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Preview January/February 2024 Horn Book Magazine

Original cover art by Jack Wong.   First issue of our centennial year! HB100: The Early Years: Starting our centennial coverage at the beginning, with picture books. Bertha E. Mahony’s first editorial from 1924 (and, of course, Elissa Gershowitz’s first editorial of 2024). Horn Book reminiscence from Roger Sutton.  ...
      

Horn Book Cyber Week Sale 2023

Have you heard that our Cyber Week subscription sale has been extended until next Tuesday, 12/12/23?! Remember to apply the promo code CYBER35 when checking out.   We're also excited to be calling your attention to our NEW gift-subscription capability! I took advantage of this option just yesterday—the savings were...
      

Bertha and Ruth and Pauline and Meryl and Lily

I was invited to be on a panel about book banning, hosted by the Friends of the West Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library, on November 13. My very esteemed co-panelists were Neil Miller, author of Banned in Boston, and Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air and The Nicky and Jamie...
      

From the Editor - November 2023

We hope you enjoyed our first-ever virtual live Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony on November 3! It’s now available free on demand for all to watch (or rewatch!) my conversation with Angeline Boulley, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Jack Wong, and to hear their acceptance speeches and those of all the...
      

Editorial: Centennial Eve (November/December 2023)

“Twas the eve of our hundredth / and all through these pages / we’ve been Blowing the Horn / for Fine Books for All Ages!” Shoshana Flax’s parodies are far superior (see Holiday High Notes on page 10; and her Parodies for Charities ­side-gig). But it’s hard for any of...
      

HB at Twood

A little product placement (literally) in the Berkshires! (Viral marketing idea courtesy of Monica de los Reyes.) Please help spread the word about the Horn Book's upcoming *centennial year* in 2024. Details to come. There will be swag....
      

A Tribute to Alice M. Jordan

On March 9, 1960, Alice M. Jordan died peacefully in her sleep. She had just written, “I have had a good winter without colds or other ills. I am going strong in my ninetieth year.” Thus a quiet, beloved, and widely influential woman passed out of life in the fullness...
      

A Salute to Alice Jordan and Anne Carroll Moore

Ever since the September-October issue of The Horn Book for 1939, Alice Jordan has edited the Booklist regularly. Her editorship marked a real advance in the value of the magazine, for her judgment of books has always been based upon her close association with children and their books. Moreover her notes have...
      

Book Notes from Greenaway House (November 1928)

The Brownie has had our house all to himself for ever so long, for Wendy and I have been away. We went to a lovely place down by the sea where we learned to swim, and now if you come to see us you’ll find that we’re not the children...
      

Alice-Heidi’s Secrets (June 1926)

Scene: Sitting-room of Alice-Heidi’s House Alice-Heidi: (enters from hall) O dear! O dear! That child Wendy has left all the scrapbooks all over the floor! She is a nice child to have around, but I do wish she would remember to pick up the things she plays with. Wendy! Wendy!...
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