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Marva Hinton

Miami

Journalist at Freelance

@hornbook editor, @ReadMorePodcast host, FPC, short-story writer and would-be novelist, fan of UNC and eastern NC BBQ

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  • Week in Review, April 21st-25th

    2 weeks ago | hbook.com | Marva Hinton

    Find more great Horn Book content at these links: Interviews with authors and illustrators Recommended books: reviews and themed booklists App and e-book reviews Movie reviews Event news and recaps Events calendar This week on hbook.com...  This week on hbook.com...  From the March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Preview: Spring 2025: Martha Brockenbrough and Juana Martinez-Neal | Sarah Clawson Willis | Oz Rodriguez and Claribel A.

  • Stories Save Lives and Walter Awards recap

    3 weeks ago | hbook.com | Shoshana Flax |Marva Hinton |Elena Abós

    Find more great Horn Book content at these links: Interviews with authors and illustrators Recommended books: reviews and themed booklists App and e-book reviews Movie reviews Event news and recaps Events calendar I was lucky enough to attend Stories Save Lives on April 10 and the Walter Dean Myers Awards on April 11, both in Washington, DC, as a member of the 2025 Walter Award committee.

  • Review of Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story

    2 months ago | hbook.com | Julie Hakim Azzam |Jessica MacDonald |Jerry Dear |Marva Hinton

    Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story by Carol Joy Munro; illus. by Chelsea O’ByrnePrimary    Minerva/Astra    40 pp. 12/24    9781662651212    $18.99e-book ed. 9781662651229    $11.99This moving tale of two storks begins when one of them, Katerina, who narrates the story, is shot from the sky and falls to the fields below. A farmer and a young girl carry her away to tend her wounds while her mate, Luka, remains just outside their farmhouse, keeping watch.

  • Review of The Doll Test: Choosing Equality

    2 months ago | hbook.com | Annisha Jeffries |Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jennifer M. Brabander |Marva Hinton

    The Doll Test: Choosing Equality by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by David Elmo CooperPrimary    Carolrhoda    32 pp.

  • Review of Love Is Hard Work: The Art and Heart of Corita Kent

    2 months ago | hbook.com | Grace Mckinney Beermann |Jennifer M. Brabander |Marva Hinton |Joan Yolleck

    Love Is Hard Work: The Art and Heart of Corita Kent by Dan Paley; illus. by Victoria Tentler-KrylovPrimary, Intermediate    Candlewick    40 pp. 11/24    9781536220322    $18.99It only takes a “little heart” to make a big impact, and so tells the story of artist and religious sister Corita Kent (1918–1986). As a child, Frances Elizabeth Kent wanted to push away from the Old Masters taught in her art class and move toward something new in her creative expression.

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Marva Hinton
Marva Hinton @MarvaAHinton
18 Feb 25

This brought tears to my eyes. #BeLikeJacquelineHarris

chris evans
chris evans @notcapnamerica

Omg. God bless this lady https://t.co/1x1ihtxKOi

Marva Hinton
Marva Hinton @MarvaAHinton
10 Dec 24

Devastating news. So glad I had an opportunity to work with her earlier this year. Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet of the Black Arts Movement, dies at 81 - The Guardian https://t.co/AT8ovtcAH5

Marva Hinton
Marva Hinton @MarvaAHinton
25 Nov 24

Author Amina Gautier discusses her award-winning short story collection, The Best That You Can Do, and how it was influenced by the pandemic. Link in bio to listen to the whole show and find out how to win a free copy. https://t.co/KFsiYCNj1F