Preview

January/February 2010 Horn Book Magazine

A salute to the new National Ambassador for
Young People’s Literature, Katherine Paterson.

• Cover portrait of Katherine Paterson by Caldecott-winning artist Brian Selznick

• Love letters to the new Ambassador by Linda Sue Park, Kate DiCamillo, Susan Cooper, and Gregory Maguire

• Advice from the outgoing — in more ways than one — Ambassador Jon Scieszka

• Interview with Katherine Paterson by Roger Sutton

And

• Elizabeth Bird (aka blogger Fuse #8) writes about how books can be timely and timeless, and when they can't

• Notes on photography in children's books by Leonard S. Marcus

• Jessica Angotti on how children jump into — and out of — books

• Zetta Elliott on reclaiming her African ancestors