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Picture books and easy readers | Class #2, fall 2016
During our first class, we started to look at picture books. For our second class on October 19, we are adding easy readers into the mix. Here's what we are reading and discussing: Two more picture books Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown That New Animal by Emily Jenkins,...
Children's lit class, fall 2016
I've been teaching children's lit in the spring for the past few years, but this year we're changing to the fall semester. So I'm giving up having a nice break between the end of last year's class and the start of this year's, but I'm gaining a chance to hold...
2015 in Review: The Year in Pictures
2015 was a striking, if fractious, year for picture books. At ALA, picture books were in the spotlight not just for their usual recognition — with Sophie Blackall receiving the 2016 Caldecott Medal for Finding Winnie — but also for winning top awards in many more categories: the Batchelder Award...
2016 Summer Reading from The Horn Book: Intermediate
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Here are our top ten books for different age ranges — including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry — all published 2015–2016 and ideal for the season. Grade levels are only suggestions; the individual child is the real criterion.For a...
2016 Summer Reading List
For a handy take-along list of titles, download our printable PDF.Picture BooksSurf's Up by Kwame Alexander; illus. by Daniel Miyares (North-South)Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie; illus. by Yuyi Morales (Little, Brown)Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews; illus. by Bryan Collier (Abrams)The Airport Book by Lisa Brown; illus. by...
Picture books and early readers | class #2, 2016
Now that our first class is done, we can move on to some in-depth reading and discussing. Last week we got our feet wet with two picture books, one a classic and the other a wordless exploration of culture.For our second class on March 31, we will read two more...
That New Animal | Class #2, 2016
Here's another picture book for our second class. There are lots of books out there that tackle an emotional issue in a heavy handed way. I'm not a fan of those books, but I love this one. What do you think? Does it accomplish its goal? Would it appeal to...
A Fine Bookshelf
I once taught a rites-of-passage class to a group of African American and Caribbean American teenage girls. The workshops included lessons in history, self-care, and literacy. These classes weren’t supposed to be like school. I was there to help deepen their understanding of their world and their place in it.I...
A bumpy ride
I had been content to let Calling Caldecott's enlightening discussion about A Fine Dessert speak for itself, and the subsequent publication of A Birthday Cake for George Washington a year later was more than anything a spectacular example of bad timing--by the time A Fine Dessert was gathering outrage, A Birthday...
Books mentioned in the October 2015 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Duncan TonatiuhFunny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh, Abrams, 6–9 years.Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh, Abrams, 6–9 years.Tricks and treatsI Used to Be Afraid by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Roaring Brook/Porter,...
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