Cover from Go Forth and Tell. Illustration © 2024 by April Harrison.

Features

Three Editors in Chief by Elissa Gershowitz, Anita Silvey, and Roger Sutton
A conversation.

“With a Salute to All Children’s Librarians” by Sujei Lugo
Amplifying the work of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in children’s librarianship.

Nonfiction & Horn Book History by Horn Book editors
Continuing our centennial coverage with ­discussion of this issue’s mini-theme.

Blowing the Horn
In honor of our centennial, thirty-five book creators share a memory or a hope for the future about the Horn Book or the children’s literature industry. (See notes on contributors on page 48.)

Columns

Editorial

Bertha’s Chair? by Elissa Gershowitz
The allure of Horn Book lore and history.

The Writer’s Page

Born in Babylon by Alice Faye Duncan
Standing on the shoulders of Black literary giants.

Walking in Their Footsteps by Steve Sheinkin
An Impossible Escape research trip.

The Lovely Dance by Tanya Lee Stone
An author of picture-book biographies on the “alone/together collaboration” of book making.

Mapping My Path by Jack Gantos
Literary landmarks in 1970s Boston.

Reviews

Book Reviews

Departments

May/June Starred Books

Impromptu

Contributor Notes

Index to Advertisers

Index to Books Reviewed

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