Read more by and about some of our Fanfare 2020 authors and illustrators below. Find our at-a-glance Fanfare 2020 booklist here and our newly annotated list here.

Picture Books

Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James

What the Hell Is Didactic Intent Anyway? by Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt

Family Reading: 10-year-old boy interviews Derrick Barnes

The Book That Changed My Life: Not-So-Simple Semple by Derrick Barnes

Calling Caldecott: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Edith Campbell

David Elliott and Rob Dunlavey

Calling Caldecott: In the Woods by Rachel Payne

David Elliott Talks with Roger

Five questions for David Elliott

Angela Johnson and Nina Crews

Calling Caldecott: A Girl like Me by Megan Dowd Lambert

Rule Breakers: Trusting My Instincts by Nina Crews

Calling Caldecott: Seeing Into Tomorrow by Autumn Allen

Calling Caldecott: All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Robin Smith

Family Is What You Have by Angela Johnson

Angela Joy and Ekua Holmes

Calling Caldecott: Black Is a Rainbow Color by Erica Marks

Publishers’ Preview: Picture Books: Five Questions for Angela Joy

2019 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Ekua Holmes

Profile of 2019 CSK Illustrator Award winner Ekua Holmes by Ceci Méndez-Ortiz

Calling Caldecott: The Stuff of Stars by Edith Campbell

2018 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Ekua Holmes

Profile of 2018 CSK Illustrator Award winner Ekua Holmes by Liz Bicknell

Calling Caldecott: Out of Wonder by Rachel G. Payne

“The Art of Ekua Holmes” exhibit by Cynthia K. Ritter

Hbook Podcast 2.8 – Special Guest Ekua Holmes by Siân Gaetano

Voice of Freedom: Illustrator Ekua Holmes’s 2016 BGHB NF Honor Speech

Calling Caldecott: Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Robin Smith

Jennifer K. Mann

Calling Caldecott: The Camping Trip by Michelle H. Martin

Pete Oswald

Calling Caldecott: NYT/NYPL List, We Miss You! by Julie Danielson, Martha V. Parravano, and Julie Roach

Calling Caldecott: Hike by Luisana Duarte Armendáriz

Antoinette Portis

Calling Caldecott: NYT/NYPL List, We Miss You! by Julie Danielson, Martha V. Parravano, and Julie Roach

Calling Caldecott: A New Green Day by Betsy Bird

Calling Caldecott: Hey, Water! by Julie Danielson

Calling Caldecott: CaldeGeisel 2018 by Amy Seto Forrester, Amanda Foulk, and Misti Tidman

Calling Caldecott: Now by Martha V. Parravano

Out of the Box: Antoinette Portis on The Red Hat by Sarah Ellis

Five questions for Antoinette Portis by Elissa Gershowitz and Katie Bircher

Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey

Calling Caldecott: The Old Truck by Travis Jonker

Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey Talk with Roger

Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith

Calling Caldecott: NYT/NYPL List, We Miss You! by Julie Danielson, Martha V. Parravano, and Julie Roach

Calling Caldecott: 2021 CaldeNotts by Julie Danielson

Five questions for Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith by Julie Danielson and Martha V. Parravano

Town Is by the Sea: Illustrator Sydney Smith’s 2017 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech

Out of the Box: Sydney Smith on Town Is by the Sea

Calling Caldecott: Town Is by the Sea by Martha V. Parravano

Jillian Tamaki

2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winner Interviews

They Say Blue: Jillian Tamaki’s 2018 BGHB Picture Book Award Speech

Calling Caldecott: They Say Blue by Martha V. Parravano

Jillian Tamaki Talks with Roger

Fiction

Elizabeth Acevedo

BGHB 2020: Clap When You Land

Five questions for Elizabeth Acevedo by Elissa Gershowitz and Shoshana Flax

The Poet X: Elizabeth Acevedo’s 2018 BGHB Fiction & Poetry Award Speech

2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winner Interviews

Be “the hero and the author” of your story by Katie Bircher

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The Book That Changed My Life: Why Do I Like This Story So Much? by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Kacen Callender

BGHB 2020: King and the Dragonflies

Rule Breakers: Never a Rule to Begin With by Kacen Callender

Five questions for Kacen Callender

Mike Curato

Calling Caldecott: CaldeComics 2021, Part Two by Niki Marion

Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright

Calling Caldecott: CaldeComics 2021, Part One by Niki Marion

2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner Interviews

The Parker Inheritance: Varian Johnson’s 2018 BGHB Fiction & Poetry Honor Speech

Dear Mrs. Cleary by Varian Johnson

Erin Entrada Kelly

Publishers’ Preview: Diversity Five Ways: Five Questions for Erin Entrada Kelly

Erin Entrada Kelly Talks with Roger

2018 Newbery Medal Acceptance by Erin Entrada Kelly

Hello, Erin Entrada Kelly: Profile of the 2018 Newbery Medal winner by Virginia Duncan

Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

Calling Caldecott: Martin Rising by Julie Danielson

Editorial: Behold the Gold! by Rudine Sims Bishop and Andrea Davis Pinkney

BGHB at 50: The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Carole Boston Weatherford

The Book That Changed My Life: My Heart’s Music by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Andrea Davis Pinkney Talks with Roger

Five questions for Andrea Davis Pinkney by Elissa Gershowitz

Hand in Hand: Author Andrea Davis Pinkney’s 2013 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech

Calling Caldecott: The Multi-talented Brian Pinkney by Robin Smith

Coretta Scott King Author Award Acceptance by Andrea Davis Pinkney

A Profile of Andrea Davis Pinkney by Brian Pinkney, Phil Davis Jr., and Dobbin Pinkney

Out of the Box: Andrea Davis Pinkney on Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Jonathan Hunt

Awards that Stand on Solid Ground by Andrea Davis Pinkney

The Pinkney Family: In the Tradition by Rudine Sims Bishop

Deborah Wiles

Out of the Box: Deborah Wiles on Revolution by Dean Schneider

Lauren Wolk

The Book That Changed My Life: Hearts So Full by Lauren Wolk

Read Roger: The 2018 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction

Five questions for Lauren Wolk

Nonfiction

Monica Brown, Elisa Chavarri, and Adriana Domínguez

Five questions for Monica Brown by Shoshana Flax and Elissa Gershowitz

Jason Chin

Nine Months: Illustrator Jason Chin’s 2019 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech

Calling Caldecott: Nine Months by Dean Schneider

Calling Caldecott: Pie Is for Sharing by Martha V. Parravano

Five questions for Stephanie Parsley Ledyard and Jason Chin by Martha V. Parravano

Calling Caldecott: Grand Canyon by Betsy Bird

Calling Caldecott: Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle by Angela Frederick

Calling Caldecott: Gravity by Lolly Robinson

Calling Caldecott: Island: A Story of the Galápagos by Robin Smith

Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann

Calling Caldecott: NYT/NYPL List, We Miss You! by Julie Danielson, Martha V. Parravano, and Julie Roach

Candace Fleming Talks with Roger

Calling Caldecott: Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Brian Wilson

Table of Contents: March/April 2020 Horn Book Magazine

The Book That Changed My Life: A Galloping Good Story by Candace Fleming

Calling Caldecott: Giant Squid by Lolly Robinson

The Family Romanov: Author Candace Fleming’s 2015 BGHB NF Award Speech

Calling Caldecott: Bone Dog by Robin Smith

The Lincolns: Candace Fleming’s 2009 BGHB Nonfiction Award Acceptance

Kate Messner and Adam Rex

Calling Caldecott: The Next President by Julie Danielson

Family Reading: Five Tips to Get Kids Writing by Kate Messner

Everyone Needs a Ramona by Kate Messner

Five questions for Adam Rex and Christian Robinson

Calling Caldecott: Chloe and the Lion by Robin Smith

Mac Barnett and Adam Rex Talk with Roger

John Rocco

John Rocco Talks with Roger

Calling Caldecott: Big Machines by Sam Bloom

Fall 2017 Publishers’ Preview: Five Questions for Sherri Duskey Rinker & John Rocco

Calling Caldecott: Blackout by Lolly Robinson

Uri Shulevitz

The Horn Book Magazine — November/December 2013 Table of Contents

Uri Shulevitz interviewed by Anita Silvey

Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera

Calling Caldecott: Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Brian Wilson

Christina Soontornvat

Publishers’ Preview: Debut Authors: Christina Soontornvat

Jennifer Ward and Diana Sudyka

Calling Caldecott: How to Find a Bird by Elissa Gershowitz

Gene Luen Yang

CaldeComics 2021, Part Two by Niki Marion

Read Roger: What Is Gene Luen Yang Wearing?

Rule Breakers: The Workaround by Gene Luen Yang

Why Do Comics Matter? — The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Gene Luen Yang

Reading Without Walls: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang by Roger Sutton

Boxers & Saints: Author Gene Luen Yang’s 2014 BGHB Fiction Honor Speech

Studio Views: How to Draw Comics the Yang Way by Gene Luen Yang