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This interview originally appeared in the September/October 2023 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Fall 2023, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by When the Schomburg Center for...
There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett PumphreyPrimary Dlouhy/Atheneum 56 pp.10/23 9781534439443 $18.99e-book ed 9781534439450 $10.99An intriguing photograph of writers Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka dancing at a party at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture...
Stuntboy, In-Between Time by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Raúl the ThirdIntermediate, Middle School Dlouhy/Atheneum 272 pp.8/23 9781534418226 $14.99e-book ed. 9781534418240 $9.99Set one week after its predecessor (Stuntboy, in the Meantime, rev. 1/22), this illustrated novel follows Portico Reeves through one very eventful day as the self-appointed superhero struggles with anxiety...
Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Zeke PeñaMiddle School, High School Dlouhy/Atheneum 320 pp.5/23 9781665918466 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665918480 $10.99In the previous installment (Miles Morales, rev. 9/17), sixteen-year-old Miles (“Boricua and Black and Brooklyn as hell”) was bitten by a radioactive spider, became the latest Spider-Man,...
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...