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...
This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Table of Contents Editorial: All Is Calm by Elissa Gershowitz Calling Caldecott: Hell of a long shot?: Sequels, series, and the Caldecott Award by Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt Call for first-round nominations by Adrienne L....