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Ode to the BGHB Committee: Oh BGHB Committee, You pored through piles, far and wide, then saw our Ode and peeked inside— bloody knees, a missing treat, boring chores, and cheet-cheet-cheet. Your thoughtful readers, skilled and sage, related to its every page. We thank you for this fine award; it’s...
Where do I come from? I come from Columbus, Ohio. I grew up in the Mount Vernon/Long Street area, a historically Black neighborhood. I’m from Elijah Pierce. Queen Brooks. Aminah Robinson. From Nigerian parents, my family, my friends, from a vibrant village of aunties and uncles. From composition notebooks, church...
Before anything else, I would like to thank the Horn Book and the committee for this honor. I am deeply grateful to my agent, Steve Malk; my editor, Donna Bray; Oge Mora; my amazing wife, Narin Ramani; my family, who inspires me every day; and the entire HarperCollins team for...
Black Means The People Remember The Creation The Origin of Life on Earth All the Days Past, All the Days to Come Before the Ever After. Do you feel me? Black Means I Have Heard of a Land. Africa Dream The Captive The Middle Passage Working Cotton Black Hands, White...
Jason Reynolds’s sensitive, funny YA novel Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…: A Love Story (Dlouhy/Atheneum, 14–18 years) begins just before Neon and Aria’s “first time” — and then tells the story backward, giving perspective on how their relationship has led up to that moment. For more novels featuring all kinds of...
This piece depicts and is dedicated to Darryl George, a young man in Texas who was given in-school suspension for the 2023–24 school year because of the way he wore his hair. All but one of his claims of discrimination were denied by a U.S. District Court judge, but his...
This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books and Graphic Novels, 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 Katie is Turning...
This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books and Graphic Novels, 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 Is getting The...
This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books and Graphic Novels, 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 the graphic...
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