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Black History Month 2023
In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, interviews, and reviews from The Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February. Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement saw...
Week in Review, January 16th-20th
This week on hbook.com... January Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Dare Coulter about An American Story + 6 picture book biographies for Black History Month and beyond, 7 historical fiction for middle-grade readers, and 6 complex romances for YA readers as Valentine's Day approaches Nick Brooks...
Five questions for Dare Coulter
“How do you tell a story that starts in Africa and ends in horror…How do you tell a story about slavery?” An American Story (Little, Brown, 7–11 years) by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dare Coulter, is a picture book framed as a classroom lesson inspired by Alexander’s daughter. Coulter’s unforgettable...
Books mentioned in the January 2023 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Dare Coulter An American Story by Kwame Alexander, illus. by Dare Coulter; Little, Brown. American stories for Black History Month Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow; Doubleday. I Am...
From the Editor - January 2023
Happy 2023! January brings New Year’s resolutions and reappearing library books; this Magazine issue with gorgeous cover art by Jason Griffin and including complete BGHB speeches; our annual at-a-glance Year in Review post (coming soon!); and LibLearnX and the ALA Youth Media Awards. But first: who do you think will...
Love isn't easy
“The course of true love never did run smooth,” as Lysander points out in the beginning of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As Valentine’s Day approaches on February 14, these six recent young adult novels may help readers realize how complex romance can often be. Lark & Kasim Start a...
Learning from history
These seven historical fiction novels for middle-grade readers introduce a variety of important and engaging topics from different places and time periods in the last century. Wildoak by C. C. Harrington; illus. by Diana Sudyka Intermediate Scholastic 288 pp. 9/22 9781338803860 $17.99 This novel, set in 1963, consists of three...
American stories for Black History Month
Before, during, and after February’s upcoming celebration of Black History Month, young readers can check out these six recent picture-book biographies highlighting important figures in American history. See also our five questions interview with debut illustrator Dare Coulter about An American Story, written by Kwame Alexander. Little Rosetta and the...
Newsletter Archives
[See also our Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book archives] 2023 January 2023 Five questions for Dare Coulter American stories for Black History Month Learning from history Love isn't easy From the Editor February 2023 Five questions for Joy McCullough "Remember the ladies" during Women's History Month Sports and...
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