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Jul 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Pam Munoz Ryan |James E. Ransome |Grace Lin
Thank you to ALA and ALSC. I was surprised and thrilled to receive the news of the Children’s Literature Legacy Award from Caroline Ward and the committee. Thank you for choosing me. It’s such a lovely salute to my work. My children are here with their spouses and loved ones, along with some of my grandchildren. If I have ever brought anything of significance into this world, it is them. No accolades or laurels will ever compare with their magnificence or my love for them.
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May 28, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Liza Woodruff |Lisa Yee |Gregory Maguire |James E. Ransome
While I was attending art school in Boston in the 1990s, an illustration class piqued my interest in children’s book publishing. At that time Boston housed several publishers, the Horn Book, and Simmons College (now University), which made it a small hub for children’s literature. In a “right place, right time” moment, I was given an entrée into the world of children’s literature as an intern at the Horn Book.
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May 27, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Yuyi Morales |Lisa Yee |Gregory Maguire |James E. Ransome
From the May/June 2024 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Our Centennial. For more Horn Book centennial coverage, click here. Find more in the "Blowing the Horn" series here. Single copies of this special issue are available for $15.00 including postage and may be ordered from:Horn Book Magazine Customer [email protected] subscription information is here.
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May 24, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Lisa Yee |Gregory Maguire |James E. Ransome
Fifteen years ago, I wrote an essay for The Horn Book Magazine, “Brave Orphans, Smelly Boys, and Girls Named Katie.” It began, “I was never a girly girl. But I loved reading about girls” — especially ones who were high spirited and misunderstood, like me. These novels, I explained, got me through good times and bad. One of my favorites was a series about a girl named Katie John, who was well-meaning but often got in trouble.
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May 5, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Hena Khan |Lesa Cline-Ransome |James E. Ransome |Lisbeth Kaiser
The story of the Al-Qarawiyyin Library in Fez, Morocco, narrated by the building itself. In 859, Fatima Al-Fihri, the daughter of a rich merchant, decided to build a mosque and school. “I began as a small corner for books, where Fatima spent hours reading, thinking, and dreaming.” Over time, the library explains that it “grew into a grand building.” The library, which served both Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque and Al-Qarawiyyin University, was a tranquil space within bustling Fez.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Elisa Boxer |Lesa Cline-Ransome |James E. Ransome |Lisbeth Kaiser
A tree survives the Holocaust, though most of the children who cared for it don’t. It’s winter in Terezin, the Czechoslovakian propaganda camp with which the Nazis tricked the credulous Red Cross into believing their treatment of Jews was humane. Here, children are allowed to attend school, and one teacher, Irma Lauscher, has the children plant a smuggled-in maple sapling. Miraculously, the children keep the tree alive in the camp, even as they themselves weaken or die.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Lesa Cline-Ransome |James E. Ransome |Monica Brown |John Parra
An excellent depiction of a life lived with purpose. A kid-lit powerhouse team delivers a warm tribute to a civil rights icon known for making good trouble. John Lewis grew up in segregated Troy, Alabama, raised by sharecropper parents who worked hard but had little to show for it. What his family did provide was love in abundance. Lewis’ desire for education often took a back seat to the needs of the farm, but he read whatever was available.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
buffalonews.com | James E. Ransome
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Gochujang Buttered Noodles. These garlicky, buttery noodles are perfect for when you need a stellar pantry meal lickety-split. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.
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Jul 13, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Chris Paul |Courtney Elizabeth Lovett |James E. Ransome
Evocative and electrifying. A young boy thrust into the role of breadwinner turns to his love of dance. Though Harish is entranced by the music and dance of his native Rajasthan, he is careful not to show how they affect him. Only when playing the Hindu god Krishna in a school play does he embrace the “flowing fabric / and dazzling jewels” that leave him feeling “shiny and / glittery and / NEW.” When he and his sisters are orphaned, he performs in drag to make ends meet.
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Jul 7, 2023 | 
hbook.com | James E. Ransome |Frank Morrison |Doug Salati
PRESENTED TOMARTHA V. PARRAVANO"Keeper of the Horn Book Flame"On May 5, 2023, Martha retired from her position as book review editor after a decades-long career at the Horn Book. We are honored to present her with the first (and only) MVP Award for her expertise in “blowing the horn” for fine books for young people. Like the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, it has just one criterion: excellence.
