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The Texas State Forensic Anthropology Research Facility located in San Marcos, Texas, sprawls across twenty-six acres of rolling hills, scraggly mesquite bushes, seasonal bluebonnets…and decomposing bodies. The cadavers lying under wire cages bake in the searing heat as researchers measure the presence of maggots and blowflies, the chronology of skin...
The terms fantasy and speculative work conjure images of creatures, machines, timelines, and whole worlds that don’t exist. If reality is based on facts and concrete details, then fantasy with its make-believe should be its opposite. But reality, fantasy, and speculative fiction are inextricably tied. No matter how imaginative a...
If you're in the DC area, check out FREADOM Town Hall & Rally on May 31 at 5:00 PM ET at the MLK Library (and streaming on YouTube @dcpubliclibrary). Speakers include past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds and Meg Medina (read their recent call to action), "warrior librarian" Tracie D. Hall,...
Last Saturday I spent the morning at the third annual Greater Roxbury Book Fair: "Springing from the Roxbury community's deep connections to books and reading, the fair features local and aspiring authors — and showcases the creativity of the residents of Greater Roxbury." Kicking off the storytime sessions at the library...
Anything (Chronicle, 4–8 years) is an introspective, sensitively conveyed picture book about a dad helping a child through difficult transitions in a new apartment. The ambiguity in Rebecca Stead’s (2010 Newbery Medalist for When You Reach Me) text, accompanied by Gracey Zhang’s spare illustrations, leaves room for readers to imagine...
Social-media-savvy Cindy saw this fantastic message pop up earlier today, first on Katherine Paterson's Facebook page, then Kate DiCamillo's, Meg Medina's, and on. All past, living (RIP Walter Dean Myers 2012–2013) National Ambassadors for Young People’s Literature have signed and released this letter in support of the recently dismissed Dr....
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by When the widely beloved children’s book icon Tomie dePaola died in 2020, he left behind a brief, unillustrated manuscript, itself (gently) concerned with the subject of death. Below, I...
In Run Away with Me (Scholastic, 14 years and up), Brian Selznick brings his signature mix of text and immersive black-and-white drawings to his first book for young adults. Two teen boys meet in 1986 Rome for a summer of mystery, art, and of course, first love. For more romantic recommendations,...
This interview originally appeared in the March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Spring 2025, 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 Ibram X. Kendi very much keeps...
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