This week on hbook.com…
Black History Month
For Black History Month, we’ve selected articles by and/or about African American children’s book luminaries — one a day throughout February, with a roundup on Fridays. This week’s selections:
- Black History Month 2016 at The Horn Book introduction
- “Mind the Gaps: Books for ALL Young Readers” by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- “Beyond The Friends” by Yolanda Hare
- “Let Us Celebrate the Children” by Walter Dean Myers
Preview the March/April 2016 issue of The Horn Book Magazine
Reviews of the Week:
- Picture Book: Dylan the Villain by K. G. Campbell
- Fiction: To Catch a Cheat by Varian Johnson
- Nonfiction: What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About?: Poems for When a Person Needs a Poem by Judith Viorst; illus. by Lee White
- App: LumiKids Snow
Read Roger: HB NB February
Out of the Box:
- Dream, dream, dream: Drum Dream Girl and other dreamy books in the Fall 2015 Horn Book Guide
- DC Super Heroes Origami
Lolly’s Classroom: The past made present | Class #3, 2016: Two historical fiction books and Three nonfiction books
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