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Five questions for Kusum Mepani and Yasmeen Ismail
In Kusum Mepani’s picture book Meena’s Saturday (Kokila/Penguin, 4–8 years), the young title character enjoys warm, boisterous weekly gatherings with her family and community (depicted in Yasmeen Ismail’s lively illustrations), even as she questions her role within them. For more books about togetherness, see our list “Gather together” in this...
From the Editor - November 2024
We’re so excited for our upcoming in-person events in Boston, in commemoration of our hundredth birthday year. Join Roger Sutton and me — and three fab panels of authors and illustrators — this Thursday, November 21, for the Horn Book’s first-ever Evening of Dialogue, kicking off the NCTE Conference; then...
Books mentioned in the November 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Kusum Mepani and Yasmeen Ismail Meena’s Saturday by Kusum Mepani, illus. by Yasmeen Ismail; Kokila/Penguin. Gather together Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood; by Tony Hillery, illus. by Jessie Hartland; Wiseman/Simon. My Father’s House by Mina Javaherbin, illus. by Lindsey Yankey; Candlewick. This Table by Alex Killian, illus....
Blazing trails
These seven nonfiction books, recommended for middle- and /or high school readers, highlight individuals and groups who have led the way in their fields or for their causes. The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom by Neal Bascomb; illus. by Mithil Thaker Middle School, High School Focus/Scholastic 272 pp....
Worlds beyond
These five novels, recommended for intermediate and/or middle school readers, are set in imaginative fantasy worlds. For more, see the Fantasy tag on hbook.com, and the Fantasy tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson Intermediate Candlewick 256 pp. 7/24 9781536230499 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781536237573 $17.99 Eleven-year-old Princess...
Gather together
In these seven books recommended for preschool and/or primary readers, families, friends, and communities assemble to celebrate, to help one another, or simply to eat! See also our Five Questions interview with author Kusum Mepani and illustrator Yasmeen Ismail about Meena’s Saturday. Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea...
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