Newsletter Archives

[See also our Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book archives]

 

2024

January 2024

• Five questions for Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison
• Go forth and help
• Rising to the occasion
• It's almost Valen-time
• From the Editor

February 2024

• Five questions for Dean Robbins and Susanna Chapman
• Express yourself
• Across so many years
• Empowering tales
• From the Editor

March 2024

• Five questions for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes
• At home with poetry
• Awareness of the world around us
• Visual learning
• From the Editor

April 2024: Summer Reading Edition

• Five questions for Sylvie Kantorovitz
• Picture Books
• Beginning Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

May 2024

• Five questions for Paula Yoo
• Stories for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• The page-turning past
• For die-hard dino fans
• From the Editor

 

2023

January 2023

• Five questions for Dare Coulter
• American stories for Black History Month
• Learning from history
• Love isn't easy
• From the Editor

February 2023

• Five questions for Joy McCullough
• "Remember the ladies" during Women's History Month
• Sports and struggles
• Philosophical meditations
• From the Editor

March 2023

• Five questions for Joseph Bruchac
• A variety of verse (novels)
• Animals galore
• Neurodiverse characters
• From the Editor

April 2023: Summer Reading Edition

• Five questions for Jerry Craft
• Picture Books
• Beginning Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

May 2023

• Five questions for Vashti Harrison
• Self-empowerment and self-love
• Diverse stories for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• Their own stories
• From the Editor

June 2023

• Five questions for Jack Wong
• Summer activities
• Appreciating the arts
• LGBTQIA+ representation
• From the Editor

July 2023: Back-to-School Edition

• Five questions for Kerascoët
• Going to school
• Navigating school
• True stories
• From the Editor

August 2023

• Five questions for Maxwell Eaton III
• In the summertime
• Class is in session
• Make way for...book-makers
• From the Editor

September 2023

• Five questions for Pedro Martín
• “Enchanting” and “unforgettable”
• Gatos, perros, and more
• Latine/x YA: Not alone
• From the Editor

October 2023

• Five questions for Remy Lai
• Panel borders, but no boundaries
• What a concept!
• Not for the faint of heart
• From the Editor

November 2023

• Five questions for Clar Angkasa
• Retold, remixed, or reimagined
• Indigenous stories
• Voices in verse
• From the Editor

December 2023: Fanfare Edition

• From the Editor
• Picture Books
• Fiction
• Folklore
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

 

2022

January 2022

• Five questions for Marilyn Nelson
• Nonfiction for Black History Month 2022
• Stepping up
• Black family love
• From the Editor

February 2022

• Five questions for Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov
• Picture-book biographies for Women's History Month 2022
• Grrl power graphic novels and memoirs
• Historical fiction adventures
• From the Editor

March 2022

• Five questions for Kevin Young
• Picture books for National Poetry Month 2022
• Say it in verse
• Diverse fantastical worlds
• From the Editor

April 2022: Summer Reading Edition

• Five questions for Kat Fajardo
• Picture Books
• Beginning Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

May 2022

• Five questions for Ruta Sepetys
• The costs of conflicts
• Jewish experiences
• Asian/Pacific American contemporary realism
• Under the sea
• From the Editor

June 2022

• Five questions for Talia Dutton
• YA PRIDE
• In the good old summertime
• Picture books for National Caribbean American Heritage Month 2022
• From the Editor

July 2022: Back-to-School Edition

• Five questions for John Cho and Sarah Suk
• Living through history
• School-set comics
• Not too cool
• School 101
• Concept books including and beyond ABCs
• From the Editor

August 2022

• Five questions for Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki
• Where history and biography meet
• YA retold
• Picture book houses
• From the Editor

September 2022

• Five questions for Margi Preus
• Folklore magic
• Early reader comics
• Learning from Mother Nature
• From the Editor

October 2022

• Five questions for Andrea L. Rogers
• Pulse-pounding reads
• Something spooky this way comes
• Music appreciation
• From the Editor

