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The Horn Book Guide and the Horn Book Guide Online review virtually every hardcover book published for children and teens each year in the United States.

Paranormal Romance

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Dying for some paranormal romance? These swoon-worthy YA stories of supernatural love, all recommended by The Horn Book Guide, are sure to melt hearts and raise spirits. —Elissa Gershowitz, Managing Editor, The Horn Book Guide Cremer, Andrea  Nightshade 454 pp. Philomel 2010. isbn 978-0-399-25482-6 YA  Werewolf Calla defies her pack by saving human Shay from [...]

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Modelling opportunity for blue-eyed brunettes

August 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
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While editing my reviews for the upcoming Fall 2011 Horn Book Guide, Elissa spotted these: From the last Guide: Apparently, the heroine of a paranormal YA romance must be an extra-pale, blue-eyed brunette with her hair in her (partial) face—at least, if I’m going to review it.

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HBGO update

August 8, 2011 By 1 Comment

We’ve just added another 213 reviews to the Horn Book Guide Online database—take a peek at the newly added authors/illustrators and titles. I think my favorite title this time around is The Time-Traveling Fashionista, though Jenna and Jonah’s Fauxmance and Labracadabra are close runners-up.

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Guide Online update

June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Get a sneak peek at the Fall 2011 Horn Book Guide! We’ve just added 210 reviews to the Guide Online—check out the brand-new titles, authors, and illustrators. Subscribe to the print Guide and Guide Online here.

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Spring Guide now online

April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

We’ve just added the final Spring 2011 Horn Book Guide reviews (1,551 of them!) to the Guide Online database. Take a peek at the newly added titles, authors, and illustrators. Subscribe to the print Guide and Guide Online here.

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We’re still waiting for spring in Boston…

March 24, 2011 By 1 Comment

  but the Spring 2011 Guide just came in! We can’t stop exclaiming over the gorgeous cover, featuring art from Anita Lobel’s Nini Lost and Found. Kudos to all the Guide goddesses and designer Lolly — and Ms. Lobel, of course.

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HBGO à go-go

February 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Horn Book Guide online has just posted 349 new reviews of the great, good, and distinctly mediocre.

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New Guide Online reviews

February 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Spring 2011 Horn Book Guide, covering books published from July to December 2010, will be out in April. Get a sneak peek over at our website, where we’ve added 349 reviews to the Guide Online.

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Spring Guide preview!

December 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Spring 2011 Horn Book Guide will be published in April — but you can get a sneak peek now. We’ve just updated the Guide Online database with 209 new reviews of titles published from July to December 2010.

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New Guide reviews

December 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Horn Book Guide Online has just added 290 new reviews for your reading pleasure. Also, beginning in January, the Magazine will be including a supplement of Guide reviews, selected from the last two years, in each issue. Up first we feature reviews of recommended sports books to accompany Dean Schneider’s article “What Makes a [...]

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