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Board Book Roundup: A Golden Age of Board Books

Recently, a marketing professional in children’s publishing said to me, “This truly is the golden age of board books!” I found myself in agreement. Creators are experimenting with the format in new, inventive ways. I’ve been impressed with the many board books that are beautifully designed with lovely art and...

Field Notes: I'm Dreaming of...Winter Reading!

Winter is only a few months away. At my library in a seaside community sixty miles south of Boston, one welcome distraction from the plummeting temperatures is our very own award program: the ­Quahog Book Award, named for the local mollusk. It encourages third-through sixth-grade children to read popular literature...

The Writers' Page: The Heroes Inside Us: Fighting for Truth, Justice, and the Right to Share Our Stories

"In 2018, the Horn Book published Kekla's article 'The Un-Hero's Journey,' which celebrated the quietly heroic moments that are possible even when we feel our most ordinary. That message is more relevant now than ever, in a time when librarians are fighting to keep books on the shelves, teachers are...

Horn Book Reminiscences: In the Company of Good Books

In honor of our centennial, we asked interns from over the years to share their reminiscences. I didn’t know about the Horn Book before I saw the internship posting during my final semester of my master’s program in the spring of 2022. But I had always had a dream of...

Horn Book Reminiscences: The Joy of Books

In honor of our centennial, we asked interns from over the years to share their reminiscences. As an intern at the Horn Book, I was immersed in the world of children’s books. I remember sitting in on staff meetings where books were passed around and discussed by the group. Everyone...

Horn Book Reminiscences: Internships Are What You Make of Them

In honor of our centennial, we asked interns from over the years to share their reminiscences. I interned at the Horn Book during the summer of 2019, while earning a dual masters in children’s literature and library science at Simmons University. I miss having unfettered access to more ARCs than...

Horn Book Reminiscences: An Industry Crash Course

In honor of our centennial, we asked interns from over the years to share their reminiscences. I interned at the Horn Book while earning my MFA in writing for children from Simmons. It was the perfect industry crash course. If a children’s book was on its way to publication, I...

Horn Book Reminiscences: An Essential Experience

In honor of our centennial, we asked interns from over the years to share their reminiscences. I was a Horn Book intern in early 2020, when the world went on lockdown. I will always be grateful to my colleagues at the Horn Book for extending my time with them instead...

Horn Book Reminiscences: To the Horn Book on Its Hundredth Birthday

In honor of our centennial, we asked interns from over the years to share their reminiscences. When I was a Horn Book intern, I opened physical boxes of physical books, shelved those books around the physical Sullivan Square office, and mailed them physically to reviewers or, in the case of...
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