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From the Guide: Wordless Picture Books
Truly accomplished picture book art not only works with and complements a text but also expands on the story, sometimes even offering an alternate version — or stepping in completely when there are no...
View ArticleEditorial: Plus ça change
Late last summer, the Horn Book staff gathered at Roger’s house for our annual editorial and organizational planning meeting. It was one of those Goldilocks sorts of days: too hot in the sun, too cold...
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Review of The Hero of Little Street
The Hero of Little Street by Gregory Rogers; illus. by the author Primary Porter/Roaring Brook 40 pp. 3/12 978-0-59643-729-6 $17.99 g The same bulb-headed boy who was chased through...
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Review of The Mighty Miss Malone
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis Intermediate, Middle School Lamb/Random 309 pp. 1/12 978-0-385-73491-2 $15.99 Library ed. 978-0-385-90487-2 $18.99 e-book ed....
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Review of Green
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; illus. by the author Preschool Porter/Roaring Brook 40 pp. 3/12 978-1-59643-397-7 $16.99 Lemons Are Not Red (rev. 1/05) was a concept book about color, so...
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Review of Lady Hahn and Her Seven Friends
Lady Hahn and Her Seven Friends by Yumi Heo; illus. by the author Primary Ottaviano/Holt 32 pp. 4/12 978-0-8050-4127-9 $16.99 g “Long, long ago when tigers still smoked pipes, there...
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Review of Code Name Verity
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein High School Hyperion 337 pp. 5/12 978-1-4231-5219-4 $16.99 g e-book ed. 978-1-4231-5325-2 $16.99 Wein’s exceptional — downright sizzling —...
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Review of Animal Masquerade
Animal Masquerade by Marianne Dubuc; trans. from the French by Yvette Ghione; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Kids Can 120 pp. 3/12 978-1-55453-782-2 $16.95 For kids who never...
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Review of A Confusion of Princes
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix Middle School, High School Harper/HarperCollins 337 pp. 5/12 978-0-06-009694-6 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-06-009695-3 $18.89 g Nix’s...
View ArticleEditorial: What the Survey Doesn’t Say
Welcome to our annual issue devoted to the ALA book awards. You will find herein acceptance speeches by and profiles of the Coretta Scott King, Caldecott, Newbery, and Wilder award winners as well as...
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From the Guide: YA Memoirs
Adolescence is a time of transition that for many teens is characterized by hurdles big and small. These new memoirs, written by and/or for young adults, and all recommended by The Horn Book Guide,...
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Reviews of selected books by Jonathan Stroud
The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One by Jonathan Stroud Middle School Miramax/Hyperion 462 pp. 9/03 0-7868-1859-X $17.95 The magicians ruling the British empire...
View ArticleWalt Disney Accused
In the spring of this year Max Rafferty, California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, wrote an article praising Walt Disney as “the greatest educator of this century.” Frances Clarke Sayers...
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Horn Book Reminiscence from Elizabeth Orton Jones
By Elizabeth Orton Jones Tchrr-r-r-r! The phone would ring. I’d answer, and after a considerable while I’d hear a faint little quavery voice, as if someone were calling me from beyond the Pleiades . ....
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The Horn Book League
“The Horn Book League . . . , like the St. Nicholas League after which it was modeled and whose motto it bore, . . . was made up of artwork, poems, and essays sent in by boys and girls. The first...
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Realms of Gold and Granite
Bertha Mahony Miller in 1929. The Bookshop for Boys and Girls was born, in a twelvemonth, with a pedigree and a distinguished list of patrons. Its role was largely determined from the outset. But life,...
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Horn Book Reminiscence from Lee Kingman
By Lee Kingman My earliest memory of Bertha Mahony, before she added Miller to her name, begins with her feet. Small feet, proportioned to her small frame. As I was a lanky nine-year-old, I was almost...
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Horn Book Reminiscence from Elizabeth Orton Jones
by Elizabeth Orton Jones Tchrr-r-r-r! The phone would ring. I’d answer, and after a considerable while I’d hear a faint little quavery voice, as if someone were calling me from beyond the...
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Slippery Slopes and Proliferating Prizes
I’m sure that nearly every reader of this magazine is in favor of supporting a more diverse children’s literature that is in tune with the increasingly multi-ethnic environment in which we and our...
View ArticleAwards that Stand on Solid Ground
It was with great interest that I read Marc Aronson’s article, “Slippery Slopes and Proliferating Prizes,” in the May/June 2001 issue of this publication. I appreciate the author’s insight into ALA...
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