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Week in Review, March 17th-21st
This week on hbook.com... March Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd about When I Hear Spirituals + 9 picture books about engaging with the arts, 5 poetically told YA books, and 8 historical fiction novels for intermediate and/or middle-school readers Laurie...
Five questions for Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd
In the stirring picture book When I Hear Spirituals (Holiday, 6–9 years), Cheryl Willis Hudson’s poetic text from the point of view of a contemporary Black child pairs with lyrics from spirituals, while London Ladd’s illustrations tell a story of that child and her family along with scenes from African...
Books mentioned in the March 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Willis Hudson, illus. by London Ladd; Holiday. Engaging with the arts How to Sing a Song by Kwame Alexander and Randy Preston, illus. by Melissa Sweet; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. ARTificial Intelligence by David Biedrzycki; Charlesbridge. Rose Weaves a Garden by Rashin Kheiriyeh; Schwartz/Random. Still Life by Alex London, illus. by Paul...
From the Editor - March 2025
I recently had the great good fortune to attend a voice recital by my dear college friend Limmie Pulliam. Titled “Resilience and Revelation: A Musical Exploration of the Human Condition,” the program comprised “spirituals, songs, and arias,” and included a sublime and timely encore. This issue of Notes, including Five...
(Re)Visiting the past
These eight novels are a great way to help intermediate and/or middle-school readers imagine what it was like to live through various times in the past. Scattergood by H. M. Bouwman Intermediate, Middle School Porter/Holiday 320 pp. 1/25 9780823457755 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462308 $11.99 It’s June 1941 in West Branch,...
Poetically told
In these five books — four verse novels and one collection of verse short stories — recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers, poetry expresses what the characters are feeling and experiencing. See also our National Poetry Month coverage for April; the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine, with its centennial mini-theme...
Engaging with the arts
Sing it, write it, paint it, weave it, dance it out, “rap it up”! These nine picture books provide all sorts of examples of expressing oneself through the arts. See also our Five Questions interview with Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd about When I Hear Spirituals and The Arts...
Newsletter Archives
[See also our Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book archives] 2025 January 2025 Five questions for Jason Reynolds If you LOVE love stories... New year, new stories Black excellence From the Editor February 2025 Five questions for Amy Cherrix Real science Female-focused fiction Need a good laugh? From the...
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