The Horn Book Magazine — March/April 2014

by Horn Book
Feb 28, 2014 | Filed in Our Story

 

 

 

 

  March/April 2014 Horn Book Magazine    

Table of Contents


 		  

 

 

 

 

           

Features

  
  Leonard S. Marcus   14   An Interview with Neal Porter
A renowned publisher shares his insight
into the current state of picture books.		  
  Jon Scieszka and Molly Leach   28   Design Matters
The classic Horn Book article — now in color.		  
  Julie Danielson   44   Just Enjoy the Pictures:
Hand-Crafted Versus Digital Art
“Mixed-media” in the twenty-first century.		  
  Lolly Robinson   53   An Interview with Molly Bang
The perennially experimenting
artist turns to nonfiction.		  
  Shadra Strickland   65   Do Great Work and the Rest Will Follow
On race and gender in
art school and beyond.		  
  Lily Rothman   67   Sidebar: My Life as an Art Student
Painting or Illustration?
Two schools of thought.		  
  Mônica Carnesi   85   Looking for Art Notes
A call for more illumination
on the copyright page.		  
           

 

 

Columns

  
   
Roger Sutton
   11    
Editorial
As Pretty Does
Stretching the definition of
the picture book form.
  
          Studio Views
Illustrators reveal their favorite art media.		  
  Brian Selznick
Grace Lin
Salley Mavor
Peter Brown
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Brian Floca
Yuyi Morales
Gareth Hinds
Erin E. Stead
Sergio Ruzzier
Philip C. Stead
Jonathan Bean
Gene Luen Yang		   24
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92		   Human Mistakes and Trembling Lines
Gouache and I
The Common Thread
In Service of the Book
Push the Paint
Pen, Ink, Watercolor, Repeat
My Next Medium
Paint & Pixels
Gliding on Paper
For the Fear of Failure
What a Find!
A New Freedom
How to Draw Comics the Yang Way		  
  Thom Barthelmess   74   What Makes a Good...?
What Makes a Good Book Cover?		  
      150    
From The Guide
Wordless Picture Books
A selection of reviews from The Horn Book Guide.
  
  Robin L. Smith   128    
Cadenza
Reading Picture Books 101
Just follow these simple steps.
  
           

 

 

Reviews

  
      95
148		    
Book Reviews
Audiobook reviews
  
           

Departments

  
      9
152
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159		   March/April Starred Books
Impromptu
Index to Advertisers
Index to Books Reviewed		  
             
          Cover: photo of her studio by Grace Lin.  
             
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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