#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag Cadenza by Shawn Harris; Yuyi Morales #TalkswithRoger; #CallingCaldecott x2; #5Qs for Hollins University's @dulemba.bsky.social; #Diwali; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag Cadenza by Shawn Harris; Yuyi Morales #TalkswithRoger; #CallingCaldecott x2; #5Qs for Hollins University's @dulemba.bsky.social; #Diwali; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger: Yuyi Morales talks with Roger Sutton about LITTLE REBELS (Porter/Holiday): "We are all trying to find what kind of rebel we are." www.hbook.com/story/yuyi-m...
Yuyi Morales Talks with Roger
Inspired by her own community advocacy for the environment in the Mexican town where she lives, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner (for Dreamers) Yuyi Morales explores what it can mean for children t...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#TalkswithRoger: Yuyi Morales talks with Roger Sutton about LITTLE REBELS (Porter/Holiday): "We are all trying to find what kind of rebel we are." www.hbook.com/story/yuyi-m...
Amber McBride #TalkswithRoger about The Leaving Room: www.hbook.com/story/amber-... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social
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.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Amber McBride #TalkswithRoger about The Leaving Room: www.hbook.com/story/amber-... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social
#HBWeekinReview: Brian Lies #TalkswithRoger, Mac Barnett's National Ambassador speech, #CallingCaldecott, Rosh Hashanah, and more: www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
September 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#HBWeekinReview: Brian Lies #TalkswithRoger, Mac Barnett's National Ambassador speech, #CallingCaldecott, Rosh Hashanah, and more: www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Brian Lies #TalkswithRoger about CAT NAP (@harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social): "A CAT NAP turns into a fantastical museum tour for the titular feline and for child readers..." www.hbook.com/story/brian-...
Brian Lies Talks with Roger
ACat Napturns into a fantastical museum tour for the titular feline and for child readers.Brian Liesuses “colored glass, lead, gold leaf, ink, graphite and colored pencil, plaster, wood, goatskin parc...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Brian Lies #TalkswithRoger about CAT NAP (@harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social): "A CAT NAP turns into a fantastical museum tour for the titular feline and for child readers..." www.hbook.com/story/brian-...
Week in Review: #Caldecott Eligibility, Alexs Pate #TalkswithRoger, "Teaching Our Stories with the #LatinxKidLitBookFestival" + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
September 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Week in Review: #Caldecott Eligibility, Alexs Pate #TalkswithRoger, "Teaching Our Stories with the #LatinxKidLitBookFestival" + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Alexs Pate #TalkswithRoger about GOOD (@capstonepub.bsky.social): RS: I'm curious to know what kind of a child reader you were. AP: Oh, I was a voracious reader. I’ve always said that my mom fed me books like candy: www.hbook.com/story/alexs-...
September 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Alexs Pate #TalkswithRoger about GOOD (@capstonepub.bsky.social): RS: I'm curious to know what kind of a child reader you were. AP: Oh, I was a voracious reader. I’ve always said that my mom fed me books like candy: www.hbook.com/story/alexs-...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: August #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for @mcusolito.bsky.social and @jessicalanan.bsky.social; @joannahowrites.bsky.social and @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
August 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#TalkswithRoger: @joannahowrites.bsky.social + @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social talk w/ Roger Sutton abt THE DAY THE BKS DISAPPEARED (Disney Hyperion) "JH: We landed on the idea of a kid w/ the power to
'disappear' bks, but we had convos abt how this maps to bk banning" www.hbook.com/story/joanna...
'disappear' bks, but we had convos abt how this maps to bk banning" www.hbook.com/story/joanna...
Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard Talk with Roger
Arnold’s “all-time favorite thing to do” is read. Right on! His favorite thing to read about is airplanes. Right on again! But why don’t his classmates understand that their favorite thing to read abo...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#TalkswithRoger: @joannahowrites.bsky.social + @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social talk w/ Roger Sutton abt THE DAY THE BKS DISAPPEARED (Disney Hyperion) "JH: We landed on the idea of a kid w/ the power to
'disappear' bks, but we had convos abt how this maps to bk banning" www.hbook.com/story/joanna...
'disappear' bks, but we had convos abt how this maps to bk banning" www.hbook.com/story/joanna...
