Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by Bella is The Glass Girl, transparent to everybody but herself, and so, so fragile. And, certainly, she has a drinking problem, but as her story painfully reveals, twelve steps...
In their dynamic picture-book biography Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos (Calkins/Astra, 7–10 years), author Nathalie Alonso and illustrator Rudy Gutierrez trace their subject’s baseball career and his advocacy. See also the Sports--Baseball and Puerto Ricans tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. 1. Nathalie, as a sports...
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by It’s Not Nothing that this book is narrated by a 107-year-old man in a retirement home, and again not nothing that the protagonist is a troubled kid “volunteering” at...
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by A resolutely trepidatious kid, Ethan does not want to go to Kevin’s house to watch Demons of Death 4: Death Fingers with the rest of the gang Friday night....
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by With Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek, Kwame Mbalia introduces not only a new middle-grade fantasy hero, but a new imprint for Hyperion/Disney: Freedom Fire, dedicated to “Black Joy,...
This interview originally appeared in the July/August 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Debut Authors, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by Astra Books for Young Readers Which...
This interview originally appeared in the July/August 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Debut Authors, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by Is Charles a Daydreamer? Or is...
This interview originally appeared in the July/August 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Debut Authors, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by As the seriocomic graphic novel How...
In the graphic novel The Worst Ronin (HarperAlley/HarperCollins, 14–17 years), author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrator Faith Schaffer present two female samurai on a quest, set in a reimagined feudal Japan featuring modern technology. See also the Fantasy and Graphic novels subject tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. 1. Maggie, you’ve also...