Cover art from The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell, illustration copyright 2019 by Raymond McGrath.

Author Emma Otheguy on COVID-19, New York City, children's books, and contradictions.

Kwame Alexander, author of The Undefeated, fetes Kadir Nelson, the book's artist and winner of the Caldecott Medal and CSK Illustrator Award.

Lolly Robinson, the Horn Book's former creative director, pays tribute to late author, editor, and Folly Cove designer Lee Kingman Natti.

The Writer's Page: educator and author Zetta Elliott reflects on the policing of protest in children's publishing.

Happy Anniversary: freelance children's and YA editor Katie Bircher celebrates two milestones for Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

Field Notes: middle school teacher Dean Schneider shares with students his dear friend Ashley Bryan's Infinite Hope.

Horn BOO!: a roundup of Halloween books.