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I’d like to invite Notes subscribers to sign up for Look Out!, our third annual Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium, occurring in tandem with the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, September 28th and 29th at Simmons College here in Boston. The BGHB awards will be presented on Friday evening; the colloquium...
Five Questions for Louise ErdrichThe Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, Hyperion, 8–12 years.The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich, HarperCollins, 8–12 years.The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich, HarperCollins, 8–12 years.Chickadee by Louise Erdrich, HarperCollins, 8–12 years.Little Town on the Prairie written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illus. by Garth Williams, HarperCollins,...
Folktale lovers needn’t give up on the genre when their reading interests turn toward young adult concerns. Here are four new folklore-inspired books—three novels and a poetry collection—for those who like their tales sophisticated and dark.Ron Koertge retells, in free verse and from various points of view, twenty-three familiar tales...
A middle-school mystery full of spies and intrigue (or is it?); a mash-up of sci-fi/fantasy and realistic family drama; an all-consuming-first-love story; and middle-grade-humor-done-right: these four novels you’ve been waiting for from favorite authors have arrived with a bang.In Newbery and Boston Globe Horn Book Award–winner Rebecca Stead’s new novel...
Four recent nonfiction books give children a glimpse into the lives of birds. The following selections present complex topics, from cognition and communication to migration and species survival, in accessible, intriguing ways.Each August, fledgling puffins make their first journey to their winter home. However, bright lights cause some to lose...
Preschoolers + animal tales = story-time success. Here are four new books that add up to silly fun for both group sharing and bedtime reading.In Mem Fox's Two Little Monkeys, Cheeky and Chee are happily playing on the savanna until—“something’s prowling— / what could it be?” Off they dash up...
August's issue of Notes from The Horn Book is on its way! This month we've got an interview with New Yorker cartoonist/picture book author Roz Chast, as well as- no-worries back-to-school picture books- board book–based apps for preschoolers- nonfiction on American history- YA graphic novels- an exciting announcement about the...
5 Questions for Roz ChastMarco Goes to School by Roz Chast, Atheneum, 4–7 years.Too Busy Marco by Roz Chast, Atheneum, 4–7 years.No worries back-to-schoolMom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten! by Hyewon Yum, Foster/Farrar, 4–6 years.A Gold Star for Zog by Julia Donaldson; illus. by Axel Scheffler, Levine/Scholastic, 4–6 years.Oh...
You, Notes readers, have told us that you want more reviews of informational books. While—of course—I will tell you again to look to our Magazine and Guide for excellent and broad coverage of nonfiction titles, I’m pleased to inform you about a new publication that will debut in October.Nonfiction Notes...
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