Notes From The Hornbook
The December issue of Notes usually just consists of Fanfare, an embarrassment of riches in itself. But we couldn’t be luckier — and we couldn’t be happier — to have a chance to interview longtime Friend of the Horn Book Gregory Maguire. Maguire wrote the 1995 adult book Wicked: The...
Welcome to Fanfare, the Horn Book’s annual best books list! What a way to close out the Horn Book’s centennial year, with our fifty-three (think of it as one per week plus a bonus!) most highly recommended titles. All year long we’ve been exploring the theme of “Past, Present, and...
In Kusum Mepani’s picture book Meena’s Saturday (Kokila/Penguin, 4–8 years), the young title character enjoys warm, boisterous weekly gatherings with her family and community (depicted in Yasmeen Ismail’s lively illustrations), even as she questions her role within them. For more books about togetherness, see our list “Gather together” in this...
We’re so excited for our upcoming in-person events in Boston, in commemoration of our hundredth birthday year. Join Roger Sutton and me — and three fab panels of authors and illustrators — this Thursday, November 21, for the Horn Book’s first-ever Evening of Dialogue, kicking off the NCTE Conference; then...
Five questions for Kusum Mepani and Yasmeen Ismail Meena’s Saturday by Kusum Mepani, illus. by Yasmeen Ismail; Kokila/Penguin. Gather together Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood; by Tony Hillery, illus. by Jessie Hartland; Wiseman/Simon. My Father’s House by Mina Javaherbin, illus. by Lindsey Yankey; Candlewick. This Table by Alex Killian, illus....
These seven nonfiction books, recommended for middle- and /or high school readers, highlight individuals and groups who have led the way in their fields or for their causes. The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom by Neal Bascomb; illus. by Mithil Thaker Middle School, High School Focus/Scholastic 272 pp....
These five novels, recommended for intermediate and/or middle school readers, are set in imaginative fantasy worlds. For more, see the Fantasy tag on hbook.com, and the Fantasy tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson Intermediate Candlewick 256 pp. 7/24 9781536230499 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781536237573 $17.99 Eleven-year-old Princess...
In these seven books recommended for preschool and/or primary readers, families, friends, and communities assemble to celebrate, to help one another, or simply to eat! See also our Five Questions interview with author Kusum Mepani and illustrator Yasmeen Ismail about Meena’s Saturday. Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea...
In Tracey Baptiste's page-turning sci-fi thriller Boy 2.0 (Algonquin, 10–14 years), Win “Coal” Keegan, a Black boy in the foster system and an activist who makes art about anti-Black police violence, finds that he can turn invisible, an ability that keeps him safe when he needs it most. His discovery...
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