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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...
Randolph Caldecott was The Horn Book Magazine‘s first — and for decades only — cover artist. Then in 1985 another picture book master, Maurice Sendak, took over the task for a few issues, leading the way for a whole new crop of talented contributors. Much of their work is on view...
Last fall Horn Book editor Roger Sutton interviewed wife-and-husband picture-book creators Erin E. Stead & Philip C. Stead for our Publishers’ Previews advertising section. Here’s one part of their exchange:Roger: I’ve always maintained that there’s a significant difference between “and” and “&.”Erin & Philip: Now that you mention it, there...
Table of ContentsSpecial Issue: CollaborationsFeatures"Lucky Lady" by Lydie RaschkaVera B. Williams and Chris Raschka collaborate on her last book."Learning to Advise Writers" by Rita Williams-GarciaOn mentoring MFA students."Pictures in My Head" by Ann RiderHow an editor pairs an author with “just the right illustrator.”"Was Jo March a Ravenclaw?: Authors, Fans,...
Here we are demonstrating the theme of The Horn Book Magazine's upcoming May/June 2016 special issue: Collaborations.It's a good one! Featuring articles by: Rita Williams-Garcia, the Nerdy Book Club, Lydie Raschka, JonArno Lawson & Sydney Smith, the Holm siblings, the Tamaki cousins, Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely, Candace Fleming &...
Special Issue: CollaborationsLydie Raschka describes her husband Chris Raschka's collaboration with Vera B. Williams on the beloved author/illustrator's last book.Author Rita Williams-Garcia talks about her work mentoring MFA students.Ann Rider, editor, shares her process for pairing an author with “just the right illustrator.”Foreign Correspondence: Elena Abós on how a translator...
For those suffering from ALA withdrawal — or envy! — here's the Horn Book's take on this year's events. For even more, check out the July/August 2012 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. Photo (and cake): Mary WongRoger Sutton's Live Five interviews and blog posts about them—videos coming soon! (We'll...
Photo by Catherine Wink.Chris wakes up at five o’clock in the morning and prepares breakfast according to plan: Monday — eggs; Tuesday — cereal; Wednesday — oatmeal. At six thirty he wakes our son, Ingo, and after breakfast they eventually leave the house together. Ingo turns east to cross Central...
Table of Contents FeaturesJoanna Rudge Long10Caldecott 2012The year in pictures.Chris Raschka17Caldecott Medal AcceptanceLydie Raschka26A Profile of Chris RaschkaNina Lindsay37Newbery 2012The year in words.Jack Gantos44Newbery Medal AcceptanceWesley Adams53A Profile of Jack GantosKathleen T. Horning59The Search for DistinguishedReviving a decades-old Newbery debate.Kadir Nelson69Coretta Scott King Author Award AcceptanceDonna Bray74A Profile of Kadir NelsonShane...
Special Issue: Awards Jack Gantos's Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech for Dead End in Norvelt and a profile of Gantos by his editor Wesley Adams. Chris Raschka's Caldecott Medal Acceptance Speech for A Ball for Daisy and a profile of Raschka by his wife Lydie Raschka. Coretta Scott King Author Award...