Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday: To mark the occasion, publisher David Reuther; authors Elaine Scott, Varian Johnson, Kurtis Scaletta, Kate Messner, and Tony DiTerlizzi; and librarian Julie Roach reflect on Beverly Cleary’s work.
Ibi Zoboi on building a “Fine Bookshelf” of mirror books. Plus, her interview with authors Edwidge Danticat and Rita Williams-Garcia.
The Writer’s Page: Marc Aronson discusses writing narrative nonfiction (versus informational nonfiction) with his wife Marina Budhos.
Field Notes: Betty Carter wonders what new chapter-book readers miss from the picture-book section.
Spring 2016 Publishers’ Previews.
From The Guide: Narrative Nonfiction.
Audiobook reviews.
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Special Issue: Awards
Original cover art by 2015 Caldecott Medal winner Dan Santat.
Deborah Taylor, 2015 recipient of the Coretta Scott King/Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, examines the winners and honorees of this year’s CSK Awards.
Jacqueline Woodson’s CSK Author Award acceptance speech.
Editor Nancy Paulsen’s profile of Jacqueline Woodson.
Christopher Myers’s CSK Illustrator Award acceptance speech.
Author Jason Reynolds’s profile of Christopher Myers.
Thom Barthelmess notices trends within the 2015 Newbery and Caldecott winners and honorees.
Dan Santat’s Caldecott Medal acceptance speech.
Editor Connie Hsu’s profile of Dan Santat.
Sight Reading: Leonard Marcus on This One Summer, honored by both the Caldecott and Printz committees.
Kwame Alexander’s Newbery Medal acceptance speech.
Poet Nikki Giovanni’s profile of Kwame Alexander.
A Second Look: Kathleen T. Horning rereads 1964 Newbery winner It’s Like This, Cat.
Donald Crews’s Wilder Medal Acceptance speech.
Nina Crews’s profile of her dad, Donald Crews.
Books in the Home by Megan Lambert: #WeGotDiverseAwardBooks.
2015 Mind the Gap Awards.
From The Guide: Young Adult Memoirs.
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Horn Book Fanfare: Our choices for the best books of 2014.
Coverage of the 2014 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards: judges’ remarks, speeches, photos.
A Second Look: Barbara Bader examines The Planet of Junior Brown.
Elissa Gershowitz on “What Makes a Good Award Acceptance Speech?” The Horn Book‘s (unsolicited) advice.
Audrey M. Quinlan asks, “What Makes a Good Math Storybook?”
From The Guide: Math Picture Books.
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Special Issue: Awards
Original cover art by 2014 Caldecott Medal winner Brian Floca.
Martha V. Parravano, Horn Book Magazine executive editor and coauthor of the Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott blog, looks back at the 2014 Caldecott contenders.
2014 Caldecott committee member Judy Freeman weighs in on the committee’s process and this year’s decision.
Brian Floca’s Caldecott Medal Acceptance speech.
Editor Richard Jackson’s profile of Brian Floca.
Horn Book Magazine senior editor Elissa Gershowitz’s thoughts on Newbery 2014.
Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal Acceptance speech.
Editor Andrea Tompa’s profile of Kate DiCamillo.
Bryan Collier’s Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Acceptance speech.
Editor Alvina Ling’s profile of Bryan Collier.
Rita Williams-Garcia’s Coretta Scott King Author Award Acceptance speech.
Kathleen T. Horning’s profile of her friend, Rita Williams-Garcia.
From The Guide: Diversity in Middle-Grade Fiction.
Cadenza: 2014 Mind the Gap Awards.
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Special Issue: Books Remixed: Reading in the Digital Age
- Stephen Roxburgh sees into the e-future
- Susan Meddaugh lets “Martha Speak” for herself
- M. T. Anderson travels (as a reader) with The Time Machine
- Roger Sutton interviews Holes director Andrew Davis
- Donald Crews on creating the Freight Train app
- Sight Reading: Leonard S. Marcus interviews Dan Yaccarino
- Borderlands: Aidan Chambers on flash fiction
- Field Notes: Angela J. Reynolds surveys the new technologies in audiobooks
- Cynthia K. Ritter on children’s book–based board games
- Ann Dixon defends the printed book
- Katie Bircher answers the question: “What Makes a Good Picture Book App?”
- Horn Book staff and reviewers offer their assessments of children’s books transferred into new media
- Cadenza: Sarah Hamburg and Denis Roche’s board game “YA-manji: The Game of Up-Market Places”
Roger Sutton’s “What Hath Harry Wrought?” examines children’s publishing, post-Harry Potter.