Publications about books for children and young adults
July’s Notes from the Horn Book will be hitting inboxes in about an hour. Here’s what to expect this issue: – five questions for illustrator Sophie Blackall – Sophie’s recent picture books – picture book bios – brand-new middle-grade fiction – fresh perspectives on tough topics in YA – updates on the Boston Globe–Horn Book [...]
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The July/August Horn Book Magazine is out, and selected articles are on our website, including profiles of the Newbery, Caldecott, and Wilder medalists and the CSK author and illustrator award recipients. And don’t miss K.T. Horning’s eye-opening “Secrecy and the Newbery Medal”. . . in which much history is related and several secrets revealed.
The 2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award recipients are: Fiction Winner: Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (Candlewick) Honor: Chime by Franny Billingsley (Dial) Honor: Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke (Kane Miller) Nonfiction Winner: The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin (Flash Point/Roaring Brook) Honor: Into the Unknown: How [...]
June’s Notes from the Horn Book will appear in your inbox this afternoon. This time we’ve got – five questions for Jeanne Birdsall – long-anticipated middle-grade novels – summer themed picture books – biographies for middle schoolers – YA trilogy enders Sign up here if you’re not subscribed yet!
The following titles will receive starred reviews in the July/August issue of The Horn Book Magazine: – Naamah and the Ark at Night written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, illustrated by Holly Meade (Candlewick) – Bone Dog written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook) – Press Here written and illustrated by Herve Tullet (Handprint/Chronicle) – [...]
Unfortunately, and contrary to yesterday’s post, Horn Book editors Roger Sutton and Martha Parravano will not be speaking at the Eric Carle Museum on May 21st. The event has been postponed, with the new date to be announced. Fortunately, tonight Roger will indeed moderate a star-studded panel of YA authors discussing “Diversity in Young Adult [...]
This month’s Notes from the Horn Book arrives today, including – five questions for Patrick McDonnell – nonfiction picture books for nature lovers – chapter books for young readers – middle-grade audiobooks (with bonus recommended audiobook list) – new young adult fiction Missing out? Sign up to receive the monthly Notes from the Horn Book [...]
Horn Book editors Roger Sutton and Martha Parravano will share insights on children’s reading from their book A Family of Readers: The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. The event (free with museum admission) is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on [...]
