March Madness: Pick Your Favorite July/August Horn Book Magazine Cover!

by Summer Edward
May 27, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

Cover Madness continues! Voting is over for the May/June covers. Next up are the July/August 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

 

 

July 2000
art by Simms Taback		 July 2011
art by Tomie dePaola		 July 2012
design by Melissa Sweet		 July 2023
art by Doug Salati

 

 

GROUP B

 

 

July 2001
art by Judd Winnick		 July 2010
art by Jerry Pinkney		 July 2013
art by Laura Vaccaro Seeger		 July 2022
art by Jason Chin

 

 

GROUP C

 

 

July 2002
art by David Wiesner		 July 2009
art by Beth Krommes		 July 2015
art by Dan Santat		 July 2021
art by Michaela Goade

 

 

GROUP D

 

 

July 2003
art by Eric Rohmann		 July 2008
art by Brian Selznick		 July 2014
photo by Brian Floca		 July 2020
art by Kadir Nelson

 

 

GROUP E

 

 

July 2004
art by Mordicai Gerstein		 July 2007
art by James Marshall		 July 2016
art by Sophie Blackall		 July 2018
art by Matthew Cordell

 

 

GROUP F

 

 

July 2005
art by Kevin Henkes		 July 2006
art by Chris Raschka		 July 2017
art by Javaka Steptoe		 July 2019
art by Sophie Blackall


 

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: Sweet; B: Chin; C: Wiesner; D: Rohmann; E: Gerstein; F: Blackall

Posted : Jun 03, 2024 04:16

Summer E.

A. Salati, B. Pinkney, C. Goade, D. Floca, E. Marshall, F. Blackall

Posted : Jun 03, 2024 03:22

Monica de los Reyes

A Salati B Pinkney C Krommes D Nelson E Marshall F Henkes

Posted : May 31, 2024 06:42

Marva Hinton

Group A: Salati; Group B: Chin; Group C: Wiesner; Group D: Floca; Group E: Blackall; Group F: Blackall

Posted : May 31, 2024 05:53

Shoshana Flax

A dePaola, B Chin, C Goade, D Nelson, E Blackall, F Steptoe

Posted : May 31, 2024 05:49

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