#HBOutoftheBox #hbweekinreview Preview September/October #HornBookMagazine #HBMag; Katherine Rundell #TalkswithRoger; Are We There Yet? at Simmons University and Boston Reads Comics at the Boston Public Library; #hbreviewoftheweek www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #hbweekinreview Preview September/October #HornBookMagazine #HBMag; Katherine Rundell #TalkswithRoger; Are We There Yet? at Simmons University and Boston Reads Comics at the Boston Public Library; #hbreviewoftheweek www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Jul/Aug #HBMag Special Issue #ALA Awards Table of Contents and Editorial plus The Year in Words and Pictures; @danielmiyares.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #ALAAC25 recap; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
July 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Jul/Aug #HBMag Special Issue #ALA Awards Table of Contents and Editorial plus The Year in Words and Pictures; @danielmiyares.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #ALAAC25 recap; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger: @danielmiyares.bsky.social talks w/ Roger Sutton about HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN CUBAN (Schwartz/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "Trying to investigate all these angles to this story allowed me to get to know my dad + what he was going through at the time" www.hbook.com/story/daniel...
Daniel Miyares Talks with Roger
With How to Say Goodbye in Cuban, picture book author and illustrator Daniel Miyares essays his first graphic novel, based on his father’s childhood in Cuba.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#TalkswithRoger: @danielmiyares.bsky.social talks w/ Roger Sutton about HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN CUBAN (Schwartz/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "Trying to investigate all these angles to this story allowed me to get to know my dad + what he was going through at the time" www.hbook.com/story/daniel...
#TalkswithRoger: @andreazuill.bsky.social talks with Roger Sutton about BOB THE VAMPIRE SNAIL (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "I try to bring the vampire tropes in in the cutest way imaginable." www.hbook.com/story/andrea...
Andrea Zuill Talks with Roger
In Bob the Vampire Snail, author-illustrator Andrea Zuill presents us with another creature (see also Sweety and Regina Is Not a Little Dinosaur) at odds with the world. We talk below about what such ...
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June 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#TalkswithRoger: @andreazuill.bsky.social talks with Roger Sutton about BOB THE VAMPIRE SNAIL (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "I try to bring the vampire tropes in in the cutest way imaginable." www.hbook.com/story/andrea...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: M/J #HBMag #HBRealityReimagined by @franceshardinge.bsky.social, @as-king.bsky.social, @sachalamb.bsky.social + @shauniedarko.bsky.social, J/A Preview; @jeannebirdsall.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; Kaigler Children's Book Festival, + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Week in Review, June 2nd-6th
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June 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: M/J #HBMag #HBRealityReimagined by @franceshardinge.bsky.social, @as-king.bsky.social, @sachalamb.bsky.social + @shauniedarko.bsky.social, J/A Preview; @jeannebirdsall.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; Kaigler Children's Book Festival, + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger: @jeannebirdsall.bsky.social talks with Roger Sutton about THE LIBRARY OF UNRULY TREASURES (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "I believe that books for children have many purposes, but one is simply to teach them literacy..." www.hbook.com/story/jeanne...
Jeanne Birdsall Talks with Roger
With The Library of Unruly Treasures, Jeanne Birdsall steps away from her much-loved Penderwicks novels to try something new to her pen but beloved in her reading memory: fantasy, of the decidedly dom...
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June 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#TalkswithRoger: @jeannebirdsall.bsky.social talks with Roger Sutton about THE LIBRARY OF UNRULY TREASURES (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "I believe that books for children have many purposes, but one is simply to teach them literacy..." www.hbook.com/story/jeanne...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: #HBSummerReading in April #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for Brian Selznick; Barbara McClintock #TalkswithRoger; #InternationalDanceDay; #Dia; #InternationalJazzDay; #MayDay; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Week in Review, April 28th-May 2nd
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May 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: #HBSummerReading in April #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for Brian Selznick; Barbara McClintock #TalkswithRoger; #InternationalDanceDay; #Dia; #InternationalJazzDay; #MayDay; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger: Barbara McClintock talks with Roger Sutton about WHERE ARE YOU, BRONTË? (@simonkids.bsky.social): "It was such an honor to be given that role of interpreting [Tomie dePaola's] book and who he was" www.hbook.com/story/barbar...
Barbara McClintock Talks with Roger
When the widely beloved children’s book icon Tomie dePaola died in 2020, he left behind a brief, unillustrated manuscript, itself (gently) concerned with the subject of death. Below, I talk with Barba...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#TalkswithRoger: Barbara McClintock talks with Roger Sutton about WHERE ARE YOU, BRONTË? (@simonkids.bsky.social): "It was such an honor to be given that role of interpreting [Tomie dePaola's] book and who he was" www.hbook.com/story/barbar...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: M/A #HBMag HB & the ampersand + M/J Preview w/ @edelrodriguez.bsky.social cover; @goraina.bsky.social + @scottmccloud.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; @halseanderson.bsky.social w/ @portersqbooks.bsky.social; #NationalLibraryWeek; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Week in Review, April 7th-11th
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April 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: M/A #HBMag HB & the ampersand + M/J Preview w/ @edelrodriguez.bsky.social cover; @goraina.bsky.social + @scottmccloud.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; @halseanderson.bsky.social w/ @portersqbooks.bsky.social; #NationalLibraryWeek; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger: @goraina.bsky.social and @scottmccloud.bsky.social talk with Roger Sutton about THE CARTOONISTS CLUB (Graphix/Scholastic): "RT: That was what I was the most excited about—sneakily turning a Raina book into a Scott book." www.hbook.com/story/raina-...
