Featured Posts
“To Be Great, Heroic or Beautiful”: The Enduring Legacy of The Brownies’ Book
Heretofore the education of the Negro child has been too much in terms of white people. All through school life his text-books contain much about white people and little or nothing about his own race. All the pictures he sees are of white people. … [Read More...]
A book for small hands
I've been following the criticism of Scholastic's biography of Trump for younger children, President Donald Trump, with interest but I only got a hold of a copy today, and thank you, Scholastic, for sharing it. By Joanne Mattern and illustrated with … [Read More...]
Week in Review, June 11th-15th
This week on hbook.com… Horn Book Herald: 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Edition: Five questions for 2018 BGHB Nonfiction Award winners Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña plus reviews of the winning titles; extras on the honored books and their … [Read More...]
Five questions for 2018 BGHB Nonfiction Award winners Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
In this year's Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner, Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide (Getty, 12 years and up), author Isabel Quintero and illustrator Zeke Peña seamlessly blend lyrical text and striking sequential art with their … [Read More...]
Recommended reading for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
The Islamic month of Ramadan, a solemn holiday of fasting, charity, and additional prayer, culminates in the joyous feasting of Eid al-Fitr — which begins tonight at sunset. Eid mubarak to those celebrating! We'd like to call your attention to … [Read More...]
Blogs
A book for small hands
I've been following the criticism of Scholastic's biography of Trump for younger children, President Donald Trump, with interest but I only got a hold of a copy today, and thank you, Scholastic, for sharing it. By Joanne Mattern and illustrated with … [Read More...]
Week in Review, June 11th-15th
This week on hbook.com… Horn Book Herald: 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Edition: Five questions for 2018 BGHB Nonfiction Award winners Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña plus reviews of the winning titles; extras on the honored books and their … [Read More...]
Haiku: A Small Poem with Great Potential
snow melting the village brimming over… with children! --Issa (1763-1828) (translated by David Lanoue) Yes, I was taught that a haiku, a short poem that originated in Japan centuries ago, was supposed to consist of three lines of five, seven, … [Read More...]
June Picture Books on the Radar
Happy June, everyone! We hope you're all staying cool and are lucky enough to have at least a little bit of down time this summer. We are here to check in, as we've been doing all of this year, to see what’s being published this month and what looks … [Read More...]
Review of the Week
Review of Goldfish on Vacation
Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones; illus. by Leo Espinosa Primary Schwartz & Wade/Random 40 pp. g 4/18 978-0-385-38611-1 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-385-38612-8 $20.99 Three city-dwelling siblings, goldfish owners, feel sad for the derelict, once-magnificent fountain at the end of their street. Then a sign appears on the fountain: “COMING IN TWO WEEKS! CALLING ALL GOLDFISH LOOKING FOR A SUMMER HOME.” Day by day, the children and their grandfather watch as a … [Read More...]
App Review of the Week
Sesame Street app review
Can you tell me how to get to…tons of wonderful educational videos and games for preschoolers? Just like the neighborhood itself, the Sesame Street companion app (Sesame Workshop, 2014; iOS and Android) is the place to be: a free account gives a child access to a large selection of games as well as new and classic (ad-free) video clips from the television show. The home screen offers a handful of featured videos and games. Below that, large icons link to additional videos organized by topic … [Read More...]
Recommended Books
“To Be Great, Heroic or Beautiful”: The Enduring Legacy of The Brownies’ Book
Heretofore the education of the Negro child has been too much in terms of white people. All through school life his text-books contain much about white people and little or nothing about his own race. … [Read More...]
Review of Goldfish on Vacation
Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones; illus. by Leo Espinosa Primary Schwartz & Wade/Random 40 pp. g 4/18 978-0-385-38611-1 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-385-38612-8 … [Read More...]
Recommended reading for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
The Islamic month of Ramadan, a solemn holiday of fasting, charity, and additional prayer, culminates in the joyous feasting of Eid al-Fitr — which begins tonight at sunset. Eid mubarak to those … [Read More...]
Review of Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten by Laura Veirs; illus. by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Primary Chronicle 48 pp. 1/18 978-1-4521-4857-1 $17.99 In this picture-book … [Read More...]
Five questions for Jessica Love
In Jessica Love's picture book Julián Is a Mermaid (Candlewick, 4–7 years), the little-boy protagonist daydreams about becoming a mermaid. Left to his own devices, he fashions a mermaid costume from … [Read More...]
Interviews
Five questions for 2018 BGHB Nonfiction Award winners Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
In this year's Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner, Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide (Getty, 12 years and up), author Isabel Quintero and illustrator Zeke Peña seamlessly blend … [Read More...]
Minh Lê & Dan Santat Talk with Roger
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by In Drawn Together, a young boy isn't … [Read More...]
Five questions for Jessica Love
In Jessica Love's picture book Julián Is a Mermaid (Candlewick, 4–7 years), the little-boy protagonist daydreams about becoming a mermaid. Left to his own devices, he fashions a mermaid costume from … [Read More...]
Christina Collins Talks with Roger
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by Elise had long been homeschooled by … [Read More...]
Carolyn Mackler Talks with Roger
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by Fifteen years and half a dozen books … [Read More...]
