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This week on hbook.com... John Mendelson Talks with Roger about UK publisher Nosy Crow's new company in the U.S. From the May/June 2024 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Our Centennial: Table of Contents Editorial: Bertha's Chair? by Elissa Gershowitz Nonfiction & HB History by Horn Book editors Calling Caldecott ...
In commemoration of International Workers' Day, or May Day, here are some book reviews and links to amplify the fight of workers and their efforts to secure better working conditions for all. Review of I’m Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People by Anne Broyles; illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov Review of...
Peek-a-boo! It's the complete May/June Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Our Centennial cover. Art by April Harrison, gif by Irving Cumberbatch. Single copies of this special issue are available for $15.00 including postage and may be ordered from: Horn Book Magazine Customer Service hbmsubs@pcspublink.com Full subscription information is...
Cover Madness continues! Voting is over for the March/April covers. Next up are the May/June covers. Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your favorites in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here. Click on any...
April 30 is El día de los niños / El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), a "celebration of children, families, and reading...that emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds." This year marks the twenty-eighth anniversary of Día — read about its history here and find resources...
This week on hbook.com... April Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: Summer Reading edition: 5Qs for Sylvie Kantorovitz + a baker's dozen picture books, beginning readers & primary grades, intermediate, middle school, and high school selections — including fiction, nonfiction, folklore, and poetry — all published 2023–2024 and ideal...
Let's Go! © 2024 by Julie Flett. I’m not a skateboarder, but it sure looks like fun in Julie Flett’s picture book Let’s Go! (at right). It’s a story about a kid mustering the courage to try something new (using Mom’s childhood skateboard!) and then finding — and helping build...
Today, April 22, is Earth Day, with the theme being "Planet vs. Plastics." To quote Rebecca Donnelly from her 2023 starred middle-grade book Total Garbage (Godwin/Holt), illustrated by John Hendrix: "Although all types of waste can cause environmental problems, plastics might be the worst villain in the story of trash."...
Congratulations to Paul Zelinksy's 2013 March/April Horn Book Magazine cover! It's based on the pictures Zelinsky did for Z Is for Moose (Greenwillow, 2012), written by Kelly Bingham. As one Cover Madness voter commented: "How can anyone resist that Moose face?" Read about the process behind the illustrations in Z Is for Moose from Paul...
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