This week on hbook.com... Jennifer L. Holm Talks with Roger about The Lion of Mars (Random House) From the January/February 2021 Horn Book Magazine: 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Acceptance Speeches Fiction and Poetry Clap When You Land: Elizabeth Acevedo's 2020 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Honor Speech When...
Welcome, 2021! 2020 was a year no one will soon forget (though in-person Midwinter may be a distant memory). Revisit the past twelve months — is that all it has been?! — and lose yourself in the world of children's and YA literature with our annual Horn Book Year in Review. 2020 ALA Awards...
This week on hbook.com... From the January/February 2021 Horn Book Magazine: Table of Contents Editorial: Happy New Year by Roger Sutton Read Roger: A Note from Me (Jan 8, 2021) Calling Caldecott: If You Come to Earth by Dean Schneider In the Half Room by Sabrina...
This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2020 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Previews: Picture Books and Graphic Novels - Five Questions for... Alexandra Bracken | John Hare | Raj Haldar | Kat Leyh Calling Caldecott: The Night Before Christmas by Martha V. Parravano Out of the...
Here are our Top 10 stories from the year 2020: A Year with Words and Pictures — but No ALA Annual Disturbing the Universe: Books That Broke the Rules An Interview with MacArthur Fellow Jacqueline Woodson Middle-Grade Graphic Novels Make Good How Do You Solve a Problem like Nonfiction? Writing...
This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2020 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Previews: Picture Books and Graphic Novels - Five Questions for... Lily LaMotte | Oge Mora | Elizabeth Zunon | Three Demigoddesses From the January/February 2021 Horn Book Magazine: "Sometimes You Have to Lie": A Conversation...
This week on hbook.com... Sarwat Chadda Talks with Roger about City of the Plague God (Riordan/Disney-Hyperion) A Conversation with Literary Agents on Diversity and Inclusion by Jason Low From the November/December 2020 Horn Book Magazine: New for New Readers: How to Publish (What I Think Are) Great Books...
This week on hbook.com... December Notes from the Horn Book newsletter - Fanfare Edition: Annotations Extras Ava Weiss (1925-2020) by Kevin Henkes From the November/December 2020 Horn Book Magazine: What Makes a Good Hanukkah Picture Book? by Marjorie Ingall From the January/February 2021 Horn Book Magazine: Issue...
Tonight will be special. Tonight will be splendid. Tonight is HANUKKAH! If all goes well, we’ll also be done with the January/February issue of the Magazine by tonight! To celebrate, I’m planning to light these candles, picked because their colors remind me of Oge Mora’s amazing cover art, inspired by...