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Editorial: A Book of One's Own (March/April 2021)
March is Women’s History Month, and although we didn’t plan it this way, it turns out that our book review section has a mind of its own, including no fewer than thirteen new nonfiction titles devoted to the achievements of a diverse gallery of women, heroes every one. Historically, they...
Review of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Floyd Cooper Primary, Intermediate Carolrhoda 32 pp. g 2/21 978-1-5415-8120-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-7284-1738-7 $27.99 In 1921, over the course of sixteen hours, the Black community of Greenwood, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was all but destroyed, with most of its...
Review of R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Frank Morrison Primary, Intermediate Atheneum 48 pp. g 8/20 978-1-5344-5228-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-5229-9 $10.99 This impressionistic picture-book biography of Aretha Franklin (1942–2018) consists of a series of rhyming couplets following the iconic singer through her life. Weatherford employs a...
Review of Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Michele Wood Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 56 pp. g 4/20 978-0-7636-9156-1 $17.99 “I entered the world a slave…I was a slave because my countrymen had made it lawful, in utter contempt of the declared will of heaven.” Our...
Review of By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music
By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Bryan Collier Primary Atheneum 48 pp. 1/20 978-1-5344-2636-8 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-2637-5 $10.99 Born to a free mother in 1851 Maryland, Charles Albert Tindley was technically considered free. However, the law didn’t protect...
Review of In Your Hands
In Your Handsby Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Brian PinkneyPreschool, Primary Atheneum 32 pp.9/17 978-1-4814-6293-8 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-4814-6294-5 $10.99It looks like a baby-shower book, and it is a baby-shower book — but with a difference. On pastel backgrounds amidst the soft, swirling swoops of Pinkney’s gentle lines and colors, Weatherford...
People making a difference
During the month of January, we'll be celebrating people who have Made a Difference through their good work. Each day, we'll highlight a book about someone who has effected positive change, with a roundup on Fridays. Follow the hashtag #HBMaDJan17 @HornBook and Facebook.com/TheHornBook or click on the tag here: #hbmadJan17Today...
Voice of Freedom: Illustrator Ekua Holmes's 2016 BGHB NF Honor Speech
I am extremely honored to be here. Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine work that I’ve done being honored in this way. It’s my maiden voyage. I’m so fortunate that I worked with an amazing publisher, Candlewick; I worked with an amazing and prolific author, Carole Boston Weatherford;...
Voice of Freedom: Author Carole Boston Weatherford's 2016 BGHB NF Honor Speech
I could not have written these poems without the ancestors. I call on them again and again, and their spirits continue to speak to and through me.This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.That African American spiritual was Fannie Lou...
Information books | Class #4, fall 2016
Our next class will be in two weeks, on November 9. We'll be talking about five information books: Actual Size by Steve Jenkins Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill, illustrated by Bryan...