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

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

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

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

Exciting to see a Q&A with my @abetterworldbook.bsky.social co-author Danica Novgorodoff & me in @thehornbook.bsky.social, where she reminds us: "There are solutions to the #climatecrisis everywhere!"
#HBPubPreviews @01firstsecond.bsky.social
@fiercereads.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: ALA Awards coverage; Jan/Feb #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Corey R. Tabor, @ashleybelote.bsky.social, @jencalonita.bsky.social, + @meerasub.bsky.social and Danica Novgorodoff; Mar/Apr #HBMag #HBStars; #CallingCaldecott x2; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Publishers' Preview: New Year, New Books: Five Questions for Meera Subramanian and Danica Novgorodoff From the January/February 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

January/February #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @meerasub.bsky.social and Danica Novgorodoff about A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE ( @01firstsecond.bsky.social / @mackidsbooks.bsky.social ): "DN: There are solutions to the climate crisis everywhere." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Publishers' Preview: New Year, New Books: Five Questions for Jen Calonita From the January/February 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

January/February #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @jencalonita.bsky.social about THE CURSE BREAKER ( @sbkslibrary.bsky.social ): "I wanted to tell this story about two girls, separated in time by two hundred years, trying to correct wrongs and solve a mystery" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Publishers' Preview: New Year, New Books: Five Questions for Ashley Belote From the January/February 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Jan/Feb #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @ashleybelote.bsky.social abt SQUIRREL LOCK HOLMES: THE PET ROCK MYSTERY (RH Graphic/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ): "I need a rock-solid plan for the art in the early stages so I can outline what needs to be shown in each panel." sbee.link/9qwhyebkct

Publishers' Previews: New Year, New Books: Five Questions for Corey R. Tabor From the January/February 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

January/February #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Corey R. Tabor about WALLY MAMMOTH: HIDE-AND-SEEK (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social ): "[Illustrator] Dalton [Webb] brought Wally, and Wally’s world, to life in a way that only he could have." www.hbook.com/story/author...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @normfeuti.bsky.social , @caroleweatherford.bsky.social and Frank Morrison, + Eric Velasquez; #CallingCaldecott; Nov #HBHerald; + more! sbee.link/nt7qfcvrwk

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

November/December #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Eric Velasquez about THE POLAR BEAR AND THE BALLERINA (Holiday): "The polar bear was harder [to paint] because I’ve painted so many people and so few bears in the past." sbee.link/xrmw7au6vh

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.

November/December #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @caroleweatherford.bsky.social and Frank Morrison about FAMILY FEAST! (Crown/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ): "CBW: I find poetry in everyday life, even in the kitchen." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

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

N/D #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @normfeuti.bsky.social abt A KID LIKE ME (HarperAlley/ @harperkids.bsky.social): "My biggest adjustment in writing for middle graders was learning to trust them to follow the story’s emotional arc w/o my spelling it out too explicitly" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Norman Ollestad + Brendan Kiely, Tori Tadiar, Karina Yan Glaser, Nicholas Day; #CallingCaldecott; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Publishers' Preview: Fall 2025: Five Questions for Nicholas Day From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Nicholas Day abt A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "There’s no science literacy w/o narrative. We see + interpret our world through stories, + that includes the world of science" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Publishers' Preview: Fall 2025: Five Questions for Karina Yan Glaser From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Karina Yan Glaser about THE NINE MOONS OF HAN YU AND LULI (@allidabooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social): "I drew on themes I loved reading about when I was young" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Publishers' Preview: Fall 2025: Five Questions for Tori Tadiar From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Tori Tadiar about DAYBREAKER (Disney-Hyperion): "DAYBREAKER’s main characters all have a bit of me in them." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Publishers' Preview: Fall 2025: Five Questions for Norman Ollestad and Brendan Kiely From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Norman Ollestad and @brendankiely.bsky.social about SOLE SURVIVOR (Farrar/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social): "BK: This is a story of great hope—and I jumped at the chance to collaborate with Norm to tell that story." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Jul/Aug #HBMag #HBPubPreviews w/ @cmcornwell.bsky.social, Amelia Bothe, and Chris Raschka; T.Z. Layton in Conversation w/ The Horn Book; July #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for Chris Raschka From the July/August 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: ALA Awards.

July/August #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Chris Raschka about PEACHALOO IN BLOOM (Porter/Holiday): "Along with knowing where I’m going, the narrator is perhaps the most essential part of book creation for me." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for Amelia Bothe From the July/August 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: ALA Awards.

Jul/Aug #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Amelia Bothe abt ELLIE HAS A SECRET (@clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social): "I’m actually really bad at keeping secrets. Maybe I’d be better at it if you got an evil little pet serpent out of it. But you often don’t" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for C. M. Cornwell From the July/August 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: ALA Awards.

July/August #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @cmcornwell.bsky.social about THE MEMORY SPINNER (Delacorte/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "I wanted to write stories that would also become treasured favorites for young readers." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: #BGHB25 revealed; M/J #HBMag @deborahhopkinson.bsky.social Writer's Page + #HBPubPreviews w/ @erinentrada.bsky.social, Craig Kofi Farmer, @antwaneady.bsky.social, London Ladd, Melissa Hart, @sawyerlovett.bsky.social; #PrideMonth; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

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

May/June #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @sawyerlovett.bsky.social about SHAMPOO UNICORN (Hyperion): "SHAMPOO UNICORN went through ten years of drafts, developmental edits, beta reads, and long periods of being shelved." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

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

May/June #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Melissa Hart about DOWN SYNDROME OUT LOUD (Sourcebooks): "I spent weeks researching people with Down syndrome who do fascinating things." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

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.

M/J #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @antwaneady.bsky.social + London Ladd about THE GATHERING TABLE (@randomhousekids.bsky.social): "AE: The gathering table served as a hub where traditions were passed on, lessons were learned, + my family’s cooking nourished our souls" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

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.

May/June #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Craig Kofi Farmer about A METHOD FOR MAGIC AND MISFORTUNE (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social): "I believe there’s magic in being self-aware, in feeling emotions, in loving others, + in our ability to connect with people..." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

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

May/June #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @erinentrada.bsky.social about AT LAST SHE STOOD: HOW JOEY GUERRERO SPIED, SURVIVED, AND FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social): "The goal is to tell a good story, whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction." www.hbook.com/story/publis...