Whois & Analysis for hbook.com

The Horn Book Magazine, founded in Boston in 1924, is a bimonthly periodical about literature for children and young adults.

The oldest of the magazines in the United States dedicated to reviewing children's literature, it began 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.

Opened in 1916 in Boston as a project of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, the Bookshop closed in 1936, but Horn Book continues in its mission to "blow the horn for fine books for boys and girls" as Mahony wrote in her first editorial.

Bertha Mahony (1882–1969), also known as Bertha Mahony Miller, is considered a figurehead of the children’s literature movement.

She created one of the first children’s bookstores in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mahony was also the founder of the Horn Book Magazine.

Besides being the oldest magazine of its kind in America, Horn Book is still considered one of the most well-known arbiters of excellence in children’s publishing.

Mahony was also responsible for the creation of the Horn Book, Inc. publishing company.

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children.

Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.

Young adult fiction or young adult literature (YA) is fiction published for readers from 12 to 18.

However, authors and readers of "young teen novels" often define it as written for those aged 15 to the early 20s.

The terms young adult novel, juvenile novel, teenage fiction, young adult book, etc., refer to the works in this category.