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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 2023 winners. Let’s Go! [I Like to Read: Comics] by Michael Emberley; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Holiday 40 pp. 1/23 ...
Picture Book Winner Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 10/23 9780823442621 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823450237 $11.99 A mother and child lie in bed, sharing memories in the dark. Changes in font color and placement guide readers in knowing who is speaking...
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...
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. Last Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement...
Winner An American Story by Kwame Alexander; illus. by Dare Coulter Primary, Intermediate Little, Brown 56 pp. 1/23 9780316473125 $18.99 Alexander and Coulter have created a powerful counternarrative in their efforts to answer the question, “How do you tell a story about slavery?” Starting before Africans were forcibly brought to...
Winner Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 384 pp. 5/23 9780062888846 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780062888860 $12.99 Sixteen-year-old Nigeria is expected to lead the youth of the Movement (which is “like a small African West Philly village in the big, white state of Pennsylvania”) and model what...
Winner Big by Vashti Harrison; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 64 pp. 5/23 9780316353229 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780316566223 $12.99 As Harrison writes in her author’s note, “In childhood, big is good. Big is impressive, aspirational. But somewhere along the way, the world begins to tell us something different:...
It’s Indigenous Peoples' Day! We urge all readers — today and all year — to seek out and share books respectfully and accurately representing diverse Indigenous peoples and cultures throughout North America. See the American Indian Library Association's American Indian Youth Literature Award, announced every other year during the American Library Association's Youth Media...
This interview originally appeared in the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Diverse Books, 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 Mia’s Two Tribes...
This interview originally appeared in the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Diverse Books, 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 A little girl’s...