Rachel Payne

1 week ago | hbook.com | Celia Perez |Adrienne L. Pettinelli |Rachel Payne |Emma A. Shacochis

The author's Horn Book (and other) treasures. Photo: Celia C. Pérez. I keep a storage bin filled with ephemera from my writing life. It is a treasure chest of memories that includes everything from conference badges, event programs, and T-shirts from schools I’ve visited to letters and artwork I have received from readers. Among those items, I have tucked away issues of The Horn Book Magazine. They are the issues in which my books were reviewed or recognized in the annual Fanfare list.

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.

Feb 1, 2024 | hbook.com | Roger Sutton |Rachel Payne |Pamela Brunskill |Laurel Weber Snyder

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 back in the office. Recently, identical twins dressed like Stanley Kubrick’s came to visit me there. A few weeks ago, I became incensed when word came down from management that I had to plug a sweepstakes promotion right smack in the middle of the review I was writing.

Mar 30, 2023 | hbook.com | Kate Smith |Adrienne L. Pettinelli |George O'Connor |Rachel Payne

What goes into adapting a print book into audio? What special considerations are involved when that book is a graphic novel? Listening Library producer Amber Beard and Senior Executive Producer Linda Korn share their experiences of one example: Just Roll with It (rev. 9/21) by Lee Durfey-Lavoie, illustrated by Veronica Agarwal, and narrated by Sheena Kamal, Danice Cabanela, ­Almarie Guerra, and a full cast. KATE SMITH: What does the process look like for producing an audiobook?