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Review of Tree. Table. Book.
Tree. Table. Book. by Lois LowryIntermediate Clarion/HarperCollins 208 pp.4/24 9780063299504 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063299528 $9.99At the start of the story, eleven-year-old Sophia Henry Winslow presents three words to remember. “Listen carefully. This will be important…I’ll explain later.” Sophia is a keen observer, and readers benefit from her straightforward descriptions of her...
Editorial: An Honor Indeed (July/August 2024)
The July/August issue of the Magazine is always tricky, logistically, as it goes to press early and then sits and waits for its close-up on the morning after the Newbery-Caldecott-Legacy Awards Banquet at ALA Annual. By the time you’re reading this, hopefully you will have joined us at booth 1638...
BGHB @ ALA 2024
One of the best parts of this year's ALA Annual conference in San Diego was handing out Boston Globe–Horn Book Award stickers with 2023–2024 committee member Rodney Fierce -- and texting about it afterward with Katrina Hedeen Eftekhari and chair Cathie Mercier. See the slide show below; and read more about this year's...
Cambridge Public Library Young Authors' Squad
Last month I had great fun as a guest presenter at the Cambridge Public Library, O'Neill Branch, meeting of the Cambridge Young Authors' Squad: "Young people ages 10 to 14 who love to write are welcome to share their ideas and writing. There will be time for share-outs/workshopping, as well as group or solo...
From the Editor - June 2024
I know I said May was my favorite month, but hello June! Earlier this week The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its 2024 Carle Honors Honorees — and, thrillingly, the Horn Book is among them, as MENTOR. Read the press release here; and, yes, we’re still pinching...
2024 Carle Honors Honorees...including us!
I am over the moon to say The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its 2024 Carle Honors Honorees...and that we are one of them! The 2024 Carle Honors honorees are: ARTIST: URI SHULEVITZ ANGEL: WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS BRIDGE: KIDLIT TV MENTOR: THE HORN BOOK Read the press release here. More details...
Books about moms and chairs
Minh Lê's wonderful "Blowing the Horn" piece in our May/June Special Issue: Our Centennial reminded me of this mid–virtual school assignment that made me smile then (which was much needed) and makes me smile now: See also Vera B. Williams's 1983 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award poster: And here's Bertha's chair...
Butterfly in the Sky Screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
On June 2, as part of their Panorama series, the (newly renovated — door's in the back!) Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA, hosted a screening and discussion of Butterfly in the Sky, the recent documentary about (everyone's favorite) Reading Rainbow: "Take a look / it's in a book..." The movie presented extensive interviews with the show's...
Bookshop for Boys and Girls stamp
Look what came out of the box! Two books by Louisa May Alcott: With stamped endpapers from the Bookshop for Boys and Girls! Thanks to a librarian friend (who chose to remain anonymous ;) for sending them along! Find lots more about our history and Horn Book Centennial celebration throughout 2024. ...
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