The Horn Book » website http://www.hbook.com Publications about books for children and young adults Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 All steamed up http://www.hbook.com/2011/08/blogs/out-of-the-box/all-steamed-up/ http://www.hbook.com/2011/08/blogs/out-of-the-box/all-steamed-up/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:22:00 +0000 Katie Bircher http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3863 As my friend and fellow blogger observed not long ago, “steam is so hot right now.”  This year has seen a mind-boggling number of steampunk-themed events in the northeast alone: International Steampunk City, which took over the town of Waltham for a weekend; a book tour for The Steam­punk Bible; an exhibit on steampunk aesthetic [...]

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]]> As my friend and fellow blogger observed not long ago, “steam is so hot right now.”  This year has seen a mind-boggling number of steampunk-themed events in the northeast alone: International Steampunk City, which took over the town of Waltham for a weekend; a book tour for The Steam­punk Bible; an exhibit on steampunk aesthetic , form, and function at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation; The Steampunk World’s Fair three-day festival in New Jersey…  Whew! And the events just keep on coming, with next week’s performance of Valve: Antique Vaudeville Circus and the Museum of Industry’s ongoing Steampunk Calendar. Entranced by the wide, imaginative (or should I say “re-imaginative”?) world of steampunk, I recently read two short story collections that explore the ever-expanding boundaries of the genre.

corsets+and+clockwork All steamed upIn editor Trisha Telep’s collection Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances (Running Press, May), authors such as Caitlin Kittredge, Dia Reeves, Kiersten White, and Adrienne Kress write the steamier side of steampunk, where “technomagical and natural desires collide.” This naturally means lots of flirting and first kisses (with gorgeous automatons or gentlemen criminals, aboard airships, or after narrowly escaping mad inventors); it also entails deeper ethical concerns about technology, progress, and humanity’s impact on nature. Don’t miss contributor Dru Pagliassotti’s excellent essay “How Do I Write a Steampunk Story?” at Steamed!.

steampunk All steamed upSteampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant (Candlewick, October) goes even further in expanding the steampunk oeuvre—but you’ll have to wait for the September/October issue of The Horn Book Magazine to read my review. In the meantime, pilot your airship over to the website for our list of recommended steampunk-inspired reads.

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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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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/08/blogs/out-of-the-box/august-notes-from-the-horn-book/feed/ 0 Updated blog reading list http://www.hbook.com/2011/08/blogs/out-of-the-box/updated-blog-reading-list/ http://www.hbook.com/2011/08/blogs/out-of-the-box/updated-blog-reading-list/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:57:00 +0000 Katie Bircher http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3857 We’ve revamped our recommended blog list, first compiled by NYPL librarian and Fuse #8 blogger Betsy Bird to accompany her article “Blogging the Kidlitosphere.” Check out old friends and new faves here at the Horn Book website.

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]]> We’ve revamped our recommended blog list, first compiled by NYPL librarian and Fuse #8 blogger Betsy Bird to accompany her article “Blogging the Kidlitosphere.” Check out old friends and new faves here at the Horn Book website.

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]]> sep11cov blog Upcoming starsStarred reviews appearing in the September/October Horn Book Magazine:

- The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories by David LaRochelle; illus. by Paul Meisel (Dutton)
- A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade)
- Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Farrar)
- Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck; illus. by Kelly Murphy (Dial)
- The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf (Candlewick)
- Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Holt)
- A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen; trans. from the Danish by Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland; illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)
- Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson (Atheneum)
- Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola (Foster/Farrar)
- Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Leland Myrick; color by Hilary Sycamore (First Second)
- Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Scholastic)
- Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Beth Krommes (Houghton)

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/07/blogs/out-of-the-box/upcoming-stars-2/feed/ 0 Newest Notes out today http://www.hbook.com/2011/07/blogs/out-of-the-box/newest-notes-out-today/ http://www.hbook.com/2011/07/blogs/out-of-the-box/newest-notes-out-today/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:08:00 +0000 Katie Bircher http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3849 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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]]> 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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]]> June’s Notes from the Horn Book will appear in your inbox this afternoon.  This time we’ve got
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- long-anticipated middle-grade novels
- summer themed picture books
- biographies for middle schoolers
- YA trilogy enders
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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/06/blogs/out-of-the-box/june-notes-on-the-way/feed/ 0 Guide Online update http://www.hbook.com/2011/06/blogs/out-of-the-box/guide-online-update/ http://www.hbook.com/2011/06/blogs/out-of-the-box/guide-online-update/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:30:00 +0000 Katie Bircher http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3835 Get a sneak peek at the Fall 2011 Horn Book Guide! We’ve just added 210 reviews to the Guide Online—check out the brand-new titles, authors, and illustrators. Subscribe to the print Guide and Guide Online here.

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]]> Get a sneak peek at the Fall 2011 Horn Book Guide! We’ve just added 210 reviews to the Guide Online—check out the brand-new titles, authors, and illustrators.

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]]> Our annual summer reading list is up, just in time for the long holiday weekend! If your Memorial Day plans involve travel (and traffic), be sure to peruse the new recommended audiobooks list for road trip listening suggestions.

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/recreational-reading-and-listening/feed/ 0 April Notes is here! http://www.hbook.com/2011/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/april-notes-is-here/ http://www.hbook.com/2011/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/april-notes-is-here/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:16:00 +0000 Katie Bircher http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3809 Look for the new Notes from the Horn Book in your inbox this afternoon, chock-full with - five questions for Franny Billingsley - fantasy for older readers - spring animal antics in picture books - nonfiction picture books - truthiness in middle-grade fiction Sign up for free here.

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]]> Look for the new Notes from the Horn Book in your inbox this afternoon, chock-full with

- five questions for Franny Billingsley
- fantasy for older readers
- spring animal antics in picture books
- nonfiction picture books
- truthiness in middle-grade fiction

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]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/april-notes-is-here/feed/ 0 Spring Guide now online http://www.hbook.com/2011/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/spring-guide-now-online/ http://www.hbook.com/2011/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/spring-guide-now-online/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:40:00 +0000 Katie Bircher http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3808 We’ve just added the final Spring 2011 Horn Book Guide reviews (1,551 of them!) to the Guide Online database. Take a peek at the newly added titles, authors, and illustrators. Subscribe to the print Guide and Guide Online here.

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