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March's Notes from the Horn Book

by Katie Bircher
Mar 08, 2017 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
This month's newsletter features five questions for author Cynthia Levinson, who tells the story of a nine-year-old civil rights demonstrator in her new picture book The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist. More in this issue:

• Doing their bit (backwards and in heels): picture books for Women's History Month
• easy readers and early chapter books about friendly feuds
• fantastical middle-school adventures
• inspiring YA anthologies

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Katie Bircher

Formerly an editor and staff reviewer for The Horn Book’s publications, Katie Bircher is currently associate agent at Sara Crowe Literary. Katie holds an MA in children’s literature from Simmons University and has over seven years of experience as an indie bookseller specializing in children’s and YA literature.

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