Horn Book Podcast

Summer Reading

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:00 GMT

Roger Sutton and Martha Parravano talk with Kitty Flynn about twelve great new books for summer. From the 700-plus-pages of Beach Blondes to the chapter book Goof-Off Goalie to Jack Prelutsky's...

Roger and the City: Part 2

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Roger's NYC tour continues, with a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to pay homage to some classic children's book characters. Next, at Central Park's Frances Hodgson Burnett memorial fountain,...

Roger and the City: Part 1

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Wed, 03 Jun 2008 22:10:00 GMT

On a recent trip to New York, Roger Sutton spent an evening with author Richard Peck and Egmont USA publishers Elizabeth Law and Douglas Pocock. Sitting in Elizabeth's living room, the four talked...

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Catherine Gilbert Murdock's first two YA novels, Dairy Queen and The Off Season (both Houghton), feature laconic Wisconsin farm girl -- and football player -- DJ Schwenk. Murdock's latest novel,...

Lee Kingman and Virginia Lee Burton

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:15:00 GMT

Lee Kingman is the author of The Best Christmas and many other books for children. A children's book editor at Houghton Mifflin in the 1940s, she worked with Virginia Lee Burton, author-illustrator...

Caldecott 2008

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Thu, 15 Jan 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Caldecott committee member (and roving reporter) Roger Sutton brings us along for the announcement that The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick won the 2008 Caldecott Medal. From croaky...

Holiday Gift Books

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:14:00 GMT

Terri Schmitz, owner of the Children's Book Shop in Brookline, Massachusetts, and a frequent Magazine contributor, helps Kitty Flynn with her last-minute holiday shopping.

Philip Pullman

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:10:00 GMT

From his home in England, author Philip Pullman talks with Roger Sutton about The Golden Compass movie and responds to the recent controversy here in America surrounding his trilogy, religion, and...

Grace Lin and Alvina Ling

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:05:00 GMT

Grace Lin, author-illustrator of many picture books including The Ugly Vegetables (Charlesbridge), worked with her childhood friend and editor, Alvina Ling, on her novel, The Year of the Dog...

Lois Lowry

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:45:00 GMT

The author of The Giver and other books discusses movies and books with Roger Sutton.

M. T. Anderson

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:02:00 GMT

Author M. T. Anderson talks about The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party (Candlewick), winner of the 2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for fiction...

Roger Sutton

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:01:00 GMT

The Horn Book's editor in chief chats with Kitty Flynn about current trends, popular series, and choosing books for kids.

Jon Scieszka

kflynn@hbook.com (The Horn Book, Inc.) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:01:00 GMT

Roger Sutton visits author Jon Scieszka (The Stinky Cheese Man, Time Warp Trio series) to discuss teaching, reading, and second-grade humor.