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Five questions for Claire A. Nivola

Photo: Anther Kiley An earlier picture book by Claire A. Nivola, Elisabeth, told about the true experience of her mother, Ruth, a Jewish child whose family fled Nazi Germany. In Orani: My Father’s...

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Artist memoirs

Three notable children’s-book illustrators bring their own histories to life. Marisabina Russo tells a story based on her mother’s experience in wartime Italy in I Will Come Back for You: A Family in...

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Finding home

Three new picture books consider the meaning of home: an around-the-world house tour, a fantastic underwater exploration of coral reefs, and an intergalactic search for a safe haven. Kids will love...

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Boo to you!

Halloween’s not just for little boys and ghouls. Here are some funny, eerie, and downright creepy titles to scare up readers of all ages. The goofiest of the group is David LaRochelle’s picture book...

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Superior supernaturals

While much in the YA paranormal genre is formulaic, here are three novels that think outside the box. In Blood, the first installment in K. J. Wignall’s Mercian Trilogy, the eternally sixteen-year-old...

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From the Editor – October 2011

Martha Parravano’s reviews of superior supernaturals above reminds me that there will always be books that survive genre fatigue: just when you think you can’t look at another vampire (or dystopia, or...

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Books mentioned in October 2011 Notes from the Horn Book

Five questions for Claire Nivola    • Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola, Foster/Farrar, 4–8 years.    • Elisabeth by Claire A. Nivola, Farrar, 4–8 years. Artist memoirs    • I Will Come...

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Notes from the Horn Book – October 2011

  To view this email as a web page, click here. Hbook.com | Review of the Week | Interviews | Read Roger | Out of the Box | Calling Caldecott | Books in this issue | Subscribe October 12, 2011 Five...

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Five questions for Claire A. Nivola

Photo: Anther Kiley An earlier picture book by Claire A. Nivola, Elisabeth, told about the true experience of her mother, Ruth, a Jewish child whose family fled Nazi Germany. In Orani: My Father’s...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Artist memoirs

Three notable children’s-book illustrators bring their own histories to life. Marisabina Russo tells a story based on her mother’s experience in wartime Italy in I Will Come Back for You: A Family in...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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Finding home

Three new picture books consider the meaning of home: an around-the-world house tour, a fantastic underwater exploration of coral reefs, and an intergalactic search for a safe haven. Kids will love...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Boo to you!

Halloween’s not just for little boys and ghouls. Here are some funny, eerie, and downright creepy titles to scare up readers of all ages. The goofiest of the group is David LaRochelle’s picture book...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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Superior supernaturals

While much in the YA paranormal genre is formulaic, here are three novels that think outside the box. In Blood, the first installment in K. J. Wignall’s Mercian Trilogy, the eternally sixteen-year-old...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
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From the Editor – October 2011

Martha Parravano’s reviews of superior supernaturals above reminds me that there will always be books that survive genre fatigue: just when you think you can’t look at another vampire (or dystopia, or...

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Books mentioned in October 2011 Notes from the Horn Book

Five questions for Claire Nivola    • Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola, Foster/Farrar, 4–8 years.    • Elisabeth by Claire A. Nivola, Farrar, 4–8 years. Artist memoirs    • I Will Come...

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Notes from the Horn Book – October 2011

  To view this email as a web page, click here. Hbook.com | Review of the Week | Interviews | Read Roger | Out of the Box | Calling Caldecott | Books in this issue | Subscribe October 12, 2011 Five...

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