From the Editor - May 2025

by Elissa Gershowitz
May 21, 2025 | Filed in Newsletters
Illustration: Liza Woodruff.

With Mother’s Day (and my birthday!) just past and Father’s Day coming soon, this issue of Notes features books about families in various configurations and with differing experiences…some supernatural! (Librarians with Superpowers, anyone?) Find more at our Family Reading blog, where Summer Reading also lives; and at Out of the Box, read about the past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature's call to action regarding beloved Dr. Carla Hayden and the Library of Congress. Finally, inspired by Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang, it’s entertaining to contemplate: if you could wish for three “Anythings,” what would they be?

From the May 2025 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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