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Back-to-School 2023 (redux)
When I wrote this editorial for July's issue of Notes from the Horn Book, my own kids were still weeks away from back-to-school. Now the time has come! In solidarity with all late-starters: re-read our recommendations for school stories for all age groups, along with Five Questions interview with Kerascoët about...
Class is in session
There’s lots to learn for the protagonists of these five school-set novels for middle- and high schoolers — and, in many cases, for the other characters around them. All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen; lyrics by Kahlil AkNahlej Allen High School Kokila/Penguin 432 pp. 8/23 9780593619049 $19.99 e-book...
Five questions for Kerascoët
Bear with Me (Random House Studio/Random, 3–6 years) by Kerascoët (the French husband-and-wife team of Sébastien Cosset and Marie Pommepuy) is about a young child about to start school...without the comfort item of a favorite teddy bear. 1. What is it that draws you to create books about childhood emotions...
Books mentioned in the July 2023 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Kerascoët Bear with Me by Kerascoët; Random House Studio/Random. Going to school 9 Kilometers by Claudio Aguilera, illus. by Gabriela Lyon, trans. from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel; Eerdmans. Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart, illus. by John Parra; Porter/Holiday. May’s Brave Day by...
From the Editor - July 2023
“Bear with Me” (ha!) as I present our annual Back-to-School issue of Notes from the Horn Book, featuring our Five Questions interview with Kerascoët about their BTS-perfect picture book of the same name. My kids have bear-ly been out a month, so we’re still in the dog days; if Summer...
True stories
The following five true stories provide young adults with captivating history lessons and also provide them opportunities to draw connections to the current events affecting our world. 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don Brown; illus. by the author High School Clarion/HarperCollins 128 pp. 5/23 9780063311565 $22.99 e-book...
Navigating school
Navigating school can be tricky for some middle-graders and middle-schoolers, especially when they’re also facing big life changes, as is the case for the protagonists of these seven books. Sincerely Sicily by Tamika Burgess Intermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 304 pp. 1/23 9780063159600 $17.99 e-book ed. 9780063159624 $8.99 Sicily Jordan had...
Going to school
Whether it’s first day jitters, the journey itself, the activities happening there, or remembering past experiences, going to school holds significant meaning for children (and adults!), as these five picture books relate. See also Five Questions for Kerascoët about Bear with Me. 9 Kilometers by Claudio Aguilera; illus. by Gabriela...
Books mentioned in the July 2022 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for John Cho and Sarah Suk Troublemaker by John Cho with Sarah Suk; Little, Brown. Living through history The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander; Little, Brown. Loyalty by Avi; Clarion/HarperCollins. Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson; Little, Brown. We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 by Shelia P. Moses; Paulsen/Penguin. Playing a Dangerous Game by Patrick Ochieng;...
From the Editor - July 2022
Compiling these lists in the midst of a heatwave made it a little tough for the Horn Book editors to focus on back-to-school — but as the big box stores never fail to remind us: it’s right around the corner! Our annual BTS issue of Notes features a cool thirty-plus...
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