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January/February starred reviews

November 30, 2011 By 4 Comments

nov2011coverdraft sm January/February starred reviewsThe following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2012 issue of the Horn Book Magazine.

 

 

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Mônica Carnesi (Paulsen/Penguin)

 

And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano; illus. by Erin E. Stead (Porter/Roaring Brook)

 

Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner; illus. by Christopher Silas Neal (Chronicle)

 

Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Dial)

 

Stay with Me by Paul Griffin (Dial)

 

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler; illus. by Maira Kalman (Little, Brown)

 

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath; illus. by Sophie Blackall (Schwartz & Wade/Random)

 

Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King (Little, Brown)

 

 There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff (Putnam)

 

Crow by Barbara Wright (Random)

 

 


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Roger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.

Comments

  1. Anne M. Duncan says:
    November 30, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Mavor is magnificent. Thank you for the “artist at work” pictures in “Out of the Box.” Now I want to know what kind of wire she is using.

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  2. MotherReader says:
    November 30, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    I just want the cover of the Horn Book! That’s gorgeous!

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