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Blowing the Horn: Even by a Millimeter

As I thought about the birthday of this magazine, and what I hope for the future of children’s literature, I wondered about the past. The Horn Book was born in 1924. What else happened in 1924? I followed my usual writing strategy: when in doubt, research. I discovered that the...
      

Blowing the Horn: Catch of the Day

Illustration (c) 2024 by Sergio Ruzzier. From the May/June 2024 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Our Centennial. For more Horn Book centennial coverage, click here. Find more in the "Blowing the Horn" series here. Single copies of this special issue are available for $15.00 including postage and may...
      

May/June Cover Madness, Round 3!

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The votes are in for the second round of May/June Cover Madness, and we move on to round 3! Pick your favorite of the final two choices — let us know your choice in the comments! Come back next week to see which cover was voted the winning May/June cover from the last twenty-four years! ...
      

Three Editors in Chief: A Conversation

Earlier this year, the Horn Book's eighth (and current) editor in chief, Elissa Gershowitz, spoke with longtime editors in chief numbers six and seven: Anita Silvey (from 1985–1995) and Roger Sutton (from 1996–2021). Currently an adjunct professor at Simmons University, Silvey is an author (Everything I Need to Know I...
      

Blowing the Horn: My First Horn Book Visit

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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...
      

Blowing the Horn: I'm Here Too

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A fifth grader once told me — with all the blunt honesty that comes with being a ten-year-old — that her mother didn’t like any of my books. “I like your books, but she doesn’t. We just read You Go First and she didn’t like that one, either,” this girl...
      

Blowing the Horn: The Horn Book and Family

Back in the 1990s, Editor in Chief Roger Sutton invited me to write a short article for the Horn Book on family literacy. I wrote about the Garcias’ Sunday afternoon ritual of strolling through our tree-lined neighborhood. My husband, Peter, daughter Michelle, and I walked with reading materials in hand,...
      

Blowing the Horn: Make Your Mark! 100 Years of The Horn Book

Illustration (c) 2024 by Peter H. Reynolds. From the May/June 2024 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Our Centennial. For more Horn Book centennial coverage, click here. Find more in the "Blowing the Horn" series here. Single copies of this special issue are available for $15.00 including postage and...
      

Blowing the Horn

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From the May/June 2024 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Our Centennial. For more Horn Book centennial coverage, click here. Find more in the "Blowing the Horn" series here. Single copies of this special issue are available for $15.00 including postage and may be ordered from: Horn Book Magazine...
      

May/June Cover Madness, Round 2!

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The votes are in for the first round of May/June Cover Madness, and we move on to round 2! Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your choices in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here....
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