The Horn Book Magazine -- July/August 2012

 







July/August 2012 Horn Book Magazine

Table of Contents


 

















































































































































Features


Joanna Rudge Long
10
Caldecott 2012
The year in pictures.
Chris Raschka
17Caldecott Medal Acceptance

Lydie Raschka
26A Profile of Chris Raschka

Nina Lindsay
37Newbery 2012
The year in words.

Jack Gantos
44Newbery Medal Acceptance

Wesley Adams
53A Profile of Jack Gantos

Kathleen T. Horning
59The Search for Distinguished
Reviving a decades-old Newbery debate.

Kadir Nelson
69Coretta Scott King Author Award Acceptance
Donna Bray74A Profile of Kadir Nelson

Shane W. Evans
78Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Acceptance

Taye Diggs
82A Profile of Shane W. Evans


Ron Koertge
91"Legacy"
A poem.

Columns



Roger Sutton

7


Editorial

King of All the Caldecotts
Maurice Sendak, 1928–2012.



Roger Sutton

16

My Favorite Caldecott / My Favorite Newbery
Medalists reveal their choices.
Featured throughout the issue.



Leonard S. Marcus

32

Sight Reading
Chris Raschka Unleashed
An unusual capacity for curiosity.



T. A. Barron

85
A Second Look
Why Fantasy Must Be True
Revisiting A Wrinkle in Time.


145

From The Guide
Sports
A selection of reviews from
The Horn Book Guide.


Horn Book editors
152

Cadenza
2012 Mind the Gap Awards
The books that didn't win.



Reviews


92
141

Book Reviews
Audiobooks



Departments


4
5
148
150150
151
Letters to the Editor
July/August Starred Books
Impromptu
Index to "My Favorite Caldecott / My Favorite Newbery"
Index to Advertisers
Index to Books Reviewed



Cover © 2012 by Melissa Sweet.
Art on pages 1–2 from A Hole Is to Dig.
Illustrations © 1952 by Maurice Sendak.


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