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A Walk in the Woods was to be Nikki Grimes and Jerry Pinkney’s first collaboration, but Jerry sadly died before the book could be completed. Below, Jerry’s son Brian, himself already an acclaimed creator of picture books, and Nikki recreate the intriguing (and slightly supernatural?) story of how the book finally came to be.

Michael Datcher and Frank Morrison Talk with Roger

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.

A supporting character in Saadia Faruqi’s popular series about Yasmin (from Yasmin the Builder to Yasmin the Zookeeper, with eighteen books in between thus far), Ali Tahir is another Muslim-American second grader with a big imagination. Now he gets his own series.

Amber McBride Talks with Roger

A little more than halfway to the donation requirement, GOP candidate Asa Hutchinson says its still possible he can land a spot at the first debate.

The Horn Book office is now fully remote.

The 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference

From the July/August 2023 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: ALA Awards.

In This Book Is Banned, Raj Haldar and illustrator Julia Patton demonstrate just what goes wrong when we allow book censors to get their way. The book is a comedy, but its message is no joke.