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Review of What’s New, Daniel?
What’s New, Daniel? by Micha Archer; illus. by the authorPreschool Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.2/24 9780593461303 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593461310 $10.99Daniel (Daniel Finds a Poem; Daniel’s Good Day, rev. 7/19) is back in another open-hearted, child-friendly picture book. It’s spring, and Daniel is meeting his grandfather in the park. When Grandpa asks him...
Ho-ho-ho-holiday Picture Books
'Tis the season to think about holiday picture books! See the Horn Book's own "Holiday High Notes 2022" column; see Betsy Bird's recent exhaustive roundup — and see also Elisa Gall's and Jonathan Hunt's meaty discussion about the uneasy relationship between the Caldecott Award and holiday books in their 2021 Calling Caldecott post "Why the Hell...
Table of Contents: November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine
Cover from Snow Horses. Illustration © 2022 by Micha Archer. Features Ashley Bryan and Jerry Pinkney by Violet J. Harris Unfettered artists sharing their talents, visions, and joys. Columns Editorial What She Said by Elissa Gershowitz Getting up close and personal with history. The Writer’s Page A Chorus...
Review of Snow Horses: A First Night Story
Snow Horses: A First Night Story by Patricia MacLachlan; illus. by Micha Archer Primary McElderry 40 pp. g 11/22 978-1-5344-7355-3 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-7356-0 $10.99 On New Year’s Eve, young Jenny drives Percheron horses Tim and Tom from their farm to the market for a bustling celebration (“There is...
Preview November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine
Cover art by Micha Archer from Snow Horses: A First Night Story, written by Patricia MacLachlan. Violet J. Harris on Ashley Bryan and Jerry Pinkney, two unfettered artists sharing their talents, visions, and joys. “A Chorus of Storytellers”: George O’Connor on mythology and comics. A roundup of 2022 board books...
The 2022 Caldecott Announcement
The winner is Watercress, written by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin, edited by Neal Porter, and published by Holiday House. Let's just sit with that cover a minute as we remember the impressive strengths of...
Wonder Walkers
My deeply held beliefs on childhood, teaching, and education are rooted in the writings and methods of Charlotte Mason, a teacher living at the turn of the twentieth century. Miss Mason believed that children should spend as much time as possible outdoors, writing: “Never be within doors when you can rightly be...
Review of Wonder Walkers
Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer; illus. by the author Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. g 3/21 978-0-593-10964-9 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-10966-3 $10.99 Two children sit inside a house near a shore, peering out the window. “Wonder walk?” asks one child. “Sure,” the other responds. At the page-turn, the children are outdoors,...
Prairie Days
Every August, I replace my Caldecott poster with the updated version. Strategically placed near my circulation desk and next to the Caldecott award shelf, it hangs low to the ground to ensure comfortable viewing for even the youngest of students. At the top of the poster is the cover of...
Review of Prairie Days
Prairie Days by Patricia MacLachlan; illus. by Micha Archer Primary McElderry 40 pp. 5/20 978-1-4424-4191-0 $17.99 In this nostalgic idyll set on the American prairie (judging by clues in the illustrations, in the mid-twentieth-century), a young girl describes summertime farm life as she and the other children ride horses, take...
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