2018 in review

Happy New Year! We hope your year is full of great reads and good friends. Before we ring in 2019, though, let’s take a look back at 2018 — we had a very busy year!

2018 ALA Awards coverage

May/June 2018 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: Making a Difference

2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards coverage

Summer Reading

Fanfare

2018 Horn Book Magazine article highlights

• CCBC diversity statistics series: “A Preponderance of Pink: A Conversation with Kathleen T. Horning” by Martha Parravano and Elissa Gershowitz; “Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Stories” by Madeline Tyner
• “An Easy Reader Renaissance” by Horn Book editors
• “The Un-Hero’s Journey” by Kekla Magoon
•  “The Book That Changed My Life” series
• Mind the Gap Awards
• Horn BOO!
• “Look Here. Not There.” by Rita Williams-Garcia
• “Why Sensitivity Readers Matter” by Jason Low
• Holiday High Notes

Interviews

• 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners (video)
• Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
• Eoin Colfer
• Sarah Crossan
• Kate DiCamillo
• Zetta Elliott
• Margarita Engle
• Dr. Carla Hayden (video)
• Regina Hayes
• Erin Entrada Kelly
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka (video)
• Minh Lê & Dan Santat
• Carolyn Mackler
• Meg Medina
• Denene Millner
• Yuyi Morales
• Catherine Gilbert Murdock
• Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
• Sergio Ruzzier
• Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick
• Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
• Jillian Tamaki
• and many more!

In memoriam

• Julius Lester
• Ursula K. Le Guin
• Russell Freedman
• Alice Provensen
• Richard Peck
• Ann Durell
• William Goldman

Blogs

• Read Roger
• Out of the Box
• Calling Caldecott (mock Caldecott 2019 voting begins soon!)
• Lolly’s Classroom
• Family Reading

Recommended books and other resources

• Black History Month
• Autism Acceptance/Awareness Month
• Caribbean American Heritage Month
• National Hispanic Heritage Month
• Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Native American Heritage Month
• Transgender Awareness Month

Book Reviews of the Week, thematic booklists, movie reviews

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