Jason Reynolds. (Photo courtesy of Jason Reynolds.) REYNOLDS: First, I just want to take a moment to thank the Horn Book, not only as the bestower of this award but also as a relentless and consistent space exploring and celebrating children’s literature. I’m not sure that enough light is given...
A quick note before we jump in: as I'm always saying, one of the aims of Calling Caldecott is to model book discussion about picture books — the kind of specific, granular, almost microscopic discussion that would occur on an actual Caldecott committee. So I'm very excited about today's post: a conversation among...
Original cover art by Jason Griffin. Horn Book Fanfare: Our choices for the best books of 2022. Coverage of the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards virtual celebration: judges’ remarks, speeches, photos. New for New Readers: a roundup of beginning-reader comics by Adrienne L. Pettinelli. Single copies of this special issue...
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Jason Griffin Middle School Dlouhy/Atheneum 384 pp. g 1/22 978-1-5344-3946-7 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-3947-4 $10.99 Reynolds’s...
We've reached the culmination of Picture Book week in our month-long virtual Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards celebration. Today, judge Maura O'Toole introduces the 2022 BGHB Picture Book Winner Ain't Burned All the Bright: The 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book is presented to author Jason Reynolds...
On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 12 pm EDT, Horn Book acting editor in chief Elissa Gershowitz announced the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners. If you want to relive the excitement, you can watch the archived video here: 2022 BOSTON GLOBE–HORN BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Prestigious...
Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Jason Griffin Middle School Dlouhy/Atheneum 384 pp. g 1/22 978-1-5344-3946-7 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-3947-4 $10.99 Reynolds’s introspective narrative poem, with a young man at home during quarantine as its speaker, shares the stage with Griffin’s emotive collagelike illustrations done in...
Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Raúl the Third; color by Elaine Bay Intermediate Dlouhy/Atheneum 272 pp. g 11/21 978-1-5344-1816-5 $13.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1818-9 $9.99 This ingeniously crafted illustrated novel offers a multifaceted and heartfelt take on the classic superhero story. Portico Reeves is a kid...
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You adapted by Jason Reynolds from a book by Ibram X. Kendi Middle School, High School Little, Brown 300 pp. 3/20 978-0-316-45369-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-316-45370-7 $9.99 Reynolds insists from the first paragraph that “this is not a history book,” and he’s right; what instead he...
The idea of giving a lecture is kind of funky for me. So I will do what I always do, which is just tell you a story. Anyone who knows me knows I love my mama. But when I was thinking about what I wanted to talk about today, I...