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Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
We were sad to hear of the death today of Katherine Johnson at age 101. In recent years there have been several books for young people about this remarkable "hidden figure," including her 2019 autobiography Reaching for the Moon and the titles below. As we near the end of Black...
Week in Review, February 17th-21st
This week on hbook.com... Sara Pennypacker Talks with Roger From the Nov/Dec 2019 Horn Book Magazine: Letter to the Editor from Bill McCullam, and Response from Roger Sutton, February 2020 From the Mar/Apr 2020 Horn Book Magazine: The Birds and the Bees by Shoshana Flax Read...
Black History Month 2020, Week 3
Throughout February, we're celebrating Black History Month by highlighting articles, speeches, and reviews from The Horn Book archive that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field. Look for the social media tag #HBBlackHistoryMonth on Facebook.com/TheHornBook and @HornBook. This week's articles and speeches: 2019...
Letter to the Editor from Bill McCullam and Response from Roger Sutton, February 2020
November/December 2019 Horn Book It will not readily be appreciated how much a watershed the 2019 Zena Sutherland Lecture and Gene Luen Yang article represents for The Horn Book (and the Newbery and Caldecott committees). Since, at least, the February 1963 issue when Ruth Hill Viguers took a stand for...
Week in Review, February 10th-14th
This week on hbook.com... February Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Q for Printz winner A.S. King on Dig., Horn Book reviews of the #alayma20 winners, YA love stories for #BlackHistoryMonth2020, and nonfiction picture books for #PresidentsDay. Out of the Box: Someday We Will Fly: Sydney Taylor Book...
Black History Month 2020, Week 2
Throughout February, we're celebrating Black History Month by highlighting articles, speeches, and reviews from The Horn Book archive that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field. Look for the social media tag #HBBlackHistoryMonth on Facebook.com/TheHornBook and @HornBook. This week's articles and speeches: Fresh...
Five Questions for A.S. King about Dig.
A.S. King’s Dig. (Dutton, 14 years and up) was the winner of the 2020 Printz Award. The story focuses on five teens with a startling connection that is only gradually revealed. Constantly shifting perspectives — between the unforgettable teens themselves, along with an outsized cast — keep readers off-balance and...
Books mentioned in the February 2020 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five Questions for A.S. King Dig. by A.S. King, Dutton, 14 years and up. I Crawl Through It by A.S. King, Little, Brown, 14 years and up. Reviews of the 2020 ALA Youth Media Award winners YA love stories for Black History Month 2020 With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo,...
Picture books for Presidents' Day 2020
The following recent picture books provide engaging looks at the U.S. presidency; the people a president might work with, meet, or appoint; and the office’s power for good. The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents by Kate Messner; illus. by Adam Rex Primary Chronicle 48...