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"With a Salute to All Children's Librarians": Amplifying the Work of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Left to right: Dr. Henrietta M. Smith, Effie Lee Morris, and Dr. Claudette S. McLinn. Photo courtesy of Claudette S. McLinn. Throughout its hundred years, the Horn Book has reviewed the works of prominent BIPOC children’s librarians; their names have been mentioned within interviews, articles, book award recaps; and, like...
May/June Cover Madness, Round 2!
The votes are in for the first round of May/June Cover Madness, and we move on to round 2! 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....
Pick Your Favorite May/June Horn Book Magazine Cover!
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...
Reviews of 2022 Mind the Gap Award winners
Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. Our annual Mind the Gap Awards pay tribute to our favorite books that didn’t win. Here’s how we reviewed our 2022 winners. Wishes by Mượn Thị Văn; illus. by Victo Ngai Primary Orchard/Scholastic 40 pp. g 5/21 978-1-338-30589-0 $18.99 A little...
Women's History Month 2022, Week 5
March is Women's History Month. To celebrate the accomplishments of women and female-identifying people, we will be highlighting recent articles and recommended nonfiction titles "devoted to the achievements of a diverse gallery of women, heroes every one." Look for the social media tag #HBWomensHistoryMonth on Facebook.com/TheHornBook and @HornBook on Twitter...
Review of We Wait for the Sun
We Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe; illus. by Raissa Figueroa Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp. g 2/21 978-1-250-22902-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-250-82195-9 $10.99 Dovey Johnson Roundtree (1914–2018) would grow up to be a civil rights warrior; this picture-book biography focuses on a pivotal moment...
Review of Wolfboy
Wolfboy by Andy Harkness; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Bloomsbury 40 pp. g 2/21 978-1-5476-0442-5 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5476-0443-2 $12.59 This quick-paced tale follows young monster Wolfboy on a journey through a moonlit forest in search of rabbits, for what must surely be a nefarious purpose. Humorous tension builds...
Reviews of the 2022 Sibert Award Winners
Winner The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson; illus. by Evan Turk Primary, Intermediate Abrams 48 pp. g 4/21 978-1-4197-4130-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64700-320-3 $15.54 Ben Shahn (1898–1969) was known as “the people’s painter” because his art told real stories about real people....
Reviews of the 2022 Printz Award Winners
Winner Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley High School Holt 496 pp. g 3/21 978-1-250-76656-4 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-250-76657-1 $10.99 Recent high school graduate Daunis Firekeeper (known for much of the book by her white mother’s family name, Fontaine) decides to stay in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and attend Lake State...
Reviews of the 2022 CSK Illustrator Award Winners
Winner Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Floyd Cooper Primary, Intermediate Carolrhoda 32 pp. g 2/21 978-1-5415-8120-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-7284-1738-7 $27.99 In 1921, over the course of sixteen hours, the Black community of Greenwood, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was all but destroyed, with most of...
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