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Week in Review, September 9th-13th

  This week on hbook.com... Gayle Forman Talks with Roger about Not Nothing   From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Much Ado About Middle Grade by Horn Book editors   Calling Caldecott: Welcome to the Calling Caldecott Committee! by Adrienne L. Pettinelli Coretta by Annisha Jeffries   Out of...

Much Ado About Middle Grade

When we set out to write a few pages about this issue’s centennial mini-theme of middle grade, we were somewhat daunted, and with good reason. We’ve said this before, but — it’s a huge topic, and one we’ve covered extensively throughout our hundred years. Our first recommended booklists, in October...

Week in Review, September 2nd-6th

  This week on hbook.com... Chuck Wendig Talks with Roger about Monster Movie!   From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Table of Contents Editorial: Some Magazine! by Elissa Gershowitz   Calling Caldecott: Let's get started! by Kitty Flynn The List by Kitty Flynn, Annisha Jeffries, and Adrienne L. Pettinelli...

Table of Contents: September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine

Cover from Charlotte’s Web. Cover art © ­renewed 1980 by Estate of Garth Williams. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.   Features Much Ado About Middle Grade by Horn Book editors Continuing our centennial coverage with ­discussion of this issue’s mini-theme.   Columns Editorial Some Magazine! by Elissa Gershowitz If...

Week in Review, August 26th-30th

  This week on hbook.com... Horn Book Reminiscences from former interns: An Essential Experience by Mikayla Lawrence An Industry Crash Course by Rachel Marsh Internships Are What You Make of Them by Kate Smith The Joy of Books by Jill Leibowitz In the Company of Good Books by Monica de...

Week in Review, August 19th-23rd

  This week on hbook.com... August Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer about The Worst Ronin + 5 YA fantasies, 6 middle-grade and middle-school stories about learning from elders, and 5 sailing picture books Horn Book Reminiscences from former interns: Stories That Matter...

Five questions for Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer

In the graphic novel The Worst Ronin (HarperAlley/HarperCollins, 14–17 years), author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrator Faith Schaffer present two female samurai on a quest, set in a reimagined feudal Japan featuring modern technology. See also the Fantasy and Graphic novels subject tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. 1. Maggie, you’ve also...

Books mentioned in the August 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book

Five Questions for Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Faith Schaffer; HarperAlley/HarperCollins. Beyond the ordinary     Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg; Amulet/Abrams. The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko; Amulet/Abrams. The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb; Levine/Levine Querido. Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by...

Sailing for adventure

By sea, lake, or moat, come sail away in these five recent picture books, all transporting summer reads. For more recommendations, see the Guide/Reviews Database subject tag Sea stories. The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp. 3/24    9781536227680    $18.99 Becker’s (The Tree...
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