Articles & Opinion
September/October 2011 Horn BookBarbara Bader’s series of articles on the “second generation” of prominent librarians in the children’s services field (“Virginia Haviland,” January/February 2011; “Augusta Baker,” May/June 2011; “Mildred Batchelder,” September/October 2011) has been enjoyable to read. For the small number of us who worked with these librarians or knew...
These Letters to the Editor are in response to Marc Aronson's article in the May/June 2001 Horn Book Magazine, "Slippery Slopes and Proliferating Prizes." In the September/October 2001 Magazine, Andrea Davis Pinkney responded with her article, "Awards that Stand on Solid Ground."Marc Aronson says he wants to debate the merits...
Ms. Gish’s article on religious concerns about Harry Potter (May/June 2000) was a revelation to me. I had no idea anyone, other than the delusional, actually believed in witches. Even though she insists that such believers no longer wish to persecute those thought to be witches, the mere existence of...
The letters below were all in response to the January/February 1996 editorial by Martha V. Parravano and Lauren Adams, "A Wider Vision for the Newbery."I just read the editorial in the January/February issue of the Horn Book. Right on! I did not realize that a Newbery Medal had not been...
July/August 1990 Horn Book To the Editor, It is a fact: Eloise Greenfield is the only Black writer of children’s poetry currently being published in the United States; her latest volume, Nathaniel Talking (Black Butterfly Children’s Books), appeared in 1989. It seems quite incredible that, with over four thousand books...
7 June 1986 Dear Anita, Here’s my Second Look at THE NARGUN AND THE STARS. It’s 1150 words by my count; hope it will do. Just one plea: if anything is changed, even a comma, I’d like to approve it first. And if...
Winchester, Mass 0189010th May 1976Dear Ethel,I was in Margaret’s office when your letter and photocopy of the Newbery speech arrived, so carried them off.If you were afraid you might be sounding persnickety just wait till you read me!I am starting on the assumption that since this is a reprint of...
GYPSY HOUSEGREAT MISSENDENBUCKINGHAMSHIRE6th October, 1972Paul Heins Esq.,The Horn Book,585 Boylston Street,Boston,Mass.02116U.S.A.Dear Mr. Heins,Kaye Webb has told me that Eleanor Cameron dislikes “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” intensely. She added that you weren't crazy about it either. Both of you are entitled to think what you like about it. Kaye also...
June 12, ’70Dear Mr. Heins -I hope you’ll understand if I tell you that I tend to be a bit “uptight”, even neurotic perhaps, about being edited. It’s not vanity — I don’t think I’m a great writer, or even a good one (in fact, I’m not a writer) —...
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