Hazel Rochman on multicultural children’s literature, Jon Scieska on hard to pronounce names, Lois Lenski on Christmas, and Eleanor Cameron on why Roald Dahl is bad for civilization — the range of Horn Book articles has always been impressively broad. Discover more for yourself in this sampling from our archives, arranged in reverse chronological order of publication.

 
2010s

A bumpy ride by Roger Sutton (January 2016)
Roger Sutton weighs in on the controversy surrounding A Fine Dessert and A Birthday Cake for George Washington

Young dreamers by Christoper Myers (July/August 2015)
Christopher Myers's essay on race in children's books, written in response to Trayvon Martin's murder and the subsequent trial of George Zimmerman

The Search for Distinguished by Kathleen T. Horning (July/August 2012)
K. T. Horning revives a decades-old Newbery debate

Mildred Batchelder: The Power of Thinking Big by Barbara Bader (September/October 2011)
Barbara Bader's tribute to the pioneering librarian and Mildred L. Batchelder Award namesake

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2000s

Outside Over Where?: Foreign Picture Books and the Dream of Global Awareness by Leonard Marcus (November/December 2010)
Leonard Marcus examines the reasons most international picture books don't reach American shores

An Interview with Margaret Mahy by Elissa Gershowitz (November/December 2009)
Elissa Gershowitz interviews Margaret Mahy at her home in New Zealand about her illustrious career
 

What Ails Bibliotherapy? by Maeve Visser Knoth (May/June 2006)
The role of “advance bibliotherapy” to help prepare children for emotional experiences before they occur

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1990s

Barbara Bader examines six milestones in the Horn Book's first seventy-five years:

• Treasure Island by the Roadside (January/February 1999)
  Selling children's books off the back of a truck.
• Peter Says Please (March/April 1999)
  Beatrix Potter befriends the Horn Book.
• Politi for Christmas (May/June 1999)
  An up-and-coming artist's holiday keepsake.
• Preach and Practice by Barbara Bader (July/August 1999)
  Editor Ethel Heins ascends her bully pulpit.
• Realms of Gold and Granite (September/October 1999)
  Miss Mahony opens her Bookshop for Boys and Girls in 1916.
• One Childhood, One World (November/December 1999)
  The Horn Book's global vision was always clear.

Writing Backward: Modern Models in Historical Fiction by Anne Scott MacLeod (January/February 1998)
Historical revisionism in some of today’s most popular novels.

Have Book Bag, Will Travel: A Practical Guide to Reading Aloud by Mary M. Burns and Ann A. Flowers (March/April 1997)
Step-by-step guidelines for how to read aloud and an annotated list of what to read.

Readers Request, Or, YOU ASKED FOR IT by Jon Scieszka (November/December 1996)
A handy guide to pronoucing tough names, like the author's.

Against Borders by Hazel Rochman (March/April 1995)
A noted critic on multicultural children’s literature.

Making Stories Happen by Rachel Vail (May/June 1994)
How the author makes up things until they are true.

More articles from the1990s

1980s

Arnold Lobel by James Marshall (May/June 1988)
James Marshall's tribute to Arnold Lobel.

Could Randolph Caldecott Win the Caldecott Medal? by Anita Silvey (July 1986)
Anita Silvey's editorial on the dangers of being distinguished.

A Second Look: Five Children and It by Lloyd Alexander (May 1985)
One master storyteller appreciates another.

Art and Text — and Context by Ethel L. Heins (April 1984)
Ethel Heins's editorial on lavishly illustrated new editions.

More articles from the 1980s

1970s

Where Do All the Prizes Go?: The Case for Nonfiction by Milton Meltzer (February 1976)
A passionate plea for “information” books to be judged fairly and justly rewarded.

Virginia Hamilton, the Great by Jane Langton (December 1974)
An admiring appreciation by a fellow novelist.

Short Talk with a Prospective Children's Writer by Astrid Lindgren (June 1973)
Tart advice from the creator of Pippi Longstocking.

Eleanor Cameron vs. Roald Dahl (October 1972–October 1973)
Two heavyweights clash in a classic battle.

More articles from the1970s

1960s

Who’s Lloyd Alexander? by Ann Durell (June 1969)
Profile of the 1969 Newbery Medalist.

"Gold and Frankincense and Myrrh" by Paul Heins (December 1968)
Paul Heins's editorial on the treasures of literature.

A Letter from C. S. Lewis by James E. Higgins (October 1966)
C. S. Lewis answers questions on writing for children

Walt Disney Accused: an interview with Frances Clarke Sayers (December 1965)
Was Walt Disney a great educator? Frances Clarke Sayers says, “No!”

News from Narnia by Lillian H. Smith (October 1963)
Narnia, real or imagined

Information and Knowledge by Ruth Hill Viguers (June, 1961)
Ruth Hill Viguers's editorial on the difference between the two.
 

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1950s

To Save Time by Jennie D. Lindquist (February 1957)
Jennie Lindquist's editorial on ways to welcome young refugees.

The Three Owls’ Notebook (December 1952)
Why Anne Carroll Moore is squeamish about Charlotte’s Web.

More articles from the1950s

1940s

Christmas at Huckleberry Mountain Library by Lois Lenski (November/December 1946)
A Christmas memory from the 1946 Newbery Medal winner.

Americans with the Wrong Ancestors by Clara Breed (July/August 1943)
The forced internment of Japanese-American young readers.

More articles from the 1940s

1930s

May Massee: As Her Author-Illustrators See Her by Ludwig Bemelmans (July 1936)
The author of Madeline pays tribute to his editor.

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1920s

Editorial by Bertha Mahony (October 1924)
The editorial from our inaugural issue

More articles from the 1920s