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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....
My Goals as an Illustrator
by Marcia BrownWhen recently I was invited to speak on my goals as an illustrator, I was reminded that twenty years ago I was asked to give a talk and write a paper on this same subject. As I reread that paper, I saw that most of my ideas have...
From Caldecott to Caldecott
by Helen Adams MastenIt has been only seven years since Marcia Brown won the Caldecott medal for her Cinderella. Comparing the exquisite little gouache drawings for Cinderella with the strong and rhythmically beautiful woodcuts for Once a Mouse..., one realizes that this artist has come a long way in seven...
A Tale of Washington's Irvin
By Peggy SullivanA three-story red brick house in midtown Washington serves as way-station to a collection of first editions of children's books, manuscripts, illustrations, and many other related items. All these materials are forwarded in time to the University of Minnesota. Here they become a part of the Kerlan Collection,...
On Spies and Applesauce and Such
The arrival of Harriet the Spy with fanfare and announcements of approval for its "realism" makes me wonder again why that word is invariably applied to stories about disagreeable people and situations. Are there really no amiable children? No loyal friends? No parents who are fundamentally loving and understanding? I...
Ed Emberley
by Barbara EmberleyEd’s first instruction concerning this biography was to make it just that — a biography, not an appreciation. So I will do as he requested and “stick to the facts.”To begin, Ed’s full name is Edward Randolph Emberley. He was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on October 19, 1931....
Caldecott Award Acceptance by Ed Emberley
by Ed EmberleyGiven at the American Library Association in Kansas City, Missouri, June 25, 1968. The Caldecott Medal for “the most distinguished American picture book for children” was awarded to Edward Emberley for Drummer Hoff (Prentice-Hall).It was a cold, snowy evening back in January when I received a person-to-person call...
Horn Book reviews of Caldecott Medal winners, 1960-1969
1960MARIE HALL ETS and AURORA LABASTIDA Nine Days to Christmas (Viking)Illustrated by Marie Hall EtsThe creator of Play with Me and her co-author, who has worked with children at the Benjamin Franklin Library in Mexico City, have together produced a charming Christmas picture book. The significance of the Mexican posada...
In Remembrance: Bertha Mahony Miller
by Elizabeth Orton Jones Bertha Mahony MillerTHE BOOKSHOP FOR BOYS AND GIRLSIn 1934 I was a young greenhorn artist living in New York City, trying to get started, anxious to be on my way. I spent hours each day going from place to place, my portfolio under my arm, my...
Virginia Haviland's reviews of The Search for Delicious and Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Natalie Babbitt, Author-Illustrator The Search for Delicious g167 pp. Farrar $3.95Another allegorical story points up the foolishness of a petty argument that leads to a full-scale conflict. The folly begins at court with such a heated disagreement over a definition for "delicious" that DeCree, lexicographer and Prime Minister, sends his...
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