November 2022

• Five questions for Anthony Perry and Alexis Bunten
• Stories about storytelling
• Quirky sci-fi
• Fascinating figures
• From the Editor

December 2022: Fanfare Edition

• From the Editor
• Picture Books
• Fiction
• Folklore
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

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2021

January 2021

• Five questions for Megan Whalen Turner
• YA world building
• Primary animal fantasy chapter books
• Intermediate STEM
• From the Editor

February 2021

• Five questions for Frank Morrison
• Black history, American history
• Middle-grade sci-fi/fantasy for Black History Month
• Queer romance
• From the Editor

March 2021

• Five questions for Lesa Cline-Ransome and Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Persistent women
• Resilient girls
• YA mythology and folktales
• From the Editor

April 2021

• Five questions for Linda Sue Park
• New for National Poetry Month 2021
• For Earth Day: Protecting animals
• AAPI stories and voices
• From the Editor

May 2021: Summer Reading Edition

• Five questions for Angeline Boulley
• Picture Books
• Easy Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

June 2021

• Five questions for Matt Ringler
• Doing things with Dad
• LGBTQIA+ tweens and young teens
• In their own words
• From the Editor

July 2021

• Five questions for Sarah Miller
• YA performance
• From an animal's perspective
• Pure imagination
• From the Editor

August 2021: Back-to-School Edition

• Five questions for Emily Jenkins
• School-set chapter books
• Back-to-school picture books
• Nonfiction for (and about!) school
• Graphic novels and memoirs at school
• Memorable middle graders and middle schoolers
• High school learning and unlearning
• From the Editor

September 2021

• Five questions for Marcie Colleen and Aaron Becker
• Remembering tragedies
• Wordless wonders
• Ghost stories and urban legends
• Latinx-centered science-fiction and fantasy
• From the Editor

October 2021

• Five questions for Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
• East Asian intergenerational picture books
• Difficult times for siblings
• YA issues in verse
• From the Editor

November 2021

• Five questions for Thomas King
• Middle-grade-and-up for Native American Heritage Month
• Transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary characters
• Nature walks
• From the Editor

December 2021: Fanfare Edition

• From the Editor
• Picture Books
• Fiction
• Folklore
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

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2020

January 2020

• Five questions for Kacen Callender
• Sense of place
• Intergenerational warmth and wisdom
• Fascinating figures from twentieth-century history
• From the Editor

February 2020

• Five questions for A.S. King about Dig.
• ALA Awards 2020: Horn Book reviews of the winners
• YA love stories for Black History Month 2020
• Picture books for Presidents' Day 2020
• From the Editor

March 2020

• Five questions for Alice Faye Duncan
• Women's History Month 2020 picture-book biographies
• Middle-grade mystery & detective stories
• YA magic
• From the Editor

April 2020

• Five questions for Diana Murray and Zachariah OHora
• Preschool bedtime books
• National Poetry Month 2020
• 75th anniversary of WWII's VE Day
• From the Editor

May 2020: Summer Reading Edition

• Five questions for Lucy Knisley
• Picture Books
• Easy Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

June 2020

• Five questions for Elizabeth Acevedo
• YA Pride fiction 2020
• Father's Day picture books 2020
• Big life changes
• From the Editor

July 2020

• Five questions for Monica Brown
• Exploration and curiosity
• Kids in summer
• Middle school and YA verse novels and poetry
• From the Editor

August 2020: Back-to-School Edition

• Five questions for Ryan T. Higgins
• September learning
• Middle-grade/middle-school stories and struggles
• YA realism (for a weird year)
• From the Editor

September 2020

• Five questions for Evette Dionne
• Be a change maker
• Siblings: You can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em
• Animal friends (and frenemies)
• From the Editor

October 2020

• Five questions for Grace Lin
• Ever-changing weather and seasons
• Lighthearted supernatural stories
• YA ghosts and demons
• From the Editor

