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This week on hbook.com... April Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: Summer Reading edition: 5Qs for Sylvie Kantorovitz + a baker's dozen picture books, beginning readers & primary grades, intermediate, middle school, and high school selections — including fiction, nonfiction, folklore, and poetry — all published 2023–2024 and ideal...
Let's Go! © 2024 by Julie Flett. I’m not a skateboarder, but it sure looks like fun in Julie Flett’s picture book Let’s Go! (at right). It’s a story about a kid mustering the courage to try something new (using Mom’s childhood skateboard!) and then finding — and helping build...
Today, April 22, is Earth Day, with the theme being "Planet vs. Plastics." To quote Rebecca Donnelly from her 2023 starred middle-grade book Total Garbage (Godwin/Holt), illustrated by John Hendrix: "Although all types of waste can cause environmental problems, plastics might be the worst villain in the story of trash."...
Congratulations to Paul Zelinksy's 2013 March/April Horn Book Magazine cover! It's based on the pictures Zelinsky did for Z Is for Moose (Greenwillow, 2012), written by Kelly Bingham. As one Cover Madness voter commented: "How can anyone resist that Moose face?" Read about the process behind the illustrations in Z Is for Moose from Paul...
This week on hbook.com... From the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Preview: Spring 2024 - K. A. Cobell | Loren Long | Pablo Cartaya | Minda Dentler | George Takei Calling Caldecott: March/April Cover Madness, Round 3! by Summer Edward Out of the Box: Horn Book trivia...
I went down a rabbit hole recently, and this is what I saw: a larger-than-life girl dressed in yellow striding down a railing toward me; an old Italian lady reaching for a book; a bear wearing a red, pointy hat; a man sitting under a tree with a stack of...
The votes are in for the second round of March/April Cover Madness, and we move on to round 3! Pick your favorite of the final two choices — let us know your choice in the comments! Come back next week to see which cover was voted the winning March/April cover from the last twenty-four...
Today is Patriots' Day in Massachusetts, a state and regional holiday that commemorates the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the beginnings of the Revolutionary War. It's the day the Boston Marathon is traditionally run, and the start of Spring Break for the public schools. To keep the little ones busy,...
This week on hbook.com... From the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine: The Writer's Page: Yes, And... by Lesléa Newman From the May/June 2024 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Our Centennial: Preview Calling Caldecott March/April Cover Madness, Round 2! by Summer Edward Out of the Box:...
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