Blowing the Horn: Reaching for the Stars

by James E. Ransome
May 21, 2024 | Filed in Articles & Opinion

Illustration (c) 2024 by James E. Ransome. From the May/June 2024 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Our Centennial. For more Horn Book centennial coverage, click here. Find more in the "Blowing the Horn" series here.

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James E. Ransome

Author-illustrator James E. Ransome is the winner of the 2023 Children's Literature Legacy Award. His latest book is Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis (Wiseman/Simon, 2024), written by Lesa Cline-Ransome.

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