March Madness: Pick Your Favorite September/October Horn Book Magazine Cover!

by Summer Edward
Jun 24, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

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

 

 

September 2000
art by Barbara Cooney		 September 2011
art by Chris Van Allsburg		 September 2012
design by Crockett Johnson		 September 2023
art by Renée Kurilla

 

 

GROUP B

 

 

September 2001
art by Margot Zemach		 September 2010
art by Michael Emberley		 September 2013
art by Patrick McDonnell		 September 2022
art by Vera Brosgol

 

 

GROUP C

 

 

September 2002
art by Barry Root		 September 2009
art by Harry Bliss		 September 2015
art by Alexandra Day		 September 2021
art by Wendell Minor

 

 

GROUP D

 

 

September 2003
photo by Paul Zelinsky		 September 2008
art by Lane Smith		 September 2014
photo by Robert McCloskey		 September 2020
art by Raymond McGrath

 

 

GROUP E

 

 

September 2004
art by John Tenniel		 September 2007
art by Tomie dePaola		 September 2016
art by Kadir Nelson		 September 2019
art by Betsy Lewin

 

 

GROUP F

 

 

September 2005
art by Maurice Sendak		 September 2006
art by Arthur Geisert		 September 2017
art by Brian Pinkney		 September 2018
art by Felicita Sala


 

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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Kitty Flynn

14 yo picks: A: Johnson, B: Brosgol, C: Minor, D: Zelinsky, E: Lewin, F: Geisert

Posted : Jun 27, 2024 06:58

Kitty Flynn

A: Johnson, B: Emberley, C: Root (I own the original art!!), D: McCloskey, E: Tenniel, F: Geisert.

Posted : Jun 27, 2024 06:56

Elissa Gershowitz

A: Johnson; B: Brosgol; C: Day; D. McCloskey; E. dePaola; F. Pinkney

Posted : Jun 26, 2024 07:45

Marva Hinton

Group A: Kurilla; Group B: Emberley; Group C: Minor; Group D: McCloskey; Group E: Nelson; Group F: Geisert

Posted : Jun 26, 2024 04:08

Sharla Desy

My votes for September/October: A-2011, B-2010, C-2015, D-2008, E-2004, F-2018

Posted : Jun 25, 2024 11:00

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