Table of Contents: July/August 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards

by Horn Book
Jul 15, 2025 | Filed in Articles & Opinion


Cover © 2025 by Rebecca Lee Kunz.

 

Features

Children’s Literature Legacy Award Acceptance by Carole Boston Weatherford

A profile of Carole Boston Weatherford by Dawnavyn James

Newbery Medal Acceptance by Erin Entrada Kelly

A profile of Erin Entrada Kelly by Sharon Huss Roat

Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Rebecca Lee Kunz

A profile of Rebecca Lee Kunz by Kyce Bello

CSK Author Award Acceptance by Jason Reynolds

A profile of Jason Reynolds by Danté Stewart

CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by C. G. Esperanza

A profile of C. G. Esperanza by Winsome Bingham

CSK–Virginia Hamilton Award Acceptance by Carolyn L. Garnes

 

Columns

Editorial

How Did We Get Here? by Elissa Gershowitz
Origin stories and this moment.

Cadenza

2025 Mind the Gap Awards
The books we loved that didn’t win.

 

Reviews

Book Reviews

 

Departments

July/August Starred Books

Impromptu

Index to Advertisers

Index to Books Reviewed

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