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2021 Mind the Gap Awards: The books that didn't win at ALA
Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. The books that didn’t win. Stalled The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey Didn't fly How to Find a Bird by Jennifer Ward; illus. by Diana Sudyka Missed its... Chance by Uri Shulevitz ...
Reviews of 2021 Mind the Gap Award winners
Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. Our annual Mind the Gap Awards pay tribute to our favorite books that didn’t win. Here’s how we reviewed our 2021 winners. The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey; illus. by the authors Preschool, Primary Norton 40 pp. 1/20 ...
2020 in Pictures and Words
The last time we sat down to put virtual pen to communal paper for our annual “year in review” article (“A Year with Words and Pictures — but No ALA Annual,” July/August 2020 Horn Book), it was spring of 2020. We had been working from home for a few weeks,...
Our Foundation, Our Springboard: The Trailblazing Work of Mildred D. Taylor and Jacqueline Woodson
Because Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Mildred D. Taylor have been so recently profiled in these pages (see the May/June 2019 and July/August 2020 issues), we decided instead to offer this year's Margaret A. Edwards Award winner Kekla Magoon space to...
Profile of 2021 CSK Illustrator Award winner Frank Morrison
When I met Frank in person, the first thing I noticed was his warm smile. But long before we exchanged smiles and hugs for the first time at the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art show several years ago, I had met Frank through his incredible artwork. Many years before, I...
Profile of 2021 Caldecott Medal winner Michaela Goade
In a tiny cabin, surrounded on three sides by ocean, Michaela Goade dipped her brush into a jar of water. She uncapped and squeezed paint — cerulean, cobalt, ultramarine — onto her mixing palette. At last, color combination perfected, Michaela brought brush to paper. Watercolor is a daunting medium for...
Profile of 2021 Newbery Medal winner Tae Keller
Tae Keller holding her "heart story." [Photo courtesy of Tae Keller.] Tae Keller believes in the power of stories. In When You Trap a Tiger, she explores the stories that we tell ourselves — the ones that shape our identities. What are the stories we cling to and what are...
2021 CSK–Virginia Hamilton Award Acceptance by Dorothy L. Guthrie
I am so honored to have my work recognized with this award. I want to thank chair Ida Thompson and the CSK–Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Jury for this honor. Virginia Hamilton has always been one of my favorite authors. I can still remember how I felt when I read...
Editorial: House Party (July/August 2021)
While still all abuzz about our May/June special issue, which celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pura Belpré Award and Latinx literature for young people, we started working on July/August, our annual ALA Awards special issue. In 2019, we’d marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards...
Table of Contents: July/August 2021 Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards
Cover © 2021 by Michaela Goade. Cover illustration art direction by Aram Kim. Features 2020 in Pictures and Words by Horn Book editors Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Michaela Goade A profile of Michaela Goade by Kirsten Hall Newbery Medal Acceptance by Tae Keller A profile of Tae Keller by...
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