I’m over at Kidlit Celebrates Women’s History Month today, talking about Horn Book founder Bertha Mahony Miller. See also my review of a new picture book biography of one of Bertha’s great friends, Miss Moore (Thought Otherwise).
May/June 2012 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews
March 28, 2012 By 3 Comments
The following books will receive starred reviews in the May/June issue of the Horn Book Magazine: Animal Masquerade; by Marianne Dubuc; trans. from the French by Yvette Ghione (Kids Can) Demolition; by Sally Sutton; illus. by Brian Lovelock (Candlewick) The Drowned Cities; by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown) Dying to Know You; by Aidan Chambers (Amulet/Abrams) [...]
Here We Are
September 8, 2011 By 6 Comments
Welcome to the Horn Book’s new digital home; please take a look around. One of the things I like most about the new hbook.com is the ability it gives readers to engage in dialogue with us and each other; just about every post and article ends with a spot for you to tell us what you think. Please do so.
New World Coming
August 29, 2011 By 4 Comments
A new website, anyway, launching next Tuesday, September 6th (fingers, legs, eyes, toes, etc. crossed). The address remains the same–www.hbook.com–but the look will be livelier and the navigation easier. This blog will be at hbook.com/blogs/readroger (likewise for /outofthebox) and don’t forget our new blog debuting that day, /callingcaldecott. One thing I’m most looking forward to [...]
>Our new publisher
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
>Please join me in welcoming Ian Singer, our new publisher. Ian had been working as VP of content and business development for Media Source and takes over the job of publisher (of Horn Book, Library Journal and School Library Journal) from Ron Shank, who is on extended leave. Brian Kenney is adding the editorial directorship [...]
>Lend a hand–and your eyes–to the Horn Book
August 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
>Our designer Lolly Robinson, who is the go-to gal for any questions about graphic design, paper, Horn Book history and all things Beatrix Potter, is looking for an intern. Scanning, formatting, layouts for both print and electronic publications. It’s unpaid but you would learn a ton and could enjoy the glamorous HB lifestyle for a [...]
>Many men have tried to mix us up but no one can
March 1, 2010 By 6 Comments
>Today we welcome editorial director Brian Kenney (with me above; photo taken by Mitali Perkins at Midwinter), publisher Ron Shank, and the rest of School Library Journal and Library Journal to Media Source, our parent company. Here’s the press release: Ohio-based Media Source Inc. announces today that it has acquired Library Journal and School Library [...]
>Eat these words
February 11, 2010 By 9 Comments
>Books under wraps
March 13, 2009 By 7 Comments
>We’re still here . . .
January 21, 2009 By 10 Comments
