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Horn Book Magazine articles by decade
Here is a selection of articles from our archives by decade up through the 1990s. Find articles from 2000–present via searches on hbook.com....
Caldecott Award Acceptance*
by Marcia Brown*Paper read at the meeting of the American Library Association, Philadelphia, July 5, 1955.An artist cannot help feeling deeply honored to receive an award bearing the name of Randolph Caldecott, one of the happiest spirits in children's books. Prizes and awards seem to be gifts from the gods,...
Marcia Brown and Her Books
by Alice DalglieshThe three little Brown girls, Helen, Janet and Marcia, lived for several years in a parsonage in Cooperstown, New York. It was a delightful place to spend one's childhood, for there was Otsego Lake with woodland paths to be explored and, best of all, Natty Bumppo's cave. The...
Ludwig Bemelmans
by May MasseeEvery writer leaves bits and pieces of his own story in his books whether he knows it or not, so I thought I’d look through some of Ludwig Bemelmans’ books to see what he says about himself here and there. The trouble is, I find a paragraph that...
Caldecott Award Acceptance by Ludwig Bemelmans
by Ludwig BemelmansPaper read at the meeting of the American Library Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 22, 1954.My deep gratitude to the members of the American Library Association for the Caldecott Medal.Now we shall talk about art.There is one life that is more difficult than that of the policeman’s and that...
Horn Book reviews of Caldecott Medal winners, 1950-1959
1950LEO POLITI, Author-Illustrator Song of the Swallows (Scribner)The swallows always appeared at the old Mission of Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day and Juan who lived nearby wondered how they could tell that from all others. This tender poetic story of the coming of springtime is touched by the kindliness of the...
Artist’s Choice
An illustrator comments in each issue of The Horn Book upon a new picture book he particularly likes.Who Dreams of Cheese?comment by Elizabeth Orton JonesWho can draw dreams? Who can draw thoughts? Who can tell with a few words and a paint brush how it feels to be a bird...
Tribute to an Artist-Wanderer
Thomas Handforth at the Seeman School, 1943. (Photo from the October 1950 issue of The Horn Book Magazine)by Louise Seaman BechtelIn the late twenties and early thirties, a happy brew was stirring in the children's book field; much of its spice and a good deal of the steam of the...
What Is a Picture Book?
by Esther Averillfrom Caldecott Medal Books: 1938–1957edited by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field; published by The Horn Book, 1957The time has come to attempt a critical appraisal of the twenty books which have won the Caldecott Award for their illustrators. I almost wish the task had fallen to...
Summer and Children and Birds and Animals and Flowers and Trees and Bees and Books
by Jean C. GeorgeIn the sunny frame of our kitchen door last summer stood our eight-year-old daughter, Twig. Her excitement was so great that there were no words — just wide misty eyes and a trembling chin, for cupped in her hands was a tiny bird. The bright-eyed nestling was...
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