November 2020

• Five questions for Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith
• The sound of sounds
• Fiction for sports fans
• YA American historical fiction
• From the Editor

December 2020: Fanfare Edition

• From the Editor
• Picture Books
• Fiction
• Nonfiction

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2019

January 2019

• Five questions for Caroline Cala
• Non-snoozy storytimes
• Schemers, sleuths, and spies
• Eye-opening history
• From the Editor

February 2019

• Five questions for Claire Hartfield
• Celebrating Black History
• Picture-book love and community
• Star-crossed love
• From the Editor

March 2019

• Five questions for Laurie Halse Anderson
• Strong women making a difference
• Embracing friendship and community
• Brave girls in audiobooks
• From the Editor

April 2019

• Five questions for Christian Robinson
• Spring into nature
• Happy National Poetry Month!
• Journeys through grief
• From the Editor

May 2019: Summer Reading Edition

• Five questions for Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
• Picture Books
• Easy Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

June 2019

• Five questions for Mariko Tamaki
• Middle grade and YA for Pride Month
• Picture books for Father’s Day
• BFFs back for more
• From the Editor

July 2019

• Five questions for Kyle Lukoff
• B is for babies
• More magic!
• Social issues today
• From the Editor

August 2019

• Five questions for George Takei
• Japanese internment
• Fueling imagination
• Amazing animals
• From the Editor

September 2019

• Five questions for Raina Telgemeier
• School-set graphic novels
• New year, new possibilities
• YA anthologies and you
• From the Editor

October 2019

• Five questions for Rainbow Rowell
• Meet-cute love stories
• Eerie and uncanny
• Offbeat pet picture books
• From the Editor

November 2019

• Five questions for Susan Cooper
• Contemplative seasonal picture books
• Intermediate/middle school historical fiction
• YA audiobooks
• From the Editor

December 2019: Fanfare Edition

• From the Editor
• Picture Books
• Fiction
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

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2018

January 2018
• Five questions for Julie Danielson of Calling Caldecott
• Try, try again
• New books for new readers
• Geology nonfiction that rocks
• Fantastic(al) heroines of color
• From the Editor

February 2018
• Five questions for Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson
• #HBBlackHistoryMonth18
• When the weather outside is frightful…
• Fantastic (graphic-novel) voyages
• Love, friendship, and fashion
• From the Editor

March 2018
• Five questions for Winifred Conkling
• Who run the world?
• Cuteness overload
• Wacky “weading”
• “Disturbed girls” save themselves (and one another)
• From the Editor

April 2018
• Five questions for Tomi Adeyemi
• Bad blood
• Preschoolers’ life lessons
• The power of poetry
• Listening to friends and family
• From the Editor

May 2018: Summer Reading Edition
• Five questions for Stephanie Parsley Ledyard and Jason Chin
• Picture Books
• Easy Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

June 2018
• Five questions for Jessica Love
• Summer lessons
• Summer science
• Summer adventures
• Summer listening
• From the Editor

July 2018
• Five questions for Catherine Gilbert Murdock
• Strange and magical middle-grade
• Summer staycations
• Deep blue sea
• Truth and duty
• From the Editor

August 2018
• Five questions for Sergio Ruzzier
• Uncommon graphic novels for beginners
• Groundbreaking women in STEM
• The art of deception
• From the Editor

September 2018
• Five questions for Zetta Elliott
• Everyday — and otherworldly — wonders
• Creative concepts
• Learning curves
• From the Editor

October 2018
• Five questions for Kate DiCamillo
• Finding home
• Poetry with pictures
• Girls, ghosts, and ghouls
• From the Editor

November 2018
• Five questions for Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
• Noticing nature’s cycles
• Historical heroes and heroines
• Foreseeable futures
• From the Editor

December 2018: Fanfare Edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Nonfiction

