The Horn Book Podcast

Podcast the sixth, in which Siân and Roger discuss Roger's vacation, the copying game, routines, and reviewing. Books we talk about Mina Javaherbin and Eugene Yelchin, Elephant in the Dark Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are Kelley Puckett and Jon J. Muth, Batman’s Dark Secret Andrea Pippins, I Love My Hair: http://www.hbook.com/2015/12/blogs/out-of-the-box/things-i-did-before-they-were-cool-coloring-book-edition/ John Scalzi, Lock In Neil Gaiman, American Gods Gene Kemp, The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler Virginia Euwer Wolff, Make Lemonade People we talk about Megan Dowd Lambert Martha Parravano Elissa Gershowitz Links Instagram pic of brownie: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDTU7Xenz_G/?taken-by=hbpodcast Gender stereotyping: http://www.hbook.com/2016/03/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-5-boy-books/ Read Roger with discussion: http://www.hbook.com/2016/02/blogs/read-roger/freeing-writers-and-readers/ Book in discussion: http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/2016/02/reviewing-while-white-braids-buns.html Barbie: The Doll Girls Love to Torture? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5062711 Barbie Torture on Pinterest! https://www.pinterest.com/bluedevil711/barbie-torture/ MA in Children’s Literature: http://www.simmons.edu/academics/graduate-programs/childrens-literature-ma Things we talk about The Good Wife According to google, “Who said writing about music is like dancing about architecture? Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. Laurie Anderson, Steve Martin, Frank Zappa, Martin Mull, Elvis Costello, Thelonius Monk, Clara Schumann, Miles Davis, George Carlin and several other people have been credited with concocting this extraordinarily popular and enigmatic simile.”\ And Katie started a PINTEREST, Siân: https://www.pinterest.com/thehornbook/

Podcast the fifth, in which Siân and Roger talk about "boy books," physical therapy, and Tibetan Eye Charts (and Siân misremembers The Case of the Sad Puppies) Books we talk about Jesse Andrews, The Haters Lindsay Ribar, Rocks Fall Everyone Dies J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter series R. L. Stine, Goosebumps series Somali Dev, The Bollywood Bride Megan McDonald, Judy Moody series and Stink series Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter Philip Pullman, Dark Materials series People we talk about Marc Aronson Betty Carter John Scieszka John Green Andrew Smith (Curious Case of Andrew Smith: http://www.yainterrobang.com/the-curious-case-of-andrew-smith-twitter-sexism/) Debbie Taylor Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl Lee Child, Jack Reacher series Things we talk about Siân mentions the Ivory Billed Woodpecker and here’s a cool book starring them. Kind of… John Corey Whaley, Where Things Come Back 2007 Girls and Boys issue of the Horn Book Magazine Guinness Book of World Records 30 Rock (woot!) Nerdfighters: http://www.nerdfighteria.com/ Tom Barron (T. A. Barron), Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes: http://barronprize.org/ Five questions for T. A. Barron: http://www.hbook.com/2015/04/blogs/read-roger/what-else-do-you-do-five-questions-for-t-a-barron/#_ Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore?: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/books-smell-like-old-people-the-decline-of-teen-reading Lee and Low stats: http://blog.leeandlow.com/2016/01/26/where-is-the-diversity-in-publishing-the-2015-diversity-baseline-survey-results/#more-11897 i09: http://io9.gizmodo.com/ Great piece about the sad and rabid puppies (and much better clarification than Siân’s misremembered history): http://www.npr.org/2015/08/26/434644645/how-the-sad-puppies-won-by-losing The Hugo Awards: http://www.thehugoawards.org/ Do the Tibetan Eye Chart thing! Tibetan Eye Chart: http://www.hangthebankers.com/improve-your-vision-naturally-with-a-tibetan-eye-chart/

Some special material with author/illustrator David Hyde Costello in which Siân and David worry over spoilers, talk about Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, and want to be hobbits.

Podcast the fourth in which Siân makes guest author/illustrator David Hyde Costello take the Sorting Hat test, meets a hobgoblin, and manages to forget how many books are in the Harry Potter series (SEVEN books, Siân. Not eight!) Links David’s website: http://www.davidhydecostello.com/ Ezra Jack Keats New Writer honor: http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/ejk-book-award/2016-ezra-jack-keats-book-award/ Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature (under five category): https://bankstreetcollegeccl.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/2016under-five.pdf Sorting Hat: https://www.pottermore.com/ Kinds of Owls: http://aviary.owls.com/owls.html Wizards are useless: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/lol-wizards#.stVz9G9aan Hybrid Hogwarts House: http://www.hypable.com/hybrid-hogwarts-house-quiz/ People we talk about Mackenzi Lee: https://mackenzilee.wordpress.com/ Megan Down Lambert: http://megandowdlambert.com/ Things we talk about Groundhog Day (it is on the Netflix) The Hunger Games Star Wars The Heat (and the Jesus paintings! http://www.sbnation.com/hot-corner/2013/12/10/5191680/velvet-painting-jesus-christ-fenway-park-the-heat-movie)

