Horn Book Herald: February 2026 Onour websitewe’vebeencelebratingHorn Book Magazinecontentby and/or about African American authors, illustrators, andscholarsforBlack History Month.

February #HBHerald featured Black main characters www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HBGuide #kidlit #HBBlackHistoryMonth
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#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: January/February #HBMag #BGHB25 #Nonfiction speeches by @ohtruth.bsky.social , Anita Yasuda, @yukoart.bsky.social , + Candace Fleming; #TalkswithRoger x2; #HBFamilyReading; #HBBlackHistoryMonth; early February's #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Black History Month 2026 Articles, speeches, and interviews from The Horn Book's past year in commemoration of Black History Month 2026.

#HBOutoftheBox: To commemorate #BlackHistoryMonth, all month we've been featuring articles, speeches, + interviews from the Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, + luminaries. Revisit Week 4 + follow #HBBlackHistoryMonth www.hbook.com/story/black-...

Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Eric Velasquez From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: November/December 2025 #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Eric Velasquez about THE POLAR BEAR AND THE BALLERINA (Holiday House) www.hbook.com/story/author... #BlackHistoryMonth

Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: November/December 2025 #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @caroleweatherford.bsky.social and Frank Morrison about FAMILY FEAST! (Crown/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/author... #BlackHistoryMonth

My Daddy Is a Cowboy: Stephanie Seales’s 2025 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech From the January/February 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: From Jan/Feb #HBMag @bostonglobe.com – @thehornbook.bsky.social #BGHB #PictureBook honorees @blackbookbruja.bsky.social + C. G. Esperanza's speeches for MY DADDY IS A COWBOY www.hbook.com/story/my-dad... + www.hbook.com/story/my-dad... #BGHB25 #kidlit #BlackHistoryMonth

Reality Reimagined: A Hero in the Here and Now From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: @wordsiren.bsky.social 's Reality Reimagined short piece "A Hero in the Here and Now" from the May/June #HBMag www.hbook.com/story/realit... #BlackHistoryMonth

2025 CSK–Virginia Hamilton Award Acceptance by Carolyn L. Garnes From the July/August 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In July/August #ALA Awards #HBMag, we shared Carolyn L. Garnes 's CSK–Virginia Hamilton Award speech sbee.link/dx6yjtw4fr #BlackHistoryMonth

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: 2025 in review; February #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for Chanel Miller; Tracy Wolff #TalkswithRoger; #LunarNewYear; #Ramadan; #HBBlackHistoryMonth; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Black History Month 2026 Articles, speeches, and interviews from The Horn Book's past year in commemoration of Black History Month 2026.

#HBOutoftheBox: To commemorate #BlackHistoryMonth, all month we're featuring articles, speeches, + interviews from the Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, + luminaries. Revisit Week 3 + follow #HBBlackHistoryMonth www.hbook.com/story/black-...

Publishers' Preview: Diverse Books: Five Questions for Antwan Eady and London Ladd From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: May/June 2025 #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @antwaneady.bsky.social and London Ladd about THE GATHERING TABLE (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/author... #BlackHistoryMonth

Amber McBride Talks with Roger The Leaving Roomdoesn’t start with much — a girl in a room talking to herself. But I knew, from interviewingAmber McBrideaboutGone Wolf, to trust that nothing was necessarily as it seemed.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: @ambsmcbride.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger about THE LEAVING ROOM www.hbook.com/story/amber-... #BlackHistoryMonth @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Reality Reimagined: Escapist Fantasies Are Political From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: Jordan Ifueko's Reality Reimagined short piece "Escapist Fantasies Are Political" from the May/June #HBMag www.hbook.com/story/realit... #BlackHistoryMonth

Profile of 2025 CSK Illustrator Award winner C. G. Esperanza From the July/August 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In July/August #ALA Awards #HBMag, we shared @armyvet5.bsky.social 's profile of 2025 CSK Illustrator Award winner C. G. Esperanza www.hbook.com/story/bookaw... #BlackHistoryMonth

2025 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by C. G. Esperanza From the July/August 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In July/August #ALA Awards #HBMag, we shared C. G. Esperanza's CSK Illustrator Award speech www.hbook.com/story/bookaw... #BlackHistoryMonth

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Jan/Feb #HBMag #BGHB25 #Fiction speeches by Guojing, @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social , and @randyribay.bsky.social ; #SydneyTaylorBookAward Blog Tour w/ @laurelsnyder.bsky.social and Leanne Hatch; #HBBlackHistoryMonth; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Black History Month 2026 Articles, speeches, and interviews from The Horn Book's past year in commemoration of Black History Month 2026.

