March Madness: Pick Your Favorite November/December Horn Book Magazine Cover!

by Summer Edward
Jul 22, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

Cover Madness continues! Voting is over for the September/October covers. Next up are the November/December covers. 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.

 

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GROUP A

 

 

November 2000
art by Rachel Isadora		 November 2011
art by Brock Cole		 November 2012
design by Renata Liwska		 November 2023
art by Erin K. Robinson

 

 

GROUP B

 

 

November 2001
art by Art Spiegelman		 November 2010
art by Anita Lobel		 November 2013
art by Uri Shulevitz		 November 2022
art by Micha Archer

 

 

GROUP C

 

 

November 2002
art by Peter Sis		 November 2009
art by Lane Smith		 November 2015
art by Rubin Pingk		 November 2021
art by Paul O. Zelinsky

 

 

GROUP D

 

 

November 2003
photo by Maurice Sendak		 November 2008
art by Olivier Dunrea		 November 2014
art by Bob Raczka		 November 2020
art by Liza Woodruff

 

 

GROUP E

 

 

November 2004
text from Lily’s Purple
Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

November 2007
art by Ian Falconer

 

November 2016
art by Joel Edward Stein

 

November 2019
art by Carson Ellis

 

 

 

GROUP F

 

 

November 2005
art by Hans Christian
Andersen		 November 2006
art by
Leo and Diane Dillon

November 2017
art by James Ransome

 

November 2018
art by Paul O. Zelinsky

 


 

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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Scott L.

A: Isadora; B: Archer; C: Sis; D: Raczka; E: Ellis; F: Ransome

Posted : Jul 29, 2024 03:55

Cynthia Lussier

A: Cole; B: Shulevitz; C: Smith; D: Dunrea; E: Falconer; F: Ransome

Posted : Jul 29, 2024 02:39

Shoshana Flax

A Isadora, B Spiegelman, C Pingk, D Dunrea, E Stein, F Zelinsky

Posted : Jul 29, 2024 02:34

Elissa Gershowitz

A. Robinson; B. Spiegelman; C. Zelinsky; D. Sendak; E. Ellis; F. Zelinsky

Posted : Jul 26, 2024 08:08

Elissa Gershowitz

Kid vote: A. Isadora; B. Archer; C. Zelinsky; D. Dunrea; E. Stein; F. Ransome

Posted : Jul 26, 2024 08:04

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