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2017

January 2017
• Five questions for Andrea Davis Pinkney
• The wonders of winter
• They can do it!
• History of war
• Embracing cultural identity
• From the Editor

February 2017
• Five questions for Nikki Grimes
• Notes on Black History Month 2017
• Creature-feature apps
• Refugee children
• Dystopian teen heroes
• From the Editor

March 2017
• Five questions for Cynthia Levinson
• Doing their bit (backwards and in heels)
• Friendly feuds
• There — and back again?
• A collection of collections
• From the Editor

April 2017
• Five questions for David Elliott
• Tales as old as time
• With a little help from their friends
• Love the Earth 2017
• For animal lovers only
• From the Editor

May 2017: Summer Reading Edition
• Five questions for Juana Medina
• Picture Books
• Easy Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School
• From the Editor

June 2017
• Five questions for Susan Juby
• Love stories with Pride
• Father’s Day 2017
• The birds and the bees…and the arachnids and more!
• Growin’ up is hard to do, audiobook version
• From the Editor

July 2017
• Five questions for Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
• Summer’s here
• On our own
• Outta this world
• Life under siege
• From the Editor

August 2017
• Five questions for Mitali Perkins
• Family ties: sibling stories
• OH! AH! WAAHOO! Concept books!
• Just the two of us
• STEM apps
• From the Editor

September 2017
• Five questions for Anne Quirk
• Of scientists and samurai
• Back-to-school silliness
• Chapter-book chums
• How to deal
• From the Editor

October 2017
• Five questions for Deborah Noyes
• Supernaturally good scares
• Scared silly
• Family curses, grief, and fate
• The great unknown
• From the Editor

November 2017
• Five questions for Malinda Lo
• With friends like these…
• In the middle of fall
• Architects and designers
• Graphic-novel friendships and family
• From the Editor

December 2017: Fanfare Edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Nonfiction

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2016

January 2016
• Five questions for Barbara McClintock
• Get a move on
• The world around us
• Identifying with history
• Survival adventures
• From the Editor

February 2016
• Five questions for Tanita S. Davis
• Not your average problem novel
• Apps for morning, noon, and night
• Winning sports picture books
• Of magic and moxie
• From the Editor

March 2016
• Five questions for Laura Dronzek
• Let’s hear it for spring
• New (and old) friends for beginning readers
• Some audiobooks!
• Her-stories
• From the Editor

April 2016
• Five questions for Roxane Orgill
• A variety of verses
• Look closely
• Twentieth-century friends
• Brave new worlds
• From the Editor

May 2016
• Five questions for Mordicai Gerstein
• Folktales redux
• A little light fantasy
• Eureka!
• Audio for teens
• From the Editor

June 2016
• Five questions for Tim Federle
• YA with pride
• Arts and letters
• Party animals
• Fathers, sons, and grandfathers
• From the Editor

July 2016
• Five questions for Lauren Wolk
• The past made personal
• Preschool milestones
• Apps to beat the summer slump
• “What are you doing after graduation?”
• From the Editor

August 2016
• Five questions for John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
• Historical crossroads
• In the doghouse
• Welcome, new readers!
• Plots with pluck
• From the Editor

September 2016
• Five questions for Vera Brosgol
• Books behaving badly
• Friends to the animals
• Graphic novels that grab you
• Listening in on history
• From the Editor

October 2016
• Five questions for Skila Brown
• Historical horror stories
• Monster mash
• Fantastic folklore
• Ghosts and witches and wizards, oh my!
• From the Editor

November 2016
• Five questions for Nicola Yoon
• YA love stories in troubled times
• Wonderfall!
• Trailblazers in the arts
• Talented tweens
• From the Editor

December 2016: Fanfare Edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

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2015

January 2015
• Five questions for A. S. King
• Fierce females
• Snowy days
• Series for the elementary set
• Graphic-novel memoirs
• From the Editor

