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"Many people see Ferdinand as a pacifist. I see him as a bull on the autism spectrum: confined to a private world, comforted by his rituals."Children's librarian and mom of a son with autism, Ashley Waring writes about her struggles with and strategies for engaging her child in books in...
By now, we all know the benefits of reading to children from birth. The emotional bonding, the language development, the cognitive skills. Plus, there’s a sleep benefit, as Dr. Robert Needlman of Reach Out and Read discussed at the Horn Book’s Fostering Lifelong Learners symposium a few years ago. Tiny...
“High on the list of favorite read-aloud books in the house where I was the Mommy is The Runaway Bunny.”Newbery Medalist (for Dicey's Song) Cynthia Voigt reflects on the classic picture book by Margaret Wise Brown in her article, "Have a Carrot," published in 1997 in the Horn Book Magazine...
Roger's baby brother with his "bloopah"Welcome to The Horn Book's newest blog, Family Reading, a place to find children’s book recommendations, vigorous discussion and debate, advice, and humor about sharing books in the home.We are using both the words family and reading in the broadest possible sense. If, as Sister...
Without further ado, The Horn Book presents the name and logo of our upcoming new blog, "Family Reading: Reading to Children. Reading with Children. Children Reading." Here Roger talks about the inspiration behind the blog and about the wonderful logo art done by illustrator and friend-of-the-Horn-Book Liza Woodruff.Family Reading will...
We all remember doing book reports in elementary school. It was fairly standard. You read a book and you write a summary on it or do some type of creative project. This past spring, I assigned a biography book report. I followed the normal prescription: choose a book about someone...
Art by Liza WoodruffI love Perri Klass, here offering sensible advocacy of young children reading real books. Shut up, you know what I mean by real.Right after Labor Day, the Horn Book will debut its new blog, Family Reading, devoted to offering book recommendations and advice about the whats and whens and...
You're the first to know! The Horn Book is launching a new blog in the fall. Geared toward parents, the blog will provide parent-centric Horn Book articles along with new content.What we need from you — and in the spirit of our May/June Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Collaborations —...
I once taught a rites-of-passage class to a group of African American and Caribbean American teenage girls. The workshops included lessons in history, self-care, and literacy. These classes weren’t supposed to be like school. I was there to help deepen their understanding of their world and their place in it.I...
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