The Horn Book » newsletter 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 April Notes out now http://www.hbook.com/2012/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/april-notes-out-now/ http://www.hbook.com/2012/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/april-notes-out-now/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:33:29 +0000 Katie Bircher http://www.hbook.com/?p=11657 The latest edition of Notes from The Horn Book is on its way! This month we’ve got an interview with Vaunda Micheaux Nelson about her new documentary novel No Crystal Stair, plus - YA about book lovers - preschool books you’ve been waiting for - kooky chapter books - baseball picture books Read it online, [...]

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]]> The latest edition of Notes from The Horn Book is on its way! This month we’ve got an interview with Vaunda Micheaux Nelson about her new documentary novel No Crystal Stair, plus

- YA about book lovers
- preschool books you’ve been waiting for
- kooky chapter books
- baseball picture books

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]]> Spring is sneaking in! What better time for an interview with illustrator Erin E. Stead about her latest picture book And Then It’s Spring?

Check out this issue of Notes for Roger’s interview with Erin, plus

- picture books about nature and outside play
- funny books for middle-grade readers
- nonfiction about headlines of the turn of the last century
- audiobook recommendations for big kids

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]]> February’s Notes from The Horn Book is zooming toward subscribers’ inboxes faster than a speeding bullet. In this month’s newsletter you’ll find recommended reading for Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, and more, with

- five questions for Rick Bowers, author of Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate (plus Adventures of Superman radio show audio!)
- more books on race in American history
- life science nonfiction for primary grades
- highly anticipated chapter books
- YA on love (and love lost)

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- five questions for Jane Yolen on Snow in Summer
- more great YA fantasy
- wintry picture books
- books for Presidents’ Day
- Black History Month reading
- an ALA awards reminder from Roger

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- five questions for Melissa Sweet on Balloons over Broadway
- picture book bios
- middle-grade audiobook recommendations
- YA page-turners
- Holiday High Notes

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]]> October’s Notes from the Horn Book is online and in mailboxes. Goodies this time around include

- five questions for Claire A. Nivola, author of Orani: My Father’s Village
- artist memoirs
- finding home in picture books
- recommended Halloween books for all ages
- superior supernatural YA

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]]> Subscribers should receive their September Notes from the Horn Book any minute now. This issue includes

- five questions for Grin and Bear It author Leo Landry
- new back to school books
- small-of-stature picture book protagonists
- illustrated middle-grade fiction
- historical fiction (and one biography) for YA

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]]> August’s Notes from the Horn Book is available now. Here’s what to expect this issue:
- five questions for historian and scholar Marc Aronson
- more new nonfiction
- concept books with a twist
- YA sequels
- books of interest to adults
- updates on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony and Horn Book at Simmons

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]]> 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 Awards ceremony and Horn Book at Simmons

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- long-anticipated middle-grade novels
- summer themed picture books
- biographies for middle schoolers
- YA trilogy enders
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