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What stands out to guest poster Shoshana Flax about The Three Billy Goats Gruff, illustrated by Jon Klassen and humorously retold by Mac Barnett, is the multitude of ways it uses the space available to it. 

From the January/February 2022 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide are the most distinguished journals in the field of children’s and young adult literature and the core of our company. Founded in 1924 by Bertha Mahony to herald the best in children’s literature, more than eighty-five years later, we are still following her lead.

The 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book is presented to author Jordon Scott and illustrator Sydney Smith for I Talk like a River published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House.

The 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book Award for Picture Book is presented to author Andrea Wang and illustrator Jason Chin for Watercress published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House.

The 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book Award for Picture Book is presented to author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Gordon C. James for I Am Every Good Thing published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide are the most distinguished journals in the field of children’s and young adult literature and the core of our company. Founded in 1924 by Bertha Mahony to herald the best in children’s literature, more than eighty-five years later, we are still following her lead.