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Blowing the Horn: My First Horn Book Visit
The memory of my first trip to the Horn Book offices is both hazy and vividly clear. I had to do a bit of detective work to figure out the date, but I’ve deduced that it must have been in July of 1991. I’d gone with editor Susan Hirschman to...
Virtual History Exhibit Scrapbook
MENU People Clippings Bookshop Art Book Caravan Miscellaneous SCRAPBOOK Elinor Whitney Field Bertha Mahony Miller Horn Book Magazine founders Read about Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field Ann Carroll Moore Alice Jordan Early Horn Book advisors...
Field Notes: I Gave My Life to Books: A Journey Through the World of Children's Literature
Maurice Sendak once said, “As a child, I felt that books were holy objects, to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for. I gave my life to them.” That’s how I have always felt as a teacher and parent too. I began my teaching career in Newark, New Jersey,...
Together again 2021
The Horn Book editors have been together exactly twice since March 2020: at Katie Bircher's beautiful wedding; and last week (masked and vaxxed), when we saw the magnificent special exhibit Paper Stories, Layered Dreams: The Art of Ekua Holmes at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (we just missed her next-day, in-person visit to the...
Holiday break TV binging 2021
Congrats! You’ve made it to winter break. It’s time to relax, sit down with a delicious hot beverage, and crack open a good book — or maybe binge-watch all the movies and shows you couldn’t get to the rest of the year. If that last part sounds more your style,...
Blogger bios
We’re pleased to introduce you to our bloggers. You can read short bios at the bottoms of their posts, but here’s a bit more information about each of them. If you or someone you know is a teacher and would like to blog for Lolly’s Classroom, you can find...
Horn Book Magazine
As soon as our first issue appeared in 1924, The Horn Book Magazine established itself as the place where everyone who worked with children’s books — writers, artists, editors, librarians, educators, and parents — came together to share their experiences and deepen their knowledge. Our archives overflow with treasures,...
Our Roots
In 1916, when there were no superstores, no thought of Internet shopping, and few notable children’s books for sale anywhere, Bertha Mahony opened a children’s bookshop in Boston. Searching for a wider audience, she sent out traveling book exhibits and launched one of the first bookmobiles. The Horn Book was...
Pollen in the Wind
By Ann DurellFirst I want to apologize for giving such an embarrassingly fancy title for such a plain little talk. But you know how it is when someone asks you to make a speech. You say "yes" with the comfortable assurance that you will either have been killed in a...
Happy birthday, dear Barbara!
Happy 90th birthday to children's literature luminary Barbara Bader! In addition to her seminal book American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within and longtime work as children's book editor and eventually co-owner of Kirkus Reviews, she has also been a prolific Horn Book Magazine contributor. Her articles on...
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