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When economics drive Lawrence and his family to move out of the city and in with Granny, hes faced with a whole new set of challenges. As was author Chrystal D. Giles in writing her second novel, Not an Easy Win.

After interviewing Eoin Colfer about Illegal I’m happy to welcome him back, joined this time by co-author Andrew Donkin, to talk about their follow-up, Global, again illustrated by Giovanni Rigano.

You might guess that a children’s book editor who publishes a lot of fantasy grew up loving the Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Prydain, but Fear of Flying? Liesa Abrams, Vice President and Editor in Chief of the new Random House Children’s Books imprint Labyrinth Road, talks about how the young reader she was became the editor she is today.

Two men have been charged with the killing of a St. Louis mother who went missing over a decade ago after going to the store for milk. Her remains were

The story of the Kindertransport is unusual among Holocaust narratives in that it has a happy ending — for a while. In Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport, author Caren Stelson and illustrator Selina Alko explore the hope, heroes, and tragedy of the rescued children, a complex task for a picture book, as we discuss below.

On Jan. 17, 2013, Patrenia Butler-Turner was reported missing in East St. Louis, Illinois by her relatives after she was last seen getting into a red pick-up truck.

Ars longa, something Marla Frazee saw for herself during the quarter-century between conceiving of In Every Life and, uh, delivering it. We talk about time, creativity, and babies below.

In commemoration of Black History Month, well be featuring articles, speeches, interviews, and reviews from The Horn Books past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February.

A Malvern think tank says the town is looking run down - but traders say the town is thriving.

Through a collection of intriguingly unreliable narrators, Promise Boys explores the landscape of Black and Latino teen lives. I talked with Nick Brooks about his first YA novel while he played with his dog in his LA backyard, and I sat with mine on the couch in Boston. Ain’t Zoom grand?