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Review of Being Frog
Being Frog by April Pulley Sayre; photos by the author Preschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp. 2/20 978-1-5344-2881-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-2882-9 $10.99 A green frog moves through its woodland environment, its motions described in short rhyming sentences that match the pace of the creature as it hunts, crawls, jumps,...
2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Acceptance Speeches Roundup
The 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, judges, and presenters. L-R: Brian Norman, Jason Chin, Miranda Paul, Cynthia K. Ritter, Kekla Magoon, Kim Parker, Roger Sutton, Adib Khorram, Yuyi Morales, Debbie Levy, Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Gina Krosoczka, Zoe Krosoczka, Karen Boss, and Meredith Goldstein. Photo: Aram Boghosian for the...
Review of Girl Gone Viral audiobook
Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi; read by Jorjeana Marie High School Listening Library Rev. 9/19 9 CDs 10.4 hrs. 978-1-9848-8588-3 $65.00 High school coding genius Opal Hopper is looking to promote the hottest social media star in virtual reality in order to win a contest that will allow her...
Review of The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs by Gail Jarrow Middle School, High School Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills & Kane 155 pp. g 10/19 978-1-62979-438-9 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-68437-895-1 $11.99 Formaldehyde in milk, cocaine in toothache drops, sausage made from pulverized meat scraps swept off factory...
Table of Contents: January/February 2020 Horn Book Magazine
Cover © 2020 by Van Thanh Rudd. Features Horn Book Fanfare by Horn Book Editors Our choices for the best books of 2019. Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards BGHB Awards Gallery 2019 Celebrating the year’s winners and honorees. Picture Book Fiction and Poetry Nonfiction MAGICIAN by Henry Lyman A poem...
Editorial: Bordering on the Absurd (January/February 2020)
This past November we put out a call on the Calling Caldecott blog for mock “nominations,” asking readers to name a few 2019 books they considered top contenders for the Caldecott Medal. Horn Book Editor in Chief Roger Sutton cheekily touted Small in the City — knowing full well that...
Review of King and the Dragonflies
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 263 pp. g 2/20 978-1-338-12933-5 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-338-12935-9 $10.99 In their second middle-grade novel (Hurricane Child, rev. 5/18), set in contemporary small-town Louisiana, Callender masterfully balances resonant themes of grief, love, family, friendship, racism, sexuality, and coming-of-age. Twelve-year-old...
Review of Bear Is Awake!: An Alphabet Story
Bear Is Awake!: An Alphabet Story by Hannah E. Harrison; illus. by the author Preschool Dial 32 pp. g 11/19 978-0-399-18666-0 $17.99 In this diverting alphabet story, a bear wakes too early (it's the dead of winter) from hibernation, heads to a girl's cabin in the woods, rings her doorbell—and...
This Promise of Change: Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy's 2019 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech
Co-authors Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy delivered their acceptance remarks as a conversation. JO ANN ALLEN BOYCE: Thank you. I speak for both Debbie and myself in expressing our gratitude to The Boston Globe, The Horn Book, and the awards committee. (We’re sending our healing wishes to the chair of...
Nine Months: Illustrator Jason Chin's 2019 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
When our editor, Neal Porter, came to me with this manuscript a few years ago, I was very excited because it was by Miranda Paul. I read it, and it was terrific. I was all ready to sign up, but then I got scared. I thought, How the heck am I...