The Horn Book Magazine, founded in Boston in 1924, is a bimonthly periodical about literature for children and young adults. It began life as a "suggestive purchase list" prepared by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field, proprietresses of the country's first bookstore for children, The Bookshop for Boys and Girls, which opened in 1916 in Boston, as a project of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union

Women's Educational and Industrial Union

The Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded by physician Harriet Clisby for the advancement of women and to help women and children in the industrial city...

. The Bookshop closed in 1936, but the Magazine continues in its mission to 'blow the horn for fine books for boys and girls," as Miss Mahony put it in her first editorial.

In each issue, The Horn Book Magazine includes articles about issues and trends in children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

, essays by artists and authors, and reviews of new books for children. The January/February issue includes the speeches of the winners of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were first presented by The Boston Globe and Horn Book Magazine in 1967. They are among the most prestigious honors in the United States in the field of children’s and young adult literature...

, and each July/August issue includes the same from the winners of the year's Newbery Medal

Newbery Medal

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...

 and Caldecott Medal

Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...

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Chosen annually by the editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year. No lists were published from 1941 to 1945, or 1955 to 1958.

The Horn Book was purchased in 2009 by Media Source, owner of the Junior Library Guild. Media Source would go on to acquire Library Journal

Library Journal

Library Journal is a trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey . It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional practice...

and School Library Journal

School Library Journal

The School Library Journal is a monthly magazine with articles and reviews for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with a focus on technology and multimedia. Reviews are included for preschool to 4th grade,...

in 2010.

See also

• Hornbook
  Hornbook
  A hornbook is a book that serves as primer for study. The hornbook originated in England in 1450 . The term has been applied to a few different study materials in different fields...
  
  
• List of Horn Book Magazine editors

External links

• The Horn Book Magazine, official website.
• Fanfare, annual selection of best books