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Ahoy there! I’m here to start a conversation about Sophie Blackall’s latest picture book — one that has many of the hallmarks of her previous books (yes, including spectacular seascapes and even a lighthouse) but also breaks new ground — or explores new seas, in this case. And no, the...
Illustration from Tove and the Island with No Address by Lauren Soloy. The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2025 Horn Book Magazine: How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-eun; trans. from Korean by Deborah Smith (Scribble) Your Farm; Your Forest; Your Island by Jon Klassen (Candlewick) The...
November is Native American Heritage Month, a celebration of the many varied Native cultures. Check out the official website for more information and lots of resources. Here are some additional articles and links from The Horn Book's archives and beyond. Recent Horn Book resources by and about Native writers and...
The Caldecott criteria states that the award should honor a work that provides “a visual experience” for the young reader and “respects a child’s ‘understandings, abilities, and appreciations.’” Cherry Mo’s visually enthralling and nearly wordless debut, Home in a Lunchbox, does just that, using colorful digital illustrations and cinematic flourishes to...
Transgender Awareness Week is November 13-19, leading to Transgender Day of Remembrance / Trans Day of Resilience on November 20th. We join our trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary family members, friends, and neighbors near and far in celebrating the lives of trans people, remembering those lost to transphobic hate crimes,...
This week on hbook.com... Carole Boston Weatherford Talks with Roger about The Doll Test From the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Finding Hope in the Abyss — The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Meg Medina Calling Caldecott: The Yellow Bus by Betsy Bird The 2024 New York Times/New...
We asked readers to give us four titles that they thought were worthy of the Caldecott Award. Thank you to everyone who submitted comments. We will have one more round of nominations in December where we'll ask for three nominations, so stay tuned! Here’s what the November results showed: Twenty-five titles were...
The 2024 NYT/NYPL Best Illustrated list came out yesterday! Here are the titles selected: The Cat Way, written and illustrated by Sara Lundberg, translated by B.J. Woodstein Animal Albums From A to Z, written and illustrated by Cece Bell Planting Hope: A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado, written by Philip Hoelzel, illustrated...
Pertinent information for those interested in serving on Caldecott committees: There are certain rules and regulation to bear in mind. According to the rules placed by ALA, no committee member may blog while serving on the committee: “Members should not use social media or electronic forms of communication in relation...
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