Preview March/April 2022 Horn Book Magazine

Cover art by David Litchfield from Cress Watercress, written by Gregory Maguire.

“The Shut Doors of Libraries”: Jeannine Atkins on acknowledging the history and legacy of segregation.

Sylvie Kantorovitz on the value of graphic memoirs.

Dean Schneider on teaching Flying Lessons and the art of the writing prompt, with thoughts from author Ellen Oh on the book’s fifth anniversary.

CSK Award–winning author and civil rights activist Mildred Pitts Walter asks white writers to “help white children discover themselves” in allies from history.

Rachel G. Payne interviews the founders of the new Margaret Wise Brown Book Award.

A cartoon by Jonny Hawkins.

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