This week on hbook.com... Dashka Slater Talks with Roger about Accountable From the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Diverse Books: Past, Present, and Future: Seeing Ourselves: All Books for All by Angela Joy GTFOH with Magical Headaches: Chronic Pain in YA Fantasy by Katie Bircher Seeing...
Illustration from When You Can Swim by Jack Wong. The following books will receive starred reviews in the July/August 2023 Horn Book Magazine: Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo; illus. by Frank Morrison (Lee & Low) In the Night Garden by Carin Berger (Porter/Holiday) Mine! by Candace Fleming; illus....
This week on hbook.com... Jesús Trejo and Eliza Kinkz Talk with Roger about Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock From the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Diverse Books: Past, Present, and Future: Field Notes: Beyond the "Hero's Journey": We Need Diverse Curricula by Julie Hakim Azzam Seeing Ourselves:...
This week on hbook.com... May Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Vashti Harrison about Big + 7 self-empowerment + self-love picture books, 6 diverse stories for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and 4 YA memoirs From the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Diverse Books:...
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time for "paying tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society." Books for children and teens "that authentically portray the Jewish experience" can be found at the Association of Jewish Libraries' Sydney Taylor Book Awards....
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, "a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States." Here are some articles, interviews, and booklists by and about Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to help acknowledge, celebrate, and amplify the voices of children's book creators of Asian and Pacific...
Akunna Eneh is programs & community outreach librarian for the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library, one of the hosts of the Greater Roxbury Book Fair. This FREE community event takes place on Saturday, May 20, 2023, from 12–5pm. 1. Your title is Programs & Community Outreach Librarian. What does your job look...
Whatever your JAHM, er, your jam — or your age or genre preferences — here are some recent recommended books (a non-exhaustive list!) about varied Jewish experiences, in the U.S. and beyond. There’s fiction and nonfiction; there’s humor and fantasy. In some of these books, Judaism and Jewish identity are...
This week on hbook.com... From the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Diverse Books: Past, Present, and Future: CCBC and Diverse Books: Numbers Are Just Part of the Story by Merri V. Lindgren, Megan Schliesman, Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, and Madeline Tyner Seeing Ourselves: Listen to the Kids...