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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
View ArticleNotes 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticleArtist 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 ArticleFinding 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 ArticleBoo 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 ArticleSuperior 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 ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleBooks 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...
View ArticleNotes 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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