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Black History Month 2024
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. Last Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement...
Week in Review, January 15th-19th
This week on hbook.com... January Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrion about Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Stiryteller + 6 picture-book biographies about community helpers, 7 novels with Black protagonists rising to the occasion,...
Five questions for Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison
The picture-book biography Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller (Dial, 5–8 years) introduces young readers to a groundbreaking Black librarian and her contributions. We spoke with author Breanna J. McDaniel (a former Horn Book Guide reviewer and graduate of the Center for the...
Books mentioned in the January 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five Questions for Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel, illus. by April Harrison; Dial. Go forth and help I’m Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People by Anne Broyles, illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov; Holiday. Fighting...
From the Editor - January 2024
Earlier today Calling Caldecott announced the winner of its MOCK award, Big by Vashti Harrison, with honor books An American Story and There Was a Party for Langston; all superb choices! This coming Monday, January 22, we’ll know the winners of the actual 2024 Caldecott Medal and of the other...
It's almost Valen-time
These four YA stories have one thing in common: love, which is there for its characters through a wide range of situations, including difficult times. By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter Middle School, High School Simon 464 pp. 10/23 9781665940719 $21.99 e-book ed. 9781665940733 $10.99 A fanciful treat set...
Rising to the occasion
As Black History Month approaches in February (watch for our upcoming annual coverage!), these seven books are helpful starting points for intermediate and/or middle-school readers seeking engaging and resilient Black protagonists in compelling fictional narratives that reflect a range of experience, from light-and-lively (see: Stuntboy’s antics) to more serious (and...
Go forth and help
The subjects of these six picture-book biographies for primary and intermediate readers made a difference in the world around them through means ranging from political activism to the arts. To learn about another community helper, see our Five Questions interview with Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison about Go Forth...
Newsletter Archives
[See also our Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book archives] 2024 January 2024 Five questions for Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison Go forth and help Rising to the occasion It's almost Valen-time From the Editor February 2024 Five questions for Dean Robbins and Susanna Chapman Express yourself Across...
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