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A blog about blowing the horn about good books for children and young adults. Bertha Mahony founded The Horn Book in 1924 to herald the best in children's literature. Here, you'll find lively articles and insightful book reviews.
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2d ago
It’s Banned Books Week again, and the censorship of books is more dire than ever. From The American Library Association’s website (it's long, but important): "The American Library Association condemns censorship and works to defend each person's right to read under the First Amendment and to ensure free access to ..read more
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2d ago
This week on hbook.com... Five Questions for X. Fang about We Are Definitely Human from Tundra Books sponsored edition of Notes from the Horn Book From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: The Writers' Page: The Heroes Inside Us: Fighting for Truth, Justice, and the Right to Share ..read more
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2d ago
Interested in learning more about the children’s book industry, book reviewing, or how magazines and review journals operate? A Horn Book internship is a great place to start. We are currently accepting applications for the Spring 2025 internship, which will likely include a combination of remote work and occasional in-person ..read more
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1w ago
This week on hbook.com... Gayle Forman Talks with Roger about Not Nothing From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Much Ado About Middle Grade by Horn Book editors Calling Caldecott: Welcome to the Calling Caldecott Committee! by Adrienne L. Pettinelli Coretta by Annisha Jeffries Out of ..read more
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1w ago
At the beginning of The House Before Falling into the Sea, we don’t know why large groups of people are fleeing their homes on foot, but they all seem to have one destination: a house at the tip of a rocky peninsula that juts out into a choppy sea. The ..read more
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1w ago
Black women librarians have been integral to the collection and preservation of Black literature and culture. Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s first Black librarian, curated an extensive collection of Black literature for the George Cleveland Hall Branch on Chicago's South Side. While Vivian Harsh was collecting Black literature for adults, Charlemae Hill ..read more
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1w ago
This week on hbook.com... September Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez about Call Me Roberto! + 7 picture books for National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month 2024, 5 middle-grade and middle-school novels in verse, and 6 YA novels about teens and parents ..read more
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3w ago
This week on hbook.com... Chuck Wendig Talks with Roger about Monster Movie! From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Table of Contents Editorial: Some Magazine! by Elissa Gershowitz Calling Caldecott: Let's get started! by Kitty Flynn The List by Kitty Flynn, Annisha Jeffries, and Adrienne L. Pettinelli ..read more
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3w ago
The Caldecott Medal was never meant to identify the best picture book of the year. The aim of the folks who founded the award was to see higher quality art in picture books published in the United States. This is why when one reads the Caldecott criteria, under “Purpose,” one ..read more
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1M ago
Hooray, all the results are in for our Horn Book Cover Madness event! Congratulations to the six "winner" covers and artists: January/February = Salley Mavor March/April = Paul O. Zelinsky May/June = Grace Lin July/August = Kadir Nelson September/October = Crockett Johnson November/December = Art Spiegelman Thank you to everyone ..read more