February 2015
• Five questions for Lucy Cousins
• ABC, easy as 123
• Be-bop-a-skoodley!
• (Not-so) long ago or far away
• Bad company
• From the Editor

March 2015
• Five questions for Neal Shusterman
• Truth, lies, and secrets
• Sibling rivalry
• Women’s History Month 2015
• Have you heard?
• From the Editor

April 2015
• Five questions for Nikki Grimes
• Versatile verse
• The early bird
• Fearless females
• Life, death, and football
• From the Editor

May 2015
• Five questions for Christian Robinson
• Hooray for Grandma!
• They’ve got the beat
• Deliciously creepy fantasy
• Teens meet history
• From the Editor

June 2015
• Five questions for Ann Bausum
• Lives and times
• Hoppy for Poppy
• In summer
• Listen, laugh, and learn
• From the Editor

July 2015
• Five questions for Antoinette Portis
• Summertime…
• Apps for learning and fun
• Boys will be boys (what could go wrong?)
• Mysterious ways
• From the Editor

August 2015
• Five questions for Sonia Manzano
• This is my life
• Poetry and pictures
• Easy reading
• Picturing fantasy
• From the Editor

September 2015
• Five questions for Eric Carle
• Stuff and nonsense
• Forging a path
• Tales with tails
• Sur-reality
• From the Editor

October 2015
• Five questions for Duncan Tonatiuh
• Tricks and treats
• Not-scary magic
• Really scary middle grade
• Pick your poison
• From the Editor

November 2015
• Five questions for Tim Wynne-Jones
• Family ties
• Lights, camera, chapter books!
• Sounds good
• Boys to remember
• From the editor

December 2015: Fanfare edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

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2014

January 2014
• One question for eight people: the Newbery/Caldecott edition of Five Questions
• All the world’s children
• Easy, breezy easy readers
• Scientists in the field (and at home)
• “Listen, if you will…”
• From the Editor

February 2014
• Five questions for Marilyn Nelson
• Books for Black History Month
• I can do it myself!
• Fascinating animal facts
• YA love stories for Valentine’s Day
• From the Editor

March 2014
• Five questions for Lois Ehlert
• Lives lived large
• Things that stop and go
• Flora and friends
• Boys’ life
• From the Editor

April 2014
• Five questions for Cynthia Leitich Smith
• YA fantasy you’ve been waiting for
• Big-city picture books
• April is National Poetry Month
• Life during wartime
• From the Editor

May 2014
• Five questions for Sophie Blackall
• Sassy siblings
• Funny business
• Digital fun and learning
• Bummer summer
• From the Editor

June 2014
• Five questions for Don Mitchell
• Freedom Summer and Black History
• To sleep, perchance to dream
• To infinity and beyond!
• Graphic novels for middle schoolers
• From the Editor

July 2014
• Five questions for Varian Johnson
• Middle-school capers
• Dog days of summer
• Science in your backyard
• YA dragons and witches
• From the Editor

August 2014
• Five questions for Judith Viorst
• Back-to-school basics
• For not-rotten new readers
• Beyond biography
• Go your own way
• From the Editor

September 2014
• Five questions for Christine Heppermann
• Girls on the edge
• Picture book sequels you’ve been waiting for
• Nature lovers
• Middle-grade BFFs
• From the Editor

October 2014
• Five questions for Julie Berry
• Eerie places
• Off-the-wall picture books
• Atmospheric audiobooks
• YA supernatural baddies
• From the Editor

November 2014
• Five questions for Sharon G. Flake
• Middle-grade mirth
• You’ve got to have friends
• Around the world
• Social justice
• From the Editor

December 2014: Fanfare edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Folklore
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

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2013

January 2013
• Five questions for Jonathan Bean
• More building books for primary readers
• Picks of the litter
• Nonfiction apps for middle graders
• Returning YA fantasy and sci-fi series
• From the Editor

