Claudette S. McLinn

Nov 4, 2024 | hbook.com | Elissa Gershowitz |Claudette S. McLinn |Rachel Payne |Amanda Lawrence

FeaturesFinding Hope in the Abyss by Meg MedinaAn excerpt from the 2024 Zena Sutherland Lecture. L’Heure Joyeuse by Viviane Ezratty and Hélène ValotteauThe first children’s library in France turns 100. YA Finds Its Way by Horn Book editorsContinuing our centennial coverage with discussion of this issue’s mini-theme. Tomorrow by Nikki GiovanniA poem. ColumnsEditorialAll Is Calm by Elissa GershowitzFinding moments of quiet during a busy season.

Oct 9, 2024 | hbook.com | Claudette S. McLinn |Rachel Payne |Amanda Lawrence |Kekla Magoon

McLinn as a new librarian circa 1985. Photo courtesy of Claudette S. McLinn. The Horn Book Magazine was my guiding light when I became a teacher-librarian. There is so much you can learn in library school, and after graduation, I felt it was my responsibility to keep learning and to be knowledgeable about youth literature. I wanted to know the great writers, movers and shakers in the profession, and experts in the field of children’s literature.

Jul 5, 2023 | hbook.com | Frank Morrison |George Brown |Claudette S. McLinn

Good Sunday morning! It is so good to be together with family, friends, and colleagues in Chicago. I am appreciative and honored to stand before you to respectfully accept the 2023 Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement as Practitioner. Past winners of this distinguished award include Dorothy L. Guthrie, Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy, Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, Deborah D. Taylor, Demetria Tucker, and the beloved Dr. Henrietta M. Smith.