Podcast the sixth in which Siân and early education teacher Meg Lederhos (who also happens to be Siân's coworker at The Bar) talk about content, curriculum, and diversity (or lack thereof) in books for the classroom. Books we talk about Robert McCloskey, Make Way for Ducklings Aaron Becker, Journey: http://www.storybreathing.com/ / https://twitter.com/storybreathing Shana Corey, The Secret Subway: http://www.shanacorey.com/ / https://twitter.com/shanacorey Hervé Tullet, Press Here: http://www.herve-tullet.com/fr/accueil.html Anne Rockwell and Melissa Iwai, Let’s Go to the Hardware Store: http://www.annerockwell.com/ / http://www.melissaiwai.com/ Andrea Beaty, Iggy Peck, Architect: https://www.andreabeaty.com/ / https://twitter.com/andreabeaty Things we talk about The Horn Book Guide online: http://hornbookguide.com/cgi-bin/hbonline.pl United South End Settlements (where Meg was teaching before beginning her MA): http://www.uses.org/ People we talk about David Hyde Costello: http://www.davidhydecostello.com/ Additional things to check out Diversity in Publishing Survey: http://blog.leeandlow.com/2016/01/26/where-is-the-diversity-in-publishing-the-2015-diversity-baseline-survey-results/#more-11897 Lee & Low Books: https://www.leeandlow.com/ / https://twitter.com/LEEandLOW We Need Diverse Books: http://diversebooks.org/ / https://twitter.com/diversebooks

Podcast the third (recorded on 2.19.16) in which Roger and Siân talk about Harper Lee, YA readers, and opera. (Yet another warning, Siân had not yet banned cell phones from the "recording studio" so there are a few crackles after the 20 minute mark.) Roger's YA post: http://www.hbook.com/2015/11/blogs/read-roger/tbt/ Books we talk about: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman Upton Sinclair, The Jungle Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Truman Capote, In Cold Blood Nathaniel Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles A.S. King, I Crawl Through It Veronica Roth, Divergent Stephenie Meyer, Twilight John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Charlaine Harris, The Southern Vampire Mysteries James Dashner, The Maze Runner Gillian Flynn, Dark Places & Gone Girl Paula Hawkins, Girl on the Train Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey Marcus Sedgwick, Ghosts of Heaven & Midwinterblood Natalie Babbit, Herbert Rowbarge, Search for Delicious, Tuck Everlasting Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall & Delirium Trilogy Links: Wonkette: http://wonkette.com/598735/stories-of-restaurant-employees-who-had-their-just-revenge Douglas Moore, The Ballad of Baby Doe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b168JyjkZ0) 19 True Struggles: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/true-struggles-of-being-addicted-to-ya-books-as-an-adult#.tdk9yGyvvY That post that got super famous: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/06/against_ya_adults_should_be_embarrassed_to_read_children_s_books.html Taylor Swift day in the office: http://www.hbook.com/2015/06/blogs/out-of-the-box/while-the-cats-away/#_ Things we talk about: Truman Capote movie, Infamous (Sandra Bullock and Toby Jones) Georges Bizet, Carmen Giuseppe Verdi, Aida Aida, music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical Kevin Henkes (and his literary interests) The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Halsey Hot Pockets! and Cinnabon!

Podcast the second in which Roger and Siân talk about Harry Potter, jury duty, and Hufflepuff Pride. Warning: there are a few mildly annoying but not terrible crackles after the 18 minute mark (because *someone*—Siân—just HAD to sort Roger on her phone) Books we talk about: J. K. Rowling, The Cursed Child and the Harry Potter series (and audio by Jim Dale) J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings series Susan Cooper, Dark is Rising series Madeleine L’Engle, Time Quintet series Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity Links: Pottermore test: www.pottermore.com ABBA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os_bSwg02J4 Hufflepuff pride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOxwo8TUQok Things we talk about: Michael Thomas Ford Scooby Doo Monty Python The Princess Bride The Bulletin of the Center of Children’s Books Vicky Smith, Kirkus Reviews The Children’s Bookshop, Brookline MA Publisher’s Weekly

Podcast the First in which Roger and Siân talk about the Twitters, the recalling of A Birthday Cake for George Washington, and Roger's gourmet Chex mix. Resources! Scholastic's recall announcement: http://oomscholasticblog.com/post/new-statement-about-picture-book-birthday-cake-george-washington Andrea Davis Pinkney: http://oomscholasticblog.com/post/proud-slice-history Ramin Ganeshram: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/why-banning-a-birthday-cake-george-washington_b_9210992.html Roger Sutton: http://www.hbook.com/2016/01/blogs/read-roger/bumpy-ride/ Vicky Smith: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/smiling-slaves-post-fine-dessert-world/ Links from Debbie Reese: http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-will-they-say-or-master-narratives.html?m=1 Page by page breakdown from Freeman Ng: http://www.authorfreeman.com/blog/a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington-synopsis/ Mitali Perkins: http://www.mitaliblog.com/2016/01/warning-this-book-might-be-recalled.html?m=1 Edi Campbele: https://campbele.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/recalled/ Ebony Elizabeth Thomas: https://storify.com/Ebonyteach/children-s-literature-about-slavery-the-storm-cont Zellie Imani: https://atlantablackstar.com/2016/01/14/enslaved-africans-of-george-washington-depicted-as-happy-and-joyful-in-new-childrens-book/ Charles Pulliam-Moore: http://fusion.net/story/256078/a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington/ Books we talked about: J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series A *Mystery* Book Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed Ramin Ganeshram and Vanessa Brantley-Newton, A Birthday Cake for George Washington Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Maggie Stiefvater, Scorpio Races Pauline Reage, The Story of O E. L. James, Fifty Shades of Gray Mario Puzo, The Godfather Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls Authors we talked about: Maureen Johnson: http://www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com/ Rainbow Rowell: http://www.rainbowrowell.com/ And a giant thank you to Eric Dykstra, Dave Mazzarelli, and Matt Cameron.