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Javaka Steptoe on Radiant Child
In our November/December 2016 issue, reviewer Lolly Robinson spoke with author/illustrator Javaka Steptoe about his personal connection to the subject of new biography Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Read the full starred review.Lolly Robinson: You and your father, John Steptoe, were both artists in NYC when...
Review of Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiatby Javaka Steptoe; illus. by the authorPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.10/16 978-0-316-21388-2 $17.99Picture books about artists are tricky. Should the illustrator mimic the subject’s style, or instead attempt to capture his or her essence? Steptoe does a little of both in this...
Review of Juana & Lucas
Juana & Lucasby Juana Medina; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 90 pp.9/16 978-0-7636-7208-9 $14.99This brisk, episodic (in the best way) chapter book introduces Juana, a young girl living in Bogotá, Colombia, who loves many things: her city, her family, reading, Brussels sprouts, and her dog, Lucas. She does not...
Review of The Bossier Baby
The Bossier Babyby Marla Frazee; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp.11/16 978-1-4814-7162-6 $17.99 ge-book ed. 978-1-4814-7163-3 $10.99The Boss Baby (rev. 7/10) finds himself sidelined when a new CEO, a string of pearls adding just the right touch to her sleek black onesie, takes over. This Bossier Baby...
From The Guide: American Politics 2016
After months and months and months of campaigning, the presidential election is upon us. The following books, all recommended in recent and forthcoming issues of The Horn Book Guide, teach middle-graders about the American political system, providing some context for what the candidates have been fighting about.—Elissa GershowitzSenior Editor, The...
Editorial: "We're with Her"
At the time of this writing, we don’t yet know the outcome of the presidential election. (Anyone with a time-travel device, please let us know things turned out okay.) But it sure has been A Year for women. We’ve been quite busy with our roaring and our woman-card-playing and our...
Horn Book Magazine -- November/December 2016
Table of ContentsFeatures"Decolonizing Nostalgia" by Sarah Hannah GómezWhen historical fiction betrays readers of color."Saving Sisters" by Jeannine AtkinsSisterhood in Little Women, The Hunger Games, and Frozen.ColumnsEditorial"We’re with Her" by Elissa Gershowitz & Martha V. ParravanoThere’s a time for “nice” and a time for channeling our inner “bosses.”Foreign Correspondence"An Interview with...
Review of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Twobased on an original new story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne; written by Jack Thorne7/16 Levine/Scholastic 328 pp.Middle School, High School 978-1-338-09913-3 $29.99This “Special Rehearsal Edition Script” of the two-part play that opened in London’s West End...
Review of Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewisby Jabari Asim; illus. by E. B. LewisPrimary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.10/16 978-0-399-16856-7 $16.99 gJohn Lewis, longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was a member of the “Big Six” during the 1963 March on Washington and went on to solidify...
Decolonizing Nostalgia: When Historical Fiction Betrays Readers of Color
If I look back at my childhood in the nineties, I can tie my preferences for types of play very closely to the types of books I liked to read. Beyond swimming and riding my bicycle, I was an indoor kid who, though I had plenty of friends, was happiest...
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