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Horn Book Reminiscences: My Horn Book Treasures
The author's Horn Book (and other) treasures. Photo: Celia C. Pérez. I keep a storage bin filled with ephemera from my writing life. It is a treasure chest of memories that includes everything from conference badges, event programs, and T-shirts from schools I’ve visited to letters and artwork I have...
Ramadan
The Islamic month of Ramadan is a solemn holiday of fasting, charity, and additional prayer, culminating in the joyous feasting of Eid al-Fitr. Ramadan mubarak to those observing, and Happy Eid! We’d like to call your attention to archived reading suggestions from our friends at KitaabWorld, who used to review...
Books by young people for young people
It’s no secret that children’s books have made and continue to make a lasting impact on those who read them, but children and teens have not restricted themselves to the role of readers only. They have contributed to the canon of children’s literature as authors, too. Who better to tell...
YA Finds Its Way
We started our centennial year of mini-themed issues with picture books in the January/February issue, and now end, fittingly, with YA in November/December. It seemed like a natural progression — from “the early years,” as we were calling it, to young adult, with stops at poetry and folklore; nonfiction and...
2024 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Vashti Harrison
“Did you know you’re the first Black woman to win the Caldecott Medal?” The morning of the American Library Association Youth Media Awards, my agent, Carrie Hannigan, called to ask me this. We had spoken the night before to celebrate, so this call felt more like a briefing. She was...
Poetry & Folklore
In our Book Reviews section, between Fiction and Nonfiction, you can often find reviews of Folklore and/or Poetry. This is an “and/or” because we don’t always have both, and sometimes we have neither. Our coverage tends to ebb and flow, as do the trends in books being published. In our...
Horn BOO! 2023
What do wombats, narwhals, and mac and cheese have in common? They appear alongside zombies, vampires, werewolves, and more in this year's roundup of eighteen recommended new preschool and primary books for the season. For more spooktacular reads, visit hbook.com/HalloweenBooks. Happy Halloween from the Horn Booooook! Witch & Wombat by...
Latine/x YA: Not alone
Here are five books about Latine/x young adults who forge connections with others across oceans, centuries, and planes of existence. September 15–October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month. Find additional books, articles, interviews, and more from the Horn Book here. Frontera by Julio Anta; illus. by Jacoby Salcedo Middle...
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Review of In the Dark
In the Dark by Kate Hoefler; illus. by Corinna LuykenPrimary Knopf 40 pp.8/23 9780593372838 $18.99Library ed. 9780593372845 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593372852 $10.99The townspeople are suspicious of the outsiders in the woods with their cloaks, brooms, and black cat. One spooky night, the townsfolk mistake the others’ bird-shaped kites for witches, but...
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Review of The Beautiful Something Else
The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van OtterlooMiddle School Scholastic 288 pp.5/23 9781338843224 $17.99Twelve-year-old Sparrow’s life revolves around keeping their mother happy; a difficult task given her struggles with mental health and addiction. Sparrow believes that by being the perfect child they can keep Mom’s “shadows” at bay and deflect...
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