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Special Issue: Our Centennial Cover art by April Harrison from Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller, written by Breanna J. McDaniel. Elissa Gershowitz, Anita Silvey, and Roger Sutton discuss their experiences in the role of Horn Book editor in chief. Sujei Lugo offers...
Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your favorites in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here. Click on any magazine cover to view a larger-sized version. GROUP A January...
This week on hbook.com... From the September/October 2023 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: "still learning" by Lynne Rae Perkins Preview the November/December 2023 issue October issue of Notes from the Horn Book: 5Q for Remy Lai on Ghost Book; Panel borders, but no boundaries; What a concept!; Not for the faint of heart; From the...
Growing up Was like fighting my way out of a ball of yarn Warm yarn. Loving yarn. Intelligent but myopic yarn. Lutheran yarn. German Lutheran yarn. Eventually, bits of German Lutheran fuzz all over me, In my eyes, in my brain, I got out: Stranger in a strange land. I...
A few things have changed for the Horn Book since our last issue when Martha V. Parravano, “Keeper of the Horn Book Flame” and the one-and-only recipient of our MVP Award, announced her (semi)retirement; read, re-read, and have a good cry over her July/August editorial, “What a Gift That Is.”...
Cover art by Renée Kurilla from It's Fall! The Writer’s Page: Marisabina Russo’s journey from picture books to a graphic memoir. Field Notes: Amanda Lawrence on hosting a middle-grade graphic novel book club. A poem by Lynne Rae Perkins. Horn BOO!: a roundup of Halloween and seasonal books....
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Each of our lists — for all age ranges and including fiction, nonfiction, folklore, and poetry — includes thirteen selections (a baker's dozen!), all published 2022–2023 and ideal for the season. Grade levels are only suggestions; the...
Find annotations, interview, downloadable PDF, and more, here. Picture Books Suggested grade level for all entries: PS–2 My Dad Is a Tree by Jon Agee (Rocky Pond/Penguin) Ancient Night by David Álvarez with David Bowles; illus. by David Álvarez (Em Querido/Levine Querido) Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story...
This week on hbook.com... Jas Hammonds Talks with Roger about We Deserve Monuments November Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Anthony Perry and Alexis Bunten about Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story + 5 picture book stories about storytelling, 4 quirky sci-fi for middle-grade readers, and 5 biographies for...