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From the Editor - July 2024
This week, my husband and I encouraged our two high schoolers to double-check what summer work they need to complete before school begins — no waiting until the last minute in this house! — and here at the Horn Book we’re helping everyone get ready with this annual Back-to-School edition...
Summer stretch
I wanted to write about my eleven-year-old grandson’s decision to read To Kill a Mockingbird as an independent reading assignment. The book was on a “stretch” list his fifth-grade teacher had distributed, so his choice wasn’t like deciding to read Ulysses or worse, Infinite Jest, out of nowhere. Still, even voracious eleven-year-old readers...
Week in Review, June 24th-28th
This week on hbook.com... June Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Edel Rodriguez about The Mango Tree / La mata de mango + 8 picture books about food, 5 summer camp stories, and 5 YA novels for summer reading From the May/June 2024 Horn Book Magazine Special...
Good morning, campers!
Grab your sunscreen, your bug spray, and your choice of summer camp story from these five offerings for intermediate and middle school readers. For more, see our interview about the Boston Comic Arts Foundation’s upcoming Picture + Panel: Summer Camp with Marika McCoola and Violet Chan Karim, our 2024 Summer...
Endless summer reading
If you’ve (beach-)combed through our 2024 Summer Reading Recommendations list and you’re still looking for more, maybe one of these five page-turning books for readers in middle and/or high school belongs in your beach bag. Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar High School Feiwel 336 pp....
Books mentioned in the June 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five Questions for Edel Rodriguez The Mango Tree / La mata de mango by Edel Rodriguez; Abrams. A buffet of books Dim Sum Palace by X. Fang; Tundra. Spaghetti Hunters by Morag Hood; Two Hoots/Pan Macmillan. A Crocodile Should Never Skip Breakfast by Colleen Larmour; Kids Can. Laolao’s Dumplings by Dane Liu, illus. by ShinYeon Moon; Godwin/Holt. How...
A Campfire Chat with the Boston Comic Arts Foundation
The Boston Comic Arts Foundation’s Picture + Panel series puts comic creators in conversation. The July 1 edition’s topic is a favorite of ours: Summer Camp, featuring Violet Chan Karim, author of Summer Vamp (Random House Graphic, 2024), and Marika McCoola, author of Slip (Algonquin, 2022). Thanks to Gina Gagliano for...
Día 2024
April 30 is El día de los niños / El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), a "celebration of children, families, and reading...that emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds." This year marks the twenty-eighth anniversary of Día — read about its history here and find resources...
Week in Review, April 22nd-26th
This week on hbook.com... April Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: Summer Reading edition: 5Qs for Sylvie Kantorovitz + a baker's dozen picture books, beginning readers & primary grades, intermediate, middle school, and high school selections — including fiction, nonfiction, folklore, and poetry — all published 2023–2024 and ideal...
Five questions for Sylvie Kantorovitz
Vehicles are a staple of picture books, and Sylvie Kantorovitz’s new early-reader comic A New Car for Pickle (Holiday, 5–8 years), capitalizes on that favorite topic for readers who are speeding toward independence — and with plenty of humor and whimsical panel illustrations, it’s perfect for summer reading. See Kantorovitz’s...
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