Our monthlong virtual celebration of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards begins on October 3, and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate this year’s winners: Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin (in the Picture Book category — discuss!), Sabaa Tahir, and Brandy Colbert; along with our fabulous honorees. Visit Hbook.com every day in October and follow @HornBook (Twitter), @thehornbook (Instagram), and Facebook.com/TheHornBook.

We’re partway through Banned Books Week; see Adrienne L. Pettinelli’s September/October Horn Book Magazine article “The Day the Book Banners Came for Us.” Today is World Peace Day/International Day of Peace, with this year’s theme, “End Racism. Build Peace,” being a necessary, all-days fight. And as we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Latinx Heritage Month (September 15–October 15), centering the voices and contributions of people of Latine descent, consider hurricane relief assistance for Puerto Rico and other locales devastated by Hurricane Fiona; local Boston librarian Sujei Lugo is one person who’s compiling resources.

From the September 2022 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.