February 2013
• Two and one-half questions for Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant
• Love among the ruins: romance in YA fiction
• Board and flap books galore
• Down on the farm
• Middle-school reading for Black History Month
• From the Editor

March 2013
• Five questions for Will Hobbs
• Boys will be boys: middle-grade adventures
• Animals out and about
• Women’s History Month
• London calling
• From the Editor

April 2013
• Five questions for Marilyn Singer
• “Because poetry and hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you”
• Weevils and worms and snakes, oh my!
• The hero’s journey
• Love, exciting and new
• From the Editor

May 2013
• Five questions for Emily Jenkins
• Get outside
• Get moving
• Historical fiction for girls
• Teen audiobooks
• From the Editor

June 2013
• Five questions for Ann M. Martin
• Middle-grade family stories
• Just imagine
• World folklore and fairy tales
• New dystopian worlds to explore
• From the Editor

July 2013
• Five questions for Maria van Lieshout
• It’s a toy, it’s an activity, it’s a book!
• Enjoyable and easy reading
• Let freedom ring
• Murder most foul
• From the Editor

August 2013
• Five questions for Mitali Perkins
• Indigenous protagonists and people of color
• Apps for preschool and primary users
• Math and science nonfiction
• Intermediate books you’ve been waiting for
• From the Editor

September 2013
• Five questions for David Wiesner
• Creature features
• Essential back-to-school stories
• Apps for young scientists
• Real girls
• From the Editor

October 2013
• Five questions for Holly Black
• Darkness inside
• More silly than spooky
• Boo! Participation encouraged
• Non-gory scary stories
• From the Editor

November 2013
• Five questions for Jon Agee
• If the weather outside is frightful
• Quality time
• Books for the whole family
• Boys to men
• From the Editor

December 2013: Fanfare edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Nonfiction

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2012

January 2012
• Five questions for Jane Yolen
• More fantastic books for older readers
• Snow daze
• On black history
• Picture books for Presidents’ Day
• From the Editor

February 2012
• Five questions for Rick Bowers
• Race relations
• Nonfiction for primary-age readers
• Chapter books you’ve been waiting for
• Young (adult) love
• From the Editor

March 2012
• Five questions for Erin E. Stead
• Picture books about the great outdoors
• Middle grade humor
• Turn of the (last) century
• Story time for big kids
• From the Editor

April 2012
• Five questions for Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
• More book lovers
• Preschool books you’ve been waiting for
• Kooky chapter books
• Opening day
• From the Editor

May 2012
• Five questions for Paul O. Zelinsky
• Perfect animal shenanigans
• Bug books
• Middle-grade mysteries
• YA sci-fi and fantasy you’ve been waiting for
• From the Editor

June 2012: Special Sendak edition
• Two questions for four Fellows
• Picture books
• Easy readers
• Chapter books and intermediate
• Folklore
• Music
• From the Editor

July 2012
• Five questions for Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
• Under-the-sea reading for kids
• Summer fun for little ones
• Great escapes (some quite literal!) for middle-grade summer reading
• Beach reads for teens
• From the Editor

August 2012
• Five questions for Roz Chast
• No-worries back-to-school
• Appropriate apps
• American heroes
• Not your father’s comic books
• From the Editor

September 2012
• Five Questions for Louise Erdrich
• New books, big authors
• Monkeying around with preschoolers
• Birds of many feathers
• Dark folklore
• From the Editor

October 2012
• Five questions for Libba Bray
• Left-of-center supernatural fantasy
• Spooks, and ninjas, and vampires — oh my!
• Ghosts and zombies, weirdness and gore
• Diseased bodies, blood, and bones
• From the Editor

November 2012
• Five questions for Steve Sheinkin
• War: What is it good for?
• Graphic novels for middle graders
• Funny folktales
• Cars and trucks and preschoolers who go
• From the Editor

December 2012: Fanfare edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Nonfiction

