The Horn Book: Heralding the best in children's and YA books since 1924.

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Boston, MA  ·  Independent, opinionated, and stylish, The Horn Book Magazine and Guide are the most distinguished journals in children’s and young adult literature.
The Horn Book: Heralding the best in children's and YA books since 1924.
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Meet Bertha Mahony Miller
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Meet Bertha Mahony Miller
The Horn Book Magazine Cover Gallery
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The Horn Book Magazine Cover Gallery / Randolph Caldecott was The Horn Book Magazine‘s first — and for decades only — cover artist. Then in 1985 another picture book master, Maurice Sendak, took over the task for a few issues, leading the way for a whole new crop of talented contributors. Much of their work is on view in this electronic gallery of magazine covers from recent years.
The Horn Book Guide Cover Gallery
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The Horn Book Guide Cover Gallery / A gallery of The Horn Book Guide's cover art, beginning with its inaugural Spring 1990 issue.
50 Years of BGHB Winners
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50 Years of BGHB Winners / First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in the spring, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children's and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction.
BGHB/HBAS
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BGHB/HBAS / First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category.
Reviews of the Week: Starred Reviews
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Reviews of the Week: Starred Reviews / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. These titles, which recived starred reviews from Horn Book editors, are the best of the best.
Reviews of the Week: Picture Books
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Reviews of the Week: Picture Books / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. Look for recommended picture books on Mondays; fiction on Tuesdays; nonfiction, poetry, and folklore on Wednesdays; and e-books and apps on Thursdays.
Reviews of the Week: Fiction
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Reviews of the Week: Fiction / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. Look for recommended picture books on Mondays; fiction on Tuesdays; nonfiction, poetry, and folklore on Wednesdays; and e-books and apps on Thursdays.
Reviews of the Week: Nonfiction
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Reviews of the Week: Nonfiction / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. Look for recommended picture books on Mondays; fiction on Tuesdays; nonfiction, poetry, and folklore on Wednesdays; and e-books and apps on Thursdays.
Reviews of the Week: Apps
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Reviews of the Week: Apps / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. Look for recommended picture books on Mondays; fiction on Tuesdays; nonfiction, poetry, and folklore on Wednesdays; and e-books and apps on Thursdays.
Reviews of the Week: Poetry
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Reviews of the Week: Poetry / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. Look for recommended picture books on Mondays; fiction on Tuesdays; nonfiction, poetry, and folklore on Wednesdays; and e-books and apps on Thursdays.
Reviews of the Week: Folklore
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Reviews of the Week: Folklore / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. Look for recommended picture books on Mondays; fiction on Tuesdays; nonfiction, poetry, and folklore on Wednesdays; and e-books and apps on Thursdays.
Reviews of the Week: Of Interest to Adults
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Reviews of the Week: Of Interest to Adults / Each week The Horn Book publishes four brand-new reviews of books people are — or should be — talking about. Look for recommended picture books on Mondays; fiction on Tuesdays; nonfiction, poetry, and folklore on Wednesdays; and e-books and apps on Thursdays.
Movie Adaptation Reviews
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Movie Adaptation Reviews / We review film adaptations of favorite children's and YA books.
The Horn Book Podcast
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The Horn Book Podcast / Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton and Horn Book Guide editorial assistant Siân Gaetano engage in ongoing conversations in the children's literature field and start some of their own. Find the Horn Book Podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/hbpodcastitunes), Stitcher (http://tinyurl.com/hbpodcaststitcher), and Soundcloud (http://tinyurl.com/hbpodcastsoundcloud).
What Makes a Good...?
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What Makes a Good...? / What makes a good book? Beginning with our September/October 2006 special issue, The Horn Book has been asking — and answering — that question as it pertains to a wide range of genres.
From the Guide
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From the Guide / Our From the Guide column highlights titles reviewed in The Horn Book Guide and The Horn Book Guide Online. For information about subscribing to the Guide and the Guide Online, please visit http://www.hbook.com/subscriber-info/.
ALA Youth Media Awards
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ALA Youth Media Awards
ALA Midwinter
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ALA Midwinter / Photos from our weekend at ALA's Midwinter Meeting, January 8th-11th, 2016.
Black History Month at The Horn Book
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Black History Month at The Horn Book / To commemorate Black History Month, we're highlighting articles, speeches, and reviews from The Horn Book archive that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a day through the month of February.
All a-Twitter: Kidlit Valentine's Day Tweets
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All a-Twitter: Kidlit Valentine's Day Tweets
April Fools' Day Pranks
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April Fools' Day Pranks / Our April Fools' day pranks from years past.
Summer Reading Lists
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Summer Reading Lists / Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? We recommend recent books for different age ranges — including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry — all ideal for the season.
