Read more by and about some of our Fanfare 2024 authors and illustrators below. Find our at-a-glance Fanfare 2024 booklist here and our newly annotated list here. Picture Books Sophie Blackall Sophie Blackall Talks with Roger A Conversation with Sophie Blackall by Julie Danielson 2019 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by...
Below is Fanfare, a list of the books that the Horn Book editors and reviewers have selected as the best of 2024. The annotated list will be published in the December issue of Notes from the Horn Book (sign up!) and in the January/February 2025 issue of the Horn Book Magazine...
This week on hbook.com... Matthew Cordell Talks with Roger about To See an Owl From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: YA Finds Its Way by Horn Book editors The Writer's Page: My Own Sa I Gu by Paula Yoo From the January/February 2025 Horn Book Magazine:...
This week on hbook.com... Calling Caldecott: Life After Whale by Shelley Isaacson Out of the Box: Horn Book trivia Reviews of the Week: Picture Book: The Gale by Mo Yan; illus. by Zhu Chengliang; adapted by Xiaoxiao Guan; trans. from Chinese by Ying-Hwa Hu Starred Fiction: Pearl by...
This week on hbook.com... November Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Kusum Mepani and Yasmeen Ismail about Meena's Saturday + 7 picture books about gathering together, 5 imaginative fantasies for intermediate and/or middle school readers, and 7 YA nonfiction books about trailblazers From the November/December 2024...
Illustration from Tove and the Island with No Address by Lauren Soloy. The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2025 Horn Book Magazine: How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-eun; trans. from Korean by Deborah Smith (Scribble) Your Farm; Your Forest; Your Island by Jon Klassen (Candlewick) The...
November is Native American Heritage Month, a celebration of the many varied Native cultures. Check out the official website for more information and lots of resources. Here are some additional articles and links from The Horn Book's archives and beyond. Recent Horn Book resources by and about Native writers and...
Transgender Awareness Week is November 13-19, leading to Transgender Day of Remembrance / Trans Day of Resilience on November 20th. We join our trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary family members, friends, and neighbors near and far in celebrating the lives of trans people, remembering those lost to transphobic hate crimes,...
This week on hbook.com... Carole Boston Weatherford Talks with Roger about The Doll Test From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Finding Hope in the Abyss — The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Meg Medina Calling Caldecott: The Yellow Bus by Betsy Bird The 2024 New York Times/New...