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Yas, Queens!
The queen archetype has long been a fixture in literature, mythology, and popular culture. Stories (like the three picture-book biographies highlighted below) about female people who command respect, have a voice, fight for what they believe in, and enhance the lives of others through compassionate service are imperative for our...
International Women's Day
Today is International Women's Day. On hornbookguide.com, we've updated two booklists of recent biographies, one for younger and one for intermediate and older readers, to honor the extraordinary lives of women, girls, and female-identifying people throughout history from other countries around the world. And every day throughout the month of...
From the Editor - February 2023
We hope you had a sweet Valentine’s Day yesterday, with candy, friendship, and “…a Good YA Love Story,” if that’s your thing. Mid–Black History Month, find our continuing daily coverage, with reviews, articles, and posts about people, places, events, and more that have helped shape Black history, American history, and...
"Remember the ladies" during Women's History Month
While these five protagonists aren’t real figures to celebrate during March’s Women’s History Month, their powerful stories are rooted in history, often emphasizing past mistreatment and serving as a reminder of how far we’ve come…and how far we have yet to go. See also our five questions interview with Joy...
Women's History Month 2022, Week 1
March is Women's History Month. To celebrate the accomplishments of women and female-identifying people, we will be highlighting recent articles and recommended nonfiction titles "devoted to the achievements of a diverse gallery of women, heroes every one." Look for the social media tag #HBWomensHistoryMonth on Facebook.com/TheHornBook and @HornBook on Twitter...
From the Editor - February 2022
We’re continuing to celebrate Black History Month on hbook.com and at #HBBlackHistoryMonth on Twitter and Facebook, with engaging articles, fascinating interviews, informative reviews, and more, every day in February (including this brand-new picture-book biographies booklist). Coming in like a lion is March, which is Women’s History Month, and this issue...
Picture-book biographies for Women’s History Month 2022
Since last Women’s History Month, we’ve reviewed enough picture-book biographies of remarkable, diverse women to create a new Guide/Reviews Database booklist, along with these nine noteworthy titles in the upcoming March/April Horn Book Magazine. See also Five Questions for Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov about Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s...
Christy Ottaviano Talks with Roger
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by After twelve years as publisher of Christy Ottaviano Books at Macmillan, Christy has moved the imprint over to Hachette/Little, Brown. What does she have in store? RS: As a...
New for National Poetry Month 2021
April is National Poetry Month, and the following seven titles, for middle-grade and up, represent the variety — and appeal — of the form. See also our Five Questions interview with Linda Sue Park about her new illustrated verse novel The One Thing You’d Save; along with Jacqueline Woodson’s 2021...
Persistent women
For young readers not quite ready for illustrated chapter-book biographies such as Claudette Colvin and Harriet Tubman, which are discussed in our Five Questions interview with authors Lesa Cline-Ransome and Andrea Davis Pinkney, here are picture-book biographies about seven tenacious, inspiring, and diverse women. March is Women’s History Month. For...
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