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* Ten Little Rabbits by Maurice Sendak; illus. by the author Preschool Harper/HarperCollins 32 pp. 2/24 9780062644671 $19.99 The jacket copy of this very simple, essentially wordless counting story calls [...]

The article present an interview with longtime editors in chief of the periodical Anita Silvey and Roger Sutton. Topics discussed include their career paths; experiences at the magazine; mentoring new talent in children's literature; navigating industry changes like the impact of Harry Potter on publishing; and the reflections on the magazine's hundred-year legacy in promoting quality children's books.

While it has been two years since relinquishing the Horn Book editorship, and two more since getting to work meant going to work, I dream almost every night about being [...]

Betsy Hearne and I have been colleagues for forty years, including working together for a decade at The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books. Below, we discuss some landmark [...]

George and Bernette Ford are two icons of African American children's literature. George is the winner of the first Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, in 1974, for Ray Charles (written by Sharon Bell Mathis) and a past president of the Council on Interracial Books for Children. He and Bernette were also active members of the organization Black Creators for Children [see Dianne Johnson-Feelings's article on page 41]. Bernette's long career in children's publishing began at Random House in the 1970s. At Grosset & Dunlap, she became the first African American vice president of a major children's publishing house. She is the founder of the Cartwheel Books imprint at Scholastic, where she also served as a VP, and in 2003 founded Color-Bridge Books, a book packager specializing in multicultural books for children. In February 2018, Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton spoke with the Fords by phone about the fiftieth anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and the history and future of Black children's books., ROGER SUTTON: What was publishing like before the Coretta Scott King Book Awards were founded? GEORGE FORD: It's a lot to think about. And I have been thinking about it. [...]

In 2016 Dr. Carla Hayden was confirmed as the fourteenth Librarian of Congress--the first African American and the first woman to hold that position. Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton and Dr. Hayden go way back, to their days at the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago. In February, Roger interviewed Dr. Hayden at her office in Washington, DC, complete with a stellar view of the U.S. Capitol Building. Watch the video of their conversation at hbook.com/hayden-video., ROGER SUTTON: I'm here at the Library of Congress with Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. But we knew each other in another life, some forty years ago. I was [...]

Back in 1996, when I accepted the position of editor in chief at the Horn Book, I told my new boss Duncan Todd that I would stay for five years. [...]

Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 10/21 978-0-8234-4712-1 $18.99 In Green (rev. 3/12), author-illustrator Seeger paired a color concept book with [...]

Gene Luen Yang, graphic novelist and the Library of Congress's 2016-2017 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, has initiated a challenge to us all. Its rules are simple: read one [...]

Sister Corita's Words and Shapes by Jeanette Winter; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. g 9/21 978-1-5344-9601-9 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-9602-6 $10.99 Corita Kent's 'Rainbow Swash' [...]

I was very sorry to learn from her daughter about the death of longtime Horn Book contributor Barbara Bader, who passed away on July 11th in Seattle, just a week [...]

Saint Spotting; Or, How to Read a Church by Chris Raschka; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Eerdmans 40 pp. g 4/21 978-0-8028-5521-3 $17.99 Framing the book as an autobiographical [...]

Breaking Waves: Winslow Homer Paints the Sea by Robert Burleigh; illus. by Wendell Minor Primary, Intermediate Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g 6/21 978-0-8234-4702-2 $18.99 Wilbur Wright Meets Lady Liberty by Robert [...]

The Old Boat by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey; illus. by the authors Primary Norton 56 pp. g 3/21 978-1-324-00517-9 $17.95 e-book ed. 978-1-324-00518-6 $17.48 As they did in The [...]

March is Women's History Month, and although we didn't plan it this way, it turns out that our book review section has a mind of its own, including no fewer [...]

From Archie to Zack by Vincent X. Kirsch; illus. by the author Primary Abrams 40 pp. g 12/20 978-1-4197-4367-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64700-156-8 $15.54 'Everyone' says that Archie and Zack [...]

I can't tell you how happy I am to write a January/February editorial where I don't have to make a snide remark about the new president's disdain for reading. Joe [...]

The Art of Alice & Martin Provensen by Alice and Martin Provensen with contributions by Leonard S. Marcus, Robert Gottlieb, and Karen Provensen Mitchell Chronicle Chroma 240 pp. g 1/22 [...]

Sunny Makes a Splash by Jennifer L. Holm; illus. by Matthew Holm; color by Lark Pien Intermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 224 pp. g 9/21 978-1-338-23318-6 $24.99 Paper ed. 978-1-338-23317-9 $10.99 [...]

* Flamer by Mike Curato; illus. by the author Middle School, High School Godwin/Holt 368 pp. g 9/20 978-1-62779-641-5 $25.99 Papered. 978-1-250-75614-5 $17.99 Aiden is not looking forward to starting [...]

Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South by Wade Hudson Intermediate, Middle School, High School Crown 272 pp. g 10/21 978-0-593-12635-6 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-12636-3 $20.99 Co-founder (with his [...]

The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; illus. by G. Brian Karas Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 32 pp. g 4/20 978-1-5362-0443-8 $16.99 If you remember this poem, you probably remember it [...]

Happy Halloween from the Very Busy Spider: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Eric Carle; illus. by the author Preschool World of Eric Carle/Penguin 10 pp. g 8/20 978-0-59309-710-6 $12.99 It's Halloween, [...]

Welcome to the September/October issue of The Horn Book Magazine, with, among other riches, 120 book reviews blowing the horn for the best new books. This issue is also the [...]

* The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 208 pp. g 10/21 978-1-5362-1552-6 $16.99 When [...]

Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Charlesbridge 32 pp. g 8/21 978-1-58089-935-2 $11.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63289-788-6 $6.99 Here is one if you're looking for something [...]

Trick or Treat, Crankenstein by Samantha Berger; illus. by Dan Santat Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. g 8/21 978-0-316-45809-2 $17.99 Halloween is Crankensteins favorite holiday, obviously, but this year it [...]

My Stinky Summer by S. Bug [Nature Diary] by Paul Meisel; illus. by the author Primary Holiday 40 pp. g 7/20 978-0-8234-4053-5 $17.99 Joining an Awesome Summer (rev. 5/17) and [...]

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus High School Dutton 320 pp. 9/19 978-0-5255-5548-3 $17.99 Audre lives in Trinidad; Mabel in Minneapolis. The two young women meet [...]