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2023 Booklists and Resources Master List
Looking for books about annual observances, back-to-school season, human rights issues...or Star Trek? In 2023, we published booklists and resource lists covering a wide range of topics for all age levels, so we've compiled them together for readers to find some great new books to enjoy and share. Don't miss out — subscribe...
Week in Review, November 13th-17th
This week on hbook.com... November Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Clar Angkasa about Stories of the Islands + 4 retellings for intermediate or middle-school readers, 9 Indigenous stories for primary readers, and 4 voices in verse for middle-school or high-school readers From the November/December 2023...
Five Questions for Clar Angkasa
In Stories of the Islands (Holiday, 8–12 years), Clar Angkasa retells three Indonesian folktales in a gorgeous graphic format, reframing the tales in ways that empower their female protagonists. 1. Were folktales a big part of your experience growing up? If so, who would share them with you? Clar Angkasa:...
Retold, remixed, or reimagined
Each of these four stories, recommended for intermediate or middle-school readers, retells an existing tale, sometimes putting a brand-new spin on it. See also our Five Questions interview with Clar Angkasa about Stories of the Islands; and, for older readers, YA retold. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma...
Voices in verse
These four books, recommended for middle-school or high-school readers, take a poetic approach to telling their tales. For additional creative uses of verse to tell a story (for intermediate and middle-school readers), see the recent nonfiction book Kin: Rooted in Hope (Atheneum) by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jeffery Boston...
Books mentioned in the November 2023 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five Questions for Clar Angkasa Stories of the Islands; Holiday. Retold, remixed, or reimagined The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll; illus. by Lauren Child; Candlewick. The Song of Us by Kate Fussner; Tegen/HarperCollins. Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson; Roaring Brook. Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend by Noah Van Sciver and...
From the Editor - November 2023
We hope you enjoyed our first-ever virtual live Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony on November 3! It’s now available free on demand for all to watch (or rewatch!) my conversation with Angeline Boulley, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Jack Wong, and to hear their acceptance speeches and those of all the...
Indigenous stories
Check out these nine books recommended for primary readers — in November for Native American Heritage Month, and all year round! Don't miss Remember by Joy Harjo, illustrated by Michaela Goade, a 2023 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book; and see also the Horn Book’s updated list of Native American Heritage Month resources. Who Will...
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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