Editorials

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2008

January/February 2008: Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain
The reader always gets the last word.

March/April 2008: News and e-Ventures
The debut of Notes from the Horn Book.

May/June 2008: Altogether, One at a Time
A family-friendly issue.

2007

January/February 2007: True Stories All
The facts of fiction.

March/April 2007: The World in 534 Pages
The turns of Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

May/June 2007: Here’s Why It’s Censorship
Objections to The Higher Power of Lucky.

July/August 2007: The Stupids Live
The immortal James Marshall.

September/October 2007: Girls and Boys
Special issue on books and gender

November/December 2007: Mr. Todd
Remembering our publisher emeritus

2006

January/February 2006: "Smoking or Nonsmoking?"
The birth of a blog.

March/April 2006: Outside the Lines
Graphic novels come of age.

May/June 2006: Leave Them Alone
Trusting teen readers.

July/August 2006: Awards Inside Out
Are our disagreements too polite?

September/October 2006: It’s All Good
No, not when the subject is books.

November/December 2006: One by One
Discovering authentic multiculturalism.

2005

January/February 2005: "Nevertheless"
Honoring imperfection.

March/April 2005: Another Letter to the First Librarian
Should Mrs. Bush Just Say Know to evolution?

May/June 2005: One at a Time
How to read poetry.

July/August 2005: And Your Point Is . . . ?
Calculating the value of reading aloud.

September/October 2005: Parallel Play
What the latest Harry Potter says about young readers (and their elders).

November/December 2005: Here and There and HCA
Traveling the small world of children's literature.

2004

January/February 2004: Madonna, Fair and Unbalanced
Reading celebrity books.

March/April 2004: :-( !?
Instant messaging girl power.

May/June 2004: Guess How Much I Love You, Catcher in the Rye?
Drawing blurry age lines.

July/August 2004: Easy Targets
Censors taking aim.

September/October 2004: More Is More
Weighing an NEA report on reading.

November/December 2004: Where the Boys Aren't
Uncovering male readers.

2003

January/February 2003: Ears Wide Open
Sounding the annual Fanfare.

March/April 2003: The Truth’s Superb Surprise
Troublemaking poets.

May/June 2003: Who Is This For?
Puzzling over audience.

July/August 2003: Book ’em
Busting the language police.

September/October 2003: The Little Old Lady from Chicago
Remembering Zena Sutherland.

November/December 2003: Happy Once, Happy Twice
Honoring Sendak at seventy-five.

2002

January/February 2002: Reasons to Get Out of Bed
Stories that light up the sky.

March/April 2002: Hansel, Hobbits, and Harry
Three crossover sensations.

May/June 2002: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Tuning into audiobooks.

July/August 2002: Classic Reckoning
The future of Harry Potter and His Dark Materials.

September/October 2002: Not Just a Walk in the Park
Children's books after 9/11.

November/December 2002: Opening Questions
What history can't answer.

2001

January/February 2001: When Harry Met Dorothy
The wizard and Oz.

March/April 2001: And Baby Makes Three
Delivering a new nonfiction award.

May/June 2001: We Get Mail
Real answers for virtual questions.

July/August 2001: Bring Out Your Dead
Cloning the classics.

September/October 2001: Over to You
Debating identity-based awards.

November/December 2001: A Governing Faith
Contemplating God and country.

2000

January/February 2000: The Out of Towners
Introducing new reviewers.

March/April 2000: The Mystery in the Yellow Suit
Tuck Everlasting's colorful enigma.

May/June 2000: Fans of Editorials May Enjoy This One
Predicting child appeal.

July/August 2000: The New Math
Calculating literary value.

September/October 2000: Writers, Reviewers, and Rare Gratification
The book reviewer's obligations.

November/December 2000: Light from Above
Reading for pleasure.

1999

January/February 1999: Unpacking History
Seventy-five years at The Horn Book, Inc.

March/April 1999: Honoring Mike
The new Printz Award for young adult literature.

May/June 1999: "Now, why’s he got to come back to that?"
Untangling multicultural paradoxes.

July/August 1999: Dolls at a Distance
The less wholesome American Girls.

September/October 1999: Potter’s Field
A publishing phenomenon's mixed legacy.

November/December 1999: Millennial Outlook
Commercial interruptions in the future.

1998 and earlier

March/April 1998: Cultural Currency
Celebrating picture books.

March/April 1997: Family Focus
From our special Family Reading issue.

July/August 1996: "Why Is This a Picture Book?"
Roger Sutton on offering too much, too soon.

January/February 1996: A Wider Vision for the Newbery
Editors Martha V. Parravano and Lauren Adams sound the horn for diversity.

January/February 1993: James Marshall (1942–1992)
Anita Silvey's obituary for James Marshall.

July/August 1989: Horn Book Guide
Anita Silvey announces a new venture.

July/August 1986: Could Randolph Caldecott Win the Caldecott Medal?
Anita Silvey on the dangers of being distinguished.

April 1984: Art and Text — And Context
Ethel Heins on lavishly illustrated new editions.

December 1979: A Cry for Laughter
Ethel Heins on lightening up the new realism.

April 1973: At Critical Cross-Purposes
Paul Heins referees Eleanor Cameron vs. Roald Dahl.

February 1973: In Protest
Paul Heins defends free speech.

December 1968: "Gold and Frankincense and Myrrh"
Paul Heins on the treasures of literature.

August 1962: Good Reading by Ruth Hill Viguers
The gifts of literary experience.

June 1961: Information and Knowledge
Ruth Hill Viguers on the difference between the two.

February 1957: "To Save Time"
Jennie Lindquist on ways to welcome young refugees.

October 1924: Editorial
Bertha Mahony's inaugural editorial.