March Madness: Pick Your Favorite January/February Horn Book Magazine Cover!

by Summer Edward
Mar 04, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your favorites in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here.

 

Click on any magazine cover to view a larger-sized version.

 

 

GROUP A

 

 

January 2000
photo by Susan Kuklin		 January 2011
art by Matt James		 January 2012
art by Salley Mavor		 January 2023
art by Jason Griffin

 

 

GROUP B

 

 

January 2001
art by W.W. Denslow		 January 2010
art by Leslie Patricelli		 January 2013
art by Jon Klassen		 January 2022
art by Sydney Smith

 

 

GROUP C

 

 

January 2002
art by Nancy Willard		 January 2009
art by Jonathan Bean		 January 2015
art by Peter Brown		 January 2021
art by Oge Mora

 

 

GROUP D

 

 

January 2003
art by Bob Graham		 January 2008
art by Laura Vaccaro Seeger		 January 2014
art by Jonathan Bean		 January 2020
art by Van Thanh Rudd

 

 

GROUP E

 

 

January 2004
art by Maira Kalman		 January 2007
art by Lois Ehlert		 January 2016
art by Marla Frazee		 January 2019
art by Jillian Tamaki

 

 

GROUP F

 

 

January 2005
art by Lynne Rae Perkins		 January 2006
art by Mini Grey		 January 2017
art by Frances Vallejo		 January 2018
art by Ashley Bryan


 

Summer Edward

Horn Book Consulting Editor Summer Edward is a Trinidadian American author, children’s book editor, educator, K-12 literacy specialist, Caribbean children’s and YA literature advocate, and commentator on books for young readers. She holds an M.S.Ed. degree in Reading, Writing, Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania and founded Anansesem, an online magazine that for 10 years covered Caribbean children’s and YA literature. She has written for Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, The Horn Book, WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom, Literacy Daily, sx salon, KidLit TV, the Commonwealth Education Trust, Social Justice Books, and more. Learn more about her work at www.summeredward.com.

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Renee Runge

A: Mavor, B: Klassen, C: Brown, D: Bean, E: Tamaki, F: Bryan

Posted : Mar 08, 2024 08:06

Free Access

A: Mavor, B: Denslow, C: Willard, D: Rudd, E: Tamaki, F: Grey

Posted : Mar 08, 2024 05:55

Summer Edward

A. Mavor, B. Smith, C. Mora, D. Bean, E. Frazee, F. Grey

Posted : Mar 07, 2024 03:05

Lynn VanAuken

Can't post a comment so I'll reply here: my votes are: Mavor, Smith, Mora , Bean, Tamaki, Grey

Posted : Mar 07, 2024 03:05

Elissa Gershowitz

Hi Ms. VanAuken :)

Posted : Mar 08, 2024 10:55

Marva Hinton

Group A: Kuklin, Group B: Smith, Group C: Brown, Group D: Graham, Group E: Tamaki, Group F: Grey.

Posted : Mar 05, 2024 06:11

Matt Bowers

A. Kuklin; B. Klassen; C. Brown; D. Bean; E. Frazee; F. Perkins

Posted : Mar 05, 2024 05:21

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