facial Hair! This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!
