Anita Silvey is an American author, editor, and literary critic in the genre of children’s literature. Born in 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Silvey has served as Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book Magazine and as vice-president at Houghton Mifflin...
This is a chronological list of editors of Horn Book Magazine.
Anita is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are now common worldwide, especially in regions where Indo-European languages are spoken, namely Europe, Iran, South Asia, and North America. Anita is a short form of the ancient Persian name...
Frog and Toad is a series of easy-reader children's books, written and illustrated by American author Arnold Lobel. Each book contains five simple, often humorous short stories chronicling the exploits of an anthropomorphic frog and toad. The...
The Ramona books are a series of eight children's novels by Beverly Cleary that center on Ramona Quimby, her family and friends. The first book, Beezus and Ramona, appeared in 1955. The final book, Ramona's World, was published in 1999.
Stone Fox is a children's novella by John Reynolds Gardiner. It is the first and best known of Gardiner's books. Stone Fox was acclaimed and popular when it was published in 1980.
The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and Leonora Blanche Lang, a married couple. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of...
The Cat in the Hat is a 1957 children's book written and illustrated by American author Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped top hat and a red bow tie.
Leonora Blanche "Nora" Lang (née Alleyne; 8 March 1851 – 10 July 1933) was an English writer, editor, and translator. She is best known as variously the translator, collaborator and writer of The Fairy Books, a series of 25 collections of folk and...