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Week in Review, February 3rd-7th

  This week on hbook.com...   From the January/February 2025 Horn Book Magazine: BGHB Picture Book speeches - Gary R. Gray, Jr. | Oge Mora | Chelsea Lin Wallace | Hyewon Yum | Sydney Smith   From the March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Preview   Out of the Box: Black...

Preview March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine

Cover from Head Full of Clouds by Joanne Schwartz. Illustration © 2025 by Afsaneh Sanei. Published by Tundra Books. Betsy Groban shares scenes from the remarkable marriage of Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson. Author Emma Otheguy interviews translator Emily Carrero Mustelier. “When Fingers Are Fearless”: a poem by Shifa Saltagi...

Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards 2024 Slideshow

The 2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were presented on Monday, November 25, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EST) at Boston Public Library (700 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116) in Rabb Hall. Judges Cathryn M. Mercier (chair), Rodney Fierce, and Katrina Hedeen Eftekhari and Horn Book Editor in Chief...

Horn Book Evening of Dialogue 2024 Slideshow

The first Horn Book Evening of Dialogue was held Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (415 Summer Street, Room 102A First Floor, Boston, MA 02210) during the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention November 21–24, 2024....

Happy World Read Aloud Day

...one of our favorite days of the year! To help you celebrate, here are some recommended books, Horn Book Fanfare 2024 2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners 2025 ALA Youth Media Award winners Board Book Roundup: A Golden Age of Board Books by Rachel G. Payne (September/October 2024 Magazine) The...

Black History Month 2025

In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, interviews, and reviews from The Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February. Last Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement...

Week in Review, January 27th-31st

  This week on hbook.com... ALA Awards 2025: Horn Book Reviews of the Winners   Calling Cadecott: The 2025 Caldecott Announcement by Kitty Flynn, Annisha Jeffries, and Adrienne L. Pettinelli The 2025 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize by Dean Schneider   Out of the Box: Happy Lunary New Year! March/April...

March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews

Illustration from Afloat by Kirli Saunders; illus. by Freya Blackwood. The following books will receive starred reviews in the March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine: When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Willis Hudson; illus. by London Ladd (Holiday) Sakina and the Uninvited Guests by Zahra Marwan (Bloomsbury) Afloat by Kirli Saunders;...

Happy Lunar New Year!

Lunar New Year begins today. Happy Year of the Snake! We wish all who are celebrating a new year full of joy and prosperity. Here is our Lunar New Year reading list with fiction and nonfiction books featuring the holiday for preschool, primary, intermediate, and older readers; and don't miss...
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