Mind the Gap Awards
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Mind the Gap Awards / Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. With our Mind the Gap Awards, The Horn Book recognizes the excellent books that DIDN'T win.
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
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LGBTQIA+ Pride Month / June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month! We’re celebrating with new and archival Horn Book articles, reviews, interviews, and booklists featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and book creators, one per day with a roundup on Fridays.
Fan Week
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Fan Week
Horn BOO!
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Horn BOO! / Something wicked this way comes with our annual 
selection of “spooktacular” new books for Halloween,
 with reviews written by the Horn Book staff.
Boston Book Festival/Hubbub
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Boston Book Festival/Hubbub
Holiday High Notes
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Holiday High Notes / O come, all ye faithful Horn Book readers…behold our annual selection of new holiday books, with reviews written by the Horn Book staff.
Board Book Roundups
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Board Book Roundups / This column is part of a series of recommended board book roundups, formerly published twice a year, now published every season. You can find the previous installments at http://www.hbook.com/tag/board-book-roundup/.
Fanfare
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Fanfare / Our choices for the best children's and young adult books of the year.
Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter
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Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter / Each issue of our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book, features a "Five Questions" interview for an author or illustrator and reviews of recommended books. To receive our newsletters, sign up at http://tinyurl.com/notesfromhb.
Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter
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Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter / Each issue of our e-newsletter Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book features reviews of recommended nonfiction books for elementary through high school readers. To receive our newsletters, sign up at http://tinyurl.com/notesfromhb.
What Makes a Good...? Newsletter
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What Makes a Good...? Newsletter / Our "What Makes a Good..." Magazine column has expanded to an e-newsletter! Each issue features an interview for an author or illustrator, plus reviews of recommended books. To receive our newsletters, sign up at http://tinyurl.com/notesfromhb.
Talks with Roger Interviews
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Talks with Roger Interviews / The Talks with Roger interview series is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive our newsletters, sign up at http://tinyurl.com/notesfromhb.
Publishers' Previews Interviews
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Publishers' Previews Interviews / Our semiannual advertising supplement "Publishers’ Previews" allows participating publishers a chance to highlight books from their current lists. They choose the books; we ask the questions.
5Q Interviews
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5Q Interviews
Making a Difference Resources
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Making a Difference Resources / Many parents, teachers, librarians, and other caregivers are having difficult discussions about how to talk with children about the 2016 election and its potential repercussions; how to reassure children who are afraid; how to encourage children (and fellow adults!) to support one another and work together for social change. We are having those discussions here at The Horn Book, as well. As we so often do, we are turning to good books for guidance.
Special Issue: Collaborations
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Special Issue: Collaborations / The May/June 2016 Special Issue of The Horn Book Magazine is on the theme "Collaborations." Here you'll find both new and archival HB articles on collaborations between author and illustrator, author and editor, author and reader, and many more.
Themed Booklists
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Themed Booklists
Special Issue: Beverly Cleary at 100
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Special Issue: Beverly Cleary at 100 / April 12, 2016 marks the one hundredth birthday of children's literature icon Beverly Cleary. To celebrate, The Horn Book is publishing weekly tributes to the author and her work throughout March and April 2016.
My Favorite Caldecott/Newbery
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My Favorite Caldecott/Newbery / For our July/August 2012 Special Issue: Awards, The Horn Book Magazine asked Newbery and Caldecott Medalists to write about THEIR favorite medal-winning books.
Studio Views
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Studio Views / Illustrators talk shop in these pieces about tools and techniques (from The Horn Book Magazine's March/April 1998 Special Issue: Picture Books and March/April 2014 Special Issue: Illustration).
If Babies Ran The Horn Book Comics by Elissa Gershowitz and Leo Landry
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If Babies Ran The Horn Book Comics by Elissa Gershowitz and Leo Landry / What would be different if babies ran The Horn Book? Horn Book Magazine senior editor Elissa Gershowitz teamed up with author/illustrator Leo Landry to answer that question in this series of cute comics (originally published in the May/June 2012 Horn Book Magazine).
Reading Life
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Reading Life
Book & Me Comics by Charise Mericle Harper
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Book & Me Comics by Charise Mericle Harper / Book & Me is a comics series by Charise Mericle Harper about an author and her not-always-cooperative — but always hugely entertaining — literary creation. The first five comics originally appeared in The Horn Book Magazine May/June 2015 Special Issue: Transformations; the remaining fifteen appeared on our website throughout May and June 2015.
Little Free Libraries
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Little Free Libraries
Bookish Art
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Bookish Art
Lovely Libraries, Reading Nooks, and Bookshelves
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Lovely Libraries, Reading Nooks, and Bookshelves