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Cover Madness continues! Next up are twenty-four years of March/April covers. Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your choices 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 magazine cover to...
In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, interviews, and reviews from The Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February. Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement saw...
Winner Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson Intermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 416 pp. g 2/22 978-0-316-05661-8 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-316-05674-8 $9.99 Many accounts of the Underground Railroad mention that enslaved Blacks would stick close to swamps as they made their way North, as the topography proved problematic for slave catchers. A...
Winner Hot Dog by Doug Salati; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Knopf 40 pp. g 5/22 978-0-593-30843-1 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-30844-8 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-30845-5 $10.99 It’s a hot time in the city. A small, low-slung pup greets the morning from the window of a narrow NYC brownstone. But...
Winner Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson Intermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 416 pp. g 2/22 978-0-316-05661-8 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-316-05674-8 $9.99 Many accounts of the Underground Railroad mention that enslaved Blacks would stick close to swamps as they made their way North, as the topography proved problematic for slave catchers. A...
Every year we set off at Calling Caldecott with a determination to cover Absolutely Everything, and every year we don't quite make it — a testament, I think, to how many great books there are. (Which also prompts me to remind everyone of the gargantuan task the Real Committee must accomplish!...
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Kick Push: Be Your Epic Self by Frank Morrison; illus. by the author Primary Bloomsbury 40 pp. g 4/22 978-1-5476-0592-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5476-0593-4 $13.29 How...
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Jason Griffin Middle School Dlouhy/Atheneum 384 pp. g 1/22 978-1-5344-3946-7 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-3947-4 $10.99 Reynolds’s...
[Many Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Mardi Gras Almost Didn’t Come This Year by Kathy Z. Price; illus. by Carl Joe Williams Primary Atheneum 48 pp. g 2/22 978-1-5344-4425-6 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-4426-3 ...
[Calling Caldecott posts this season will begin with the Horn Book Magazine review of the featured book, followed by the post's author's critique.] Emile and the Field by Kevin Young; illus. by Chioma Ebinama Preschool Make Me a World/Random 40 pp. g 3/22 978-1-9848-5042-3 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-9848-5043-0 $20.99 e-book...