The Horn Book » guess who? http://www.hbook.com Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 13:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Guess who?: Secrets revealed! http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-3/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-3/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:00:04 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=24990 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 [...]

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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 Spinelli
S. Roger Sutton
T. Caralyn and Mark Buehner (we think!)

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-3/feed/ 0 Guess who?: Roundup http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-roundup/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-roundup/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:15:45 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=24926 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 [...]

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]]> 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?

young authors all Guess who?: Roundup

Here are their names, in random order:

Paul Fleischman
Christopher Myers
Helen Oxenbury
Cynthia Rylant
Marilyn Nelson
Caralyn and Mark Buehner (we think!)
Katherine Paterson
Lynne Rae Perkins
Jerry Spinelli
Barry Moser
Michael Rosen
Avi
Roger Sutton
Bill Martin Jr
Arthur Geisert
Peter Sís
Brian Pinkney
Martha Brooks
D.B. Johnson
Walter Dean Myers

We’ll reveal who’s who tomorrow!

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]]> Cool-dude A we know very well. As for People B: embarrassingly, we’ve lost track of who they are! Please help us out. Anyone? Anyone?

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-2/feed/ 5 Guess who?: Communing with nature http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-communing-with-nature/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-communing-with-nature/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:35:56 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=24779 Guess these tree-huggers.

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-communing-with-nature/feed/ 4 Guess who?: Beards http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-beards/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-beards/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:48:36 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=24788 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!

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-beards/feed/ 5 Guess who?: Great guys http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-great-guys/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-great-guys/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:15:13 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=24663 Who are these handsome author and illustrator gents? What about this father-son pair? This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!

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What about this father-son pair?

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D.

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E.

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-great-guys/feed/ 6 Guess who?: Great ladies http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-great-ladies/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-great-ladies/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:20:35 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=24640 Can you guess these lovely author and illustrator ladies? Here’s a hint: “Lady C” was a Horn Book Magazine cover model in 2010. This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!

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D.

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who-great-ladies/feed/ 6 Guess who?: Author’s best friend http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/authors-best-friend/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/authors-best-friend/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:30:53 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=24508 Today’s “guess who?” author and illustrator pictures also feature their furry friends. Can you guess the human subjects of these photos? This gentleman’s canine companion doesn’t appear in the photo below, but you can see him (in all his glory) with his dog here. This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator [...]

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A.

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B.

This gentleman’s canine companion doesn’t appear in the photo below, but you can see him (in all his glory) with his dog here.

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C.

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/authors-best-friend/feed/ 6 Guess who? http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who/ http://www.hbook.com/2013/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/guess-who/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:13:35 +0000 Katie Bircher http://www.hbook.com/?p=24425 A tweet from little sis SLJ drew our attention to this site, in which several photos of famous authors appear in their teenage years. (Overheard: “Awww, tiny Neil Gaiman!” …Okay, I was the one who said that.) Lolly has a huge collage of old author and illustrator publicity photos in her office, so we thought [...]

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]]> A tweet from little sis SLJ drew our attention to this site, in which several photos of famous authors appear in their teenage years. (Overheard: “Awww, tiny Neil Gaiman!” …Okay, I was the one who said that.)

Lolly has a huge collage of old author and illustrator publicity photos in her office, so we thought we’d share some of them with you! Next week we’ll be posting photos with the tag “guess who?” Make your best guess in the Comments section, and we’ll reveal the answers at the end of the week.

Here’s a sneak peek: can you guess which picture book author/illustrator created this police sketch — er, self-portrait?

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Edited to add: We’ll give you a hint; here’s another drawing by the same artist:

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The framed original (done on a Priority Mail envelope!) hangs in the Horn Book office kitchen.

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