Preview May/June 2012 Horn Book Magazine

by Horn Book
Apr 04, 2012 | Filed in Our Story

  • May/June 2012 Horn Book Magazine coverRoger Sutton’s “What Hath Harry Wrought?” examines children’s publishing, post-Harry Potter.

  • Uma Krishnaswami calls for more humor in multicultural children’s literature.

  • Barbara Bader on the birth of children’s librarianship in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

  • Jane Yolen’s original poems capture the essence of classic children’s book authors.

  • Rebecca Donnelly muses on what lights up children’s literature.

  • Sight Reading: Leonard S. Marcus on color in picture books.

  • Books in the Home: Equal reading for girls and boys.

  • April Spisak answers the question: “What Makes a Good YA Dystopian Novel?”

  • Cadenza: Elissa Gershowitz and Leo Landry imagine “If Babies Ran The Horn Book.”

  • Original cover art by former Horn Book design intern/freelancer José Luis Olivares.

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