Pick Your Favorite March/April Horn Book Magazine Cover!

by Summer Edward
Apr 01, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

Cover Madness continues! Next up are twenty-four years of March/April covers. Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your choices in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here.

 

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GROUP A

 

 

March 2000
art by Natalie Babbitt		 March 2011
art by Matt Tavares		 March 2012
design by Lolly Robinson		 March 2023
art by Juana Medina

 

 

GROUP B

 

 

March 2001
art by Randolph Caldecott		 March 2010
art by Brian Selznick		 March 2013
art by Paul Zelinsky		 March 2022
art by David Litchfield

 

 

GROUP C

 

 

March 2002
art by J. R. R. Tolkien		 March 2009
art by Helen Oxenbury		 March 2015
art by Tomie dePaola		 March 2021
art by LeUyen Pham

 

 

GROUP D

 

 

March 2003
art by Ashley Bryan		 March 2008
art by Lisa Campbell Ernst		 March 2014
photo by Grace Lin		 March 2020
art by Eric Rohmann

 

 

GROUP E

 

 

March 2004
art by Marc Simont		 March 2007
art by Hudson Talbott		 March 2016
art by Louis Darling		 March 2019
art by Simona Mulazzani

 

 

GROUP F

 

 

March 2005
art by Crockett Johnson		 March 2006
art by Kazu Kibuishi		 March 2017
art by Hawa Diallo		 March 2018
art by Liniers


 

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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Allison Price

A: Tavares, B: Litchfield, C: Tolkien, D: Bryan, E: Simont, F: Kibuishi

Posted : Apr 08, 2024 02:37

Stacie Bean

A) Babbitt B) Caldecott C) TolkienD) Rohmann E) Darling F) Johnson

Posted : Apr 06, 2024 08:01

Jean Gralley

A: Medina, B: Litchfield, C: dePaola, D: Ernst, E: Darling, F: Kibuishi

Posted : Apr 06, 2024 03:24

Kitty Flynn

One family member: A: Tavares, B: Zelinsky, C: Tolkein, D: Bryan, E: Simont, F: Johnson

Posted : Apr 05, 2024 09:44

Free Access

A: Babbit, B: Zelinksy, C: dePaola, D: Bryan, E: Darling, F: Johnson

Posted : Apr 05, 2024 01:43

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