From the Editor - February 2022

by Elissa Gershowitz
Feb 16, 2022 | Filed in Newsletters

Coming in like a lion is March, which is Women’s History Month, and this issue of Notes features picture-book biographies about diverse and important women; graphic novels and memoirs starring memorable girls; and female-centered YA historical fiction adventures.

We’re continuing to celebrate Black History Month on hbook.com and at #HBBlackHistoryMonth on Twitter and Facebook, with engaging articles, fascinating interviews, informative reviews, and more, every day in February (including this brand-new picture-book biographies booklist). Coming in like a lion is March, which is Women’s History Month, and this issue of Notes features picture-book biographies about diverse and important women; graphic novels and memoirs starring memorable girls; and female-centered YA historical fiction adventures. The upcoming March/April Horn Book Magazine — the one with this unforgettable cover — has even more. Subscribe and you’ll see!

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

Elissa Gershowitz

Elissa Gershowitz is editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc. She holds an MA from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons University and a BA from Oberlin College.

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