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2011

January 2011
• Five questions for Jeannie Baker
• Middle-grade armchair travelers
• Read it again!
• Nonfiction picture books
• Out-of-this-world YA
• From the Editor

February 2011
• Five questions for Tomie dePaola
• Newbery winners
• Caldecott winners
• Coretta Scott King and Pura Belpré winners
• Sibert winners
• Printz winners
• From the Editor

March 2011
• Five questions for Lee Bennett Hopkins
• Passing the poetry
• New books for younger readers
• Four American legends
• Young adult historical fiction
• From the Editor

April 2011
• Five questions for Franny Billingsley
• Fantasy for older readers
• Animal antics
• Nonfiction picture books
• Truthiness in middle-grade fiction
• From the Editor

May 2011
• Five questions for Patrick McDonnell
• Nonfiction picture books for nature lovers
• Chapter books for young readers
• Middle-grade audiobooks
• New young adult fiction
• From the Editor

June 2011
• Five questions for Jeanne Birdsall
• Middle-grade novels you’ve been waiting for
• Summer picture books
• Middle school biographies
• YA trilogy-enders
• From the Editor

July 2011
• Five questions for Sophie Blackall
• Sophie Blackall, illustrator
• Fifteen more minutes
• New middle-grade fiction
• New takes on tough YA topics
• From the Editor

August 2011
• Five questions for Marc Aronson
• More new nonfiction
• Dot-dot-dash — concept books with a twist
• YA novels you’ve been waiting for
• Of interest to adults
• From the Editor

September 2011
• Five questions for Leo Landry
• Back to school
• Size matters in picture books
• Illustrated middle grade fiction
• YA historical fiction (and one biography)
• From the Editor

October 2011
• Five questions for Claire Nivola
• Artist memiors
• Finding home
• Boo to you!
• Superior supernaturals
• From the Editor

November 2011
• Five questions for Melissa Sweet
• Picture book biographies
• Listen up, middle-graders
• Page-turners for older readers
• Holiday High Notes
• From the Editor

December 2011: Fanfare edition
• From the Editor
• Picture books
• Fiction
• Nonfiction

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2010

January 2010
• Five questions for Katherine Paterson
• Five great books by Katherine Paterson
• Stormy weather
• Picture book biographies
• Animal tales
• From the Editor

February 2010
• Five questions for Matt Phelan
• Newbery winners
• Caldecott winners
• Coretta Scott King and Pura Belpré winners
• Sibert winners
• Printz winners
• From the Editor

March 2010
• Marching toward spring
• Five questions for Joanna Cole
• More books for young scientists
• Hang on to your hats
• YA picks for girls
• From the Editor

April 2010
• Animals on parade!
• Real kids
• Stones and bones
• Five questions for Rita Williams-Garcia
• Out of this world
• From the Editor

May 2010
• Five questions for Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• Have you got the concept?
• You’ve been waiting for…
• War stories
• YA smorgasbord
• What makes a good graduation gift?

June 2010
• Five questions for Sy Montgomery
• Calling all naturalists
• Get outside
• Family listening
• Writers worth watching
• From the Editor

July 2010
• Five questions for Grace Lin
• Easy readers for everyone
• New picture books
• New books for boys
• New books for teens
• From the Editor

August 2010
• Five questions for Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
• More nonfiction
• Preschool picture books
• New books for middle schoolers
• YA road trip novels for summer reading
• From the Editor

September 2010
• Five questions for Russell Freedman
• More nonfiction by Russell Freedman
• Old friends in new picture books
• Chapter books you’ve been waiting for
• New books for teens
• From the Editor

October 2010
• Five questions for Rosemary Wells
• New picture books
• New chapter books
• New nonfiction
• Middle school and YA series
• From the Editor

November 2010
• Five questions for Lincoln Peirce
• More comic novels
• Poems and pictures
• Nonfiction for older readers
• Deck the halls
• From the Editor

December 2010: Fanfare edition
• Best books for preschoolers
• Best picture books for primary graders
• Best fiction for middle graders
• Best fiction for teenagers
• Five questions for Megan Whalen Turner

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2009

January 2009
• From the Editor
• Five questions for Sally Nicholls
• Four more first novels
• First chapters
• Pioneers
• Which came first?

