Pick Your Favorite May/June Horn Book Magazine Cover!

by Summer Edward
Apr 30, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

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

 

 

May 2000
art by Michele Lemieux		 May 2011
art by Marla Frazee		 May 2012
design by José-Luis Olivares		 May 2023
art by Bryan Collier

 

 

GROUP B

 

 

May 2001
art by Willam Steig		 May 2010
art by Clement Hurd		 May 2013
art by Jeannie Baker		 May 2022
art by Grace Lin

 

 

GROUP C

 

 

May 2002
art by E. L. Konigsburg		 May 2009
art by Lillian Hoban		 May 2015
art by Bob Staake		 May 2021
art by Paola Escobar

 

 

GROUP D

 

 

May 2003
photo by Lolly Robinson		 May 2008
art by Christopher Myers		 May 2014
photo by Louise Fitzhugh		 May 2020
art by Jarrett Krosoczka

 

 

GROUP E

 

 

May 2004
art by Laelia Mitchell		 May 2007
art by S. D. Schindler		 May 2016
art by Lydie Raschka		 May 2019
art by Kadir Nelson

 

 

GROUP F

 

 

May 2005
art by Douglas Florian		 May 2006
art by Tana Hoban		 May 2017
art by Jon Agee		 May 2018
art by Yuyi Morales


 

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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Cynthia Lussier

A: Frazee; B: Lin; C: Hoban; D: Krosoczka; E: Nelson; F: Agee

Posted : May 06, 2024 01:51

Heidi Malinoski

Marla F, Grace L, Paola E, Louise F, Lydie R, Yuyi M

Posted : May 04, 2024 07:18

Marva Hinton

A: Collier, B: Hurd, C: Escobar, D: Fitzhugh, E: Nelson, F: Morales

Posted : May 03, 2024 03:10

S. Edward

A. Frazee; B. Lin; C. Escobar; D. Krosoczka; E. Nelson; F. Morales

Posted : May 03, 2024 01:31

Free Access

From a 15 1/2 yo: A. Frazee; B. Hurd; C. Staake; D. Fitzhugh; E. Schindler; F. Florian

Posted : May 03, 2024 01:17

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