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Week in Review, July 16th – 20th
This week on hbook.com… Two archival Horn Book Magazine articles available online for the first time: "Confronting the Ovens: The Holocaust and Juvenile Fiction" by Eric A. Kimmel (from the February 1977 issue) — which was cited in Ruth … [Read More...]
Mr. Slinger wows again
Recently I had a little talk with my two four-year-old grandchildren. All talks with four-year-olds are by definition little. Preschoolers aren’t ready for marathon discussions. For one thing, marathon discussions tend to happen late at night when … [Read More...]
A is for Avonlea: Anne of Green Gables board books
When books “Inspired by Anne of Green Gables” enter the office, I take notice (as I’m often inspired by AoGG myself). So when two Anne-based board books, Anne’s Colors and Anne’s Numbers by Kelly Hill (Tundra, May 2018) showed up, I had to pore over … [Read More...]
She’s no longer a gypsy
Demonstrating that the social pressure to change the names of things is not limited to librarians and Laura Ingalls Wilder, Actors' Equity has announced that the legendary "Gypsy Robe" has been renamed the "Legacy Robe." (Sound familiar?) The … [Read More...]
Week in Review, July 9th-13th
This week on hbook.com… From the July/August 2018 The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards: 2017 in Review: The Year in Words by Monica Edinger and Roxanne Hsu Feldman 2017 in Review: The Year in Pictures by Julie Danielson and … [Read More...]
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She’s no longer a gypsy
Demonstrating that the social pressure to change the names of things is not limited to librarians and Laura Ingalls Wilder, Actors' Equity has announced that the legendary "Gypsy Robe" has been renamed the "Legacy Robe." (Sound familiar?) The … [Read More...]
Week in Review, July 16th – 20th
This week on hbook.com… Two archival Horn Book Magazine articles available online for the first time: "Confronting the Ovens: The Holocaust and Juvenile Fiction" by Eric A. Kimmel (from the February 1977 issue) — which was cited in Ruth … [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 Look at the Weather
Look at the Weather by Britta Teckentrup; illus. by the author; trans. from the German and adapted by Shelley Tanaka Intermediate Owlkids 152 pp. g 4/18 978-1-77147-286-9 $19.95 “We have such a strong connection to weather, we can’t help but wonder about it.” Across the next 150-plus pages, Teckentrup’s words and illustrations embody this connection, modeling curiosity and wonderment about sun, rain, snow, and extreme weather. Her journey meanders not only from topic to … [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
Review of Look at the Weather
Look at the Weather by Britta Teckentrup; illus. by the author; trans. from the German and adapted by Shelley Tanaka Intermediate Owlkids 152 pp. g 4/18 978-1-77147-286-9 … [Read More...]
Review of The Party and Other Stories
The Party and Other Stories [Fox + Chick] by Sergio Ruzzier; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Chronicle 46 pp. 4/18 978-1-4521-5288-2 $14.99 In a volume with a picture book’s … [Read More...]
Review of They Say Blue
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki; illus. by the author Primary Abrams 40 pp. 3/18 978-1-4197-2851-8 $17.99 A girl considers the wondrousness of the world around her, prompted by the … [Read More...]
Review of The Book of Boy
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock; illus. by Ian Schoenherr Intermediate, Middle School Greenwillow 278 pp. 2/18 978-0-06-268620-6 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-268622-0 … [Read More...]
Review of House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery
House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg; illus. by Julie Morstad Middle School, High School Candlewick 339 pp. g 6/18 978-0-7636-6057-4 $17.99 The author … [Read More...]
Interviews
An Interview with Denene Millner
In 2016 Chicago-based Agate Publishing announced the launch of a new line under its Bolden Books imprint dedicated to the work of African American authors. Writer, editor, journalist, and founder of … [Read More...]
Five questions for Catherine Gilbert Murdock
In The Book of Boy (Greenwillow, 9–12 years), we meet a young goatherd accompanying the pilgrim Secundus on his quest for relics, traveling from France to Rome in 1350. Boy is on a quest of his … [Read More...]
Eoin Colfer 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 While we think of Eoin Colfer mainly … [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 … [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...]