February 2009
• Hail to the chiefs
• Five questions for Betty Carter
• African American heroes
• Love stories
• Baby animals
• From the Editor

March 2009
• Five questions for Mo Willems
• Outside adventures
• Chapter book friends
• Playing with words
• You’ve been waiting for…
• From the Editor

April 2009
• Fly me to the moon 
• Five questions for Buzz Aldrin
• Books to crow about
• Listening to a mockingbird
• Digging into the past
• From the Editor

May 2009
• Five questions for Margaret Mahy
• Picture book animals
• New frontiers
• Where the boys are
• Young adult retellings
• From the Editor

June 2009
• From the Editor
• Five questions for Gene Luen Yang
• Gifts for grads
• Middle-grade menagerie
• Pictures of summer
• Things that go
• Audiobooks

July 2009
• Five questions for Rebecca Stead
• New York, New York
• Summer reading for middle schoolers
• Snack attack!
• Coretta Scott King Book Awards
• From the Editor

August 2009
• Five questions for Ken Roberts
• Back to school novels
• School daze
• YA summer shorts
• Beyond Goodnight Moon
• From the Editor

September 2009
• Five questions for Richard Peck
• You’ve been waiting for…
• Great minds
• Eye-popping illustrations
• Graphic round-up
• From the Editor

October 2009
• Five questions for Kristin Cashore
• More “You’ve been waiting  for…”
• Realistic chapter books
• State of the artists
• Seasonal picture books
• From the Editor

November 2009
• Five questions for Jim Murphy
• War stories
• Saddle up!
• Good for a laugh
• It’s beginning to look a lot like…
• From the Editor

December 2009: Fanfare edition
• Best books for preschoolers
• Five questions for Jerry Pinkney
• Best picture books for primary graders
• Best fiction for middle graders
• Best fiction for teenagers

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2008

March 2008
• The Horn Book at Home
• Awards
• Five questions for Jon Scieszka
• Three books to get you outside
• Picture book heroes return
• Ask the Horn Book

April 2008
• Baseball books
• Family reading
• Five questions for Françoise Mouly
• Books you’ve been waiting for
• Ask the Horn Book
• From the Editor

May 2008
• Brothers and sisters
• Jazzy picture books
• Five questions for Mary Downing Hahn
• Summer suspense
• Ask the Horn Book
• From the Editor

June 2008
• Five questions for Alexandra Day
• Join the dog and pony show
• From the headlines
• Books you’ve been waiting for
• Three for the Fourth
• Ask the Horn Book
• From the Editor

July 2008
• Olympic hopefuls
• Welcome to China
• Five questions for R. L. Stine
• Toddler truck stop
• Audiobooks
• From the Editor

August 2008
• Backyard safari
• Books for your space chimps
• One question for five writers (and an editor)
• The next chapter
• Back to school, for the first time
• From the Editor

September 2008
• Five questions for two teachers
• Just a few more school books
• Reading road to the White House
• Books you’ve been waiting for
• Into the fall
• From the editor

October 2008
• Five questions for David Macaulay
• The body electric
• Elementary spooks
• Beyond chicklit
• Stories behind the stories
• From the Editor

November 2008
• Five questions for Mini Grey
• Fair fights
• Larger than life
• Heroines and anti-heroines
• Town and gown trouble
• Thirty-nine shopping days to go
• From the Editor

December 2008: Fanfare edition
• Best books for preschoolers
• Five questions for Kevin Henkes
• Best picture books for the early grades
• Best fiction for middle graders
• Best fiction for teens
• Best nonfiction