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud Talk with Roger
What happens when a hero of middle-grade readers everywhere and a leading theorist of comics get together? In The Cartoonists Club, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud bring story and theory — and hear...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#TalkswithRoger: @goraina.bsky.social and @scottmccloud.bsky.social talk with Roger Sutton about THE CARTOONISTS CLUB (Graphix/Scholastic): "RT: That was what I was the most excited about—sneakily turning a Raina book into a Scott book." www.hbook.com/story/raina-...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: March/April #HBMag Shifa Saltagi Safadi's original poem + May/June #HBStars; Rebekah Taussig #TalkswithRoger; #TransDayofVisibility; #AprilFoolsDay; #WorldAutismAwarenessDay; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Week in Review, March 31st-April 4th
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April 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: March/April #HBMag Shifa Saltagi Safadi's original poem + May/June #HBStars; Rebekah Taussig #TalkswithRoger; #TransDayofVisibility; #AprilFoolsDay; #WorldAutismAwarenessDay; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger: Rebekah Taussig talks with Roger Sutton about WE ARE THE SCRAPPY ONES (@lernerbooks.bsky.social): "It can take a long time for people to find a sense of rich community and belonging within disability. And that's what I wanted to offer." www.hbook.com/story/rebeka...
Rebekah Taussig Talks with Roger
The “We” of We Are the Scrappy Ones are a rainbow of disabled children and young people, celebrated by author and disability advocate Rebekah Taussig and illustrator Kirbi Fagan.
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April 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#TalkswithRoger: Rebekah Taussig talks with Roger Sutton about WE ARE THE SCRAPPY ONES (@lernerbooks.bsky.social): "It can take a long time for people to find a sense of rich community and belonging within disability. And that's what I wanted to offer." www.hbook.com/story/rebeka...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Mar/Apr #HBMag Emma Otheguy on #kidlit translation; March #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for @chudson-author-66.bsky.social + London Ladd; @halseanderson.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBWomensHistoryMonth Week 3; #StPatricksDay; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Week in Review, March 17th-21st
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March 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Mar/Apr #HBMag Emma Otheguy on #kidlit translation; March #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for @chudson-author-66.bsky.social + London Ladd; @halseanderson.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBWomensHistoryMonth Week 3; #StPatricksDay; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger: @halseanderson.bsky.social talks w/ Roger Sutton abt REBELLION 1776 (@simonkids.bsky.social): "This is 1 of the great strengths of hist fic for children: not only is it full of great adventures, but it allows kids to experience history repeating itself" www.hbook.com/story/laurie...
Laurie Halse Anderson Talks with Roger
Winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Chains, set in 1776 New York, Laurie Halse Anderson comes up the coast for Rebellion 1776, a novel set in Boston during extremely turbulent ...
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March 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#TalkswithRoger: @halseanderson.bsky.social talks w/ Roger Sutton abt REBELLION 1776 (@simonkids.bsky.social): "This is 1 of the great strengths of hist fic for children: not only is it full of great adventures, but it allows kids to experience history repeating itself" www.hbook.com/story/laurie...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: January/February #HBMag #BGHB24 #Nonfiction, #Poetry, + #SpecialCitation speeches + 4 #HBPubPreviews; #HBBlackHistoryMonth; #Ramadan; @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Week in Review, February 24th-28th
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February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: January/February #HBMag #BGHB24 #Nonfiction, #Poetry, + #SpecialCitation speeches + 4 #HBPubPreviews; #HBBlackHistoryMonth; #Ramadan; @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#TalkswithRoger @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social talks w/ Roger Sutton abt SONG OF A BLACKBIRD (@01firstsecond.bsky.social/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social) "I realized that if this was going to be a bk abt the power of art to fight hate, then it needed to be an illustrated bk" www.hbook.com/story/author...
Maria van Lieshout Talks with Roger
The author-illustrator of more than a dozen picture books for young children, Maria van Lieshout discovered a hitherto hidden piece of her family’s history that serves as the source of her first graph...
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February 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#TalkswithRoger @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social talks w/ Roger Sutton abt SONG OF A BLACKBIRD (@01firstsecond.bsky.social/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social) "I realized that if this was going to be a bk abt the power of art to fight hate, then it needed to be an illustrated bk" www.hbook.com/story/author...