#HBOutoftheBox: To commemorate #BlackHistoryMonth, all month we'll be featuring articles, speeches, + interviews from the Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, + luminaries. Revisit Week 2 + follow #HBBlackHistoryMonth www.hbook.com/story/black-...

Publishers' Preview: Diverse Books: Five Questions for Craig Kofi Farmer From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: May/June 2025 #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Craig Kofi Farmer about A METHOD FOR MAGIC AND MISFORTUNE @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
www.hbook.com/story/author... #BlackHistoryMonth

Alexs Pate Talks with Roger With his national teacher-training program, The Innocent Classroom, Alexs Pate explores a new paradigm for learning.Good, Pate’s picture book for young children (illustrated by Tequitia Andrews), puts...

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: Alexs Pate #TalkswithRoger about GOOD www.hbook.com/story/author... #BlackHistoryMonth @capstonepub.bsky.social

Reality Reimagined: Worlds, Worries, and Wishes From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: @traceybaptiste.bsky.social 's Reality Reimagined short piece "Worlds, Worries, and Wishes" from the May/June #HBMag www.hbook.com/story/realit... #BlackHistoryMonth

Profile of 2025 CSK Author Award winner Jason Reynolds From the July/August 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In July/August #ALA Awards #HBMag, we shared @stewartdantec.bsky.social 's profile of 2025 CSK Author Award winner @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/profil... #BlackHistoryMonth

2025 CSK Author Award Acceptance by Jason Reynolds From the July/August 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In July/August #ALA Awards #HBMag, we shared @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social 's CSK Author Award speech www.hbook.com/story/bookaw... #BlackHistoryMonth

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Mar/Apr #HBMag Preview + Jan/Feb #BGHB25 #PictureBook speeches by Thyra Heder, Stephanie Seales, C. G. Esperanza, Hilary Horder Hippely, and Matt James; #HBBlackHistoryMonth; WONDER at A.R.T.; #WorldReadAloudDay; Dec #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Black History Month 2026 Articles, speeches, and interviews from The Horn Book's past year in commemoration of Black History Month 2026.

#HBOutoftheBox: To commemorate #BlackHistoryMonth, all month we'll be featuring articles, speeches, + interviews from the Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, + luminaries. Revisit Week 1 + follow #HBBlackHistoryMonth www.hbook.com/story/black-...

Publishers' Preview: Spring 2025: Five Questions for Ibram X. Kendi From the March/April 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: March/April 2025 #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @ibramxk.bsky.social about MALCOLM LIVES!: THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X FOR YOUNG READERS @mackidsbooks.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/author... #BlackHistoryMonth

Five questions for Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd From the March 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In March 2025 #NotesfromtheHornBook, we asked @chudson-author-66.bsky.social and London Ladd #5Qs about WHEN I HEAR SPIRITUALS sbee.link/xjyagwr4cf #BlackHistoryMonth

Profile of 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford From the July/August 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In July/August #ALA Awards #HBMag, we shared @queendomteaching.bsky.social 's profile of 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award winner @caroleweatherford.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/bookaw... #BlackHistoryMonth

2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance by Carole Boston Weatherford From the July/August 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: In July/August #ALA Awards #HBMag, we shared @caroleweatherford.bsky.social 's Children's Literature Legacy Award speech sbee.link/gwcrhpmafv #BlackHistoryMonth

The Writer's Page: Freedom Braids: The Power of Metaphors in Liberation Literature From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Begin #BlackHistoryMonth with Monique Duncan's "The Writer's Page: Freedom Braids: The Power of Metaphors in 'Liberation Literature'" from the September/October #HBMag sbee.link/eqjhr4xw3m #HBBlackHistoryMonth

Black History Month 2026 Articles, speeches, and interviews from The Horn Book's past year in commemoration of Black History Month 2026.

#HBOutoftheBox: In commemoration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, + interviews from our past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, + luminaries in the field. Follow along w/ #HBBlackHistoryMonth www.hbook.com/story/black-... #kidlit #yalit