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This interview originally appeared in the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Fall 2024, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by In A Mischief of Mice, an...
The memory of my first trip to the Horn Book offices is both hazy and vividly clear. I had to do a bit of detective work to figure out the date, but I’ve deduced that it must have been in July of 1991. I’d gone with editor Susan Hirschman to...
MENU People Clippings Bookshop Art Book Caravan Miscellaneous Click on any image to view a larger-sized version. Elinor Whitney Field Bertha Mahony Miller Horn Book Magazine founders Read about Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field Ann Carroll...
Maurice Sendak once said, “As a child, I felt that books were holy objects, to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for. I gave my life to them.” That’s how I have always felt as a teacher and parent too. I began my teaching career in Newark, New Jersey,...
The Horn Book editors have been together exactly twice since March 2020: at Katie Bircher's beautiful wedding; and last week (masked and vaxxed), when we saw the magnificent special exhibit Paper Stories, Layered Dreams: The Art of Ekua Holmes at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (we just missed her next-day, in-person visit to the...
Congrats! You’ve made it to winter break. It’s time to relax, sit down with a delicious hot beverage, and crack open a good book — or maybe binge-watch all the movies and shows you couldn’t get to the rest of the year. If that last part sounds more your style,...
We’re pleased to introduce you to our bloggers. You can read short bios at the bottoms of their posts, but here’s a bit more information about each of them. If you or someone you know is a teacher and would like to blog for Lolly’s Classroom, you can find...
As soon as our first issue appeared in 1924, The Horn Book Magazine established itself as the place where everyone who worked with children’s books — writers, artists, editors, librarians, educators, and parents — came together to share their experiences and deepen their knowledge. Our archives overflow with treasures,...
In 1916, when there were no superstores, no thought of Internet shopping, and few notable children’s books for sale anywhere, Bertha Mahony opened a children’s bookshop in Boston. Searching for a wider audience, she sent out traveling book exhibits and launched one of the first bookmobiles. The Horn Book was...
By Ann DurellFirst I want to apologize for giving such an embarrassingly fancy title for such a plain little talk. But you know how it is when someone asks you to make a speech. You say "yes" with the comfortable assurance that you will either have been killed in a...