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Week in Review, May 29th-June 2nd
This week on hbook.com... Dashka Slater Talks with Roger about Accountable From the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Diverse Books: Past, Present, and Future: Seeing Ourselves: All Books for All by Angela Joy GTFOH with Magical Headaches: Chronic Pain in YA Fantasy by Katie Bircher Seeing...
July/August 2023 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews
Illustration from When You Can Swim by Jack Wong. The following books will receive starred reviews in the July/August 2023 Horn Book Magazine: Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo; illus. by Frank Morrison (Lee & Low) In the Night Garden by Carin Berger (Porter/Holiday) Mine! by Candace Fleming; illus....
Week in Review, May 22nd-26th
This week on hbook.com... Jesús Trejo and Eliza Kinkz Talk with Roger about Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock From the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Diverse Books: Past, Present, and Future: Field Notes: Beyond the "Hero's Journey": We Need Diverse Curricula by Julie Hakim Azzam Seeing Ourselves:...
Week in Review, May 15th-19th
This week on hbook.com... May Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Vashti Harrison about Big + 7 self-empowerment + self-love picture books, 6 diverse stories for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and 4 YA memoirs From the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Diverse Books:...
Five questions for Vashti Harrison
In the picture book Big (Little, Brown, 5–8 years), a young Black girl feels comfortable in her own skin — until classmates’ taunts and two adults’ admonishments make her question her size. Author/illustrator Vashti Harrison’s sensitive, compassionate story ends on an empowering note, with the girl finally able to hand...
Jewish American Heritage Month
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time for "paying tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society." Books for children and teens "that authentically portray the Jewish experience" can be found at the Association of Jewish Libraries' Sydney Taylor Book Awards....
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, "a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States." Here are some articles, interviews, and booklists by and about Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to help acknowledge, celebrate, and amplify the voices of children's book creators of Asian and Pacific...
Books mentioned in the May 2023 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Vashti Harrison Big by Vashti Harrison; Little, Brown. Self-empowerment and self-love I Have a Question by Andrew Arnold; Roaring Brook. The Loud Librarian by Jenna Beatrice, illus. by Erika Lynne Jones; Atheneum. Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton; Little, Brown. A Girl Can Build Anything...
Their own stories
“Who tells your story?” In the following four cases, these authors share their very personal and moving memoirs — in prose, verse, or graphic format — with young adult readers about the difficult situations they experienced while coming of age. See also Thien Pham Talks with Roger about Family Style:...
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