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Five questions for Hyewon Yum
Hyewon Yum is a prolific picture-book creator, both as a solo author-illustrator and as an illustrator of books written by other authors (including one Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book!). In A Spoonful of the Sea (Norton, 4–8 years), which she both wrote and illustrated, the main character’s “birthday soup is...
Books mentioned in the January 2026 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Hyewon Yum A Spoonful of the Sea by Hyewon Yum; Norton. Tasty traditions A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition by Pamela Courtney, illus. by Toni D. Chambers; Farrar. Tea Is Love by Adib Khorram illus. by Hanna Cha; Dial. Soy Sauce! by Laura G. Lee; Algonquin. Every Peach Is a Story by David Mas...
Tasty traditions
Pass the soy sauce or the tea saucer…and try a taste of these six picture books about food traditions passed from one generation to another. For a timely early reader where food similarly figures in to love of one’s heritage, check out Ling & Ting's Lunar New Year: Two Times Lucky...
Review of A Spoonful of the Sea
A Spoonful of the Sea by Hyewon Yum; illus. by the authorPrimary Norton 32 pp.9/25 9781324053699 $18.99On her birthday, a little Korean girl sulks when her mother serves miyeok-guk, or seaweed soup, instead of cake. But as her mother tells the story behind the dish—how mothers eat it for a...
January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews
Illustration from Ling & Ting's Lunar New Year by Grace Lin. The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine: If This Were the World by Stephen Barr; illus. by A. G. Ford (Porter/Holiday) The Rare Bird by Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook) Is It Spring? by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow) A...
Books mentioned in the July 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five Questions for Ibi Zoboi and Juanita Londoño First Day Around the World by Ibi Zoboi, illus. by Juanita Londoño; Versify/HarperCollins. Learning from each other George & Lenny Are Always Together by Jon Agee; Rocky Pond/Penguin. Bunny Made Tea by Amanda Baehr Fuller; Owlkids. Punch!: A Story About Kindness by Michael Hall; Greenwillow. Tiger, Don’t Worry! by Daishu Ma;...
Learning from each other
A new school year can mean new friendships…and it can also mean new worries. Here are eight picture books with social-emotional learning themes that new and returning learners may find helpful or reassuring when starting school (or at any other time). For more on first days of school everywhere, see...
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month." Here are some articles, interviews, and booklists by and about Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander Americans to help acknowledge, celebrate, and amplify the voices of children's book creators of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent. Also...
Week in Review, April 14th-18th
This week on hbook.com... From the March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine: New for New Readers: Beginning Reader Roundup 2025 by Adrienne L. Pettinelli Horn Book Reminiscences: My Horn Book Treasures by Celia C. Pérez Out of the Box: A Visit to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Showcase,...
Review of Toto
Toto by Hyewon Yum; illus. by the author Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 1/25 9780823453894 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823462322 $11.99 “Toto” isn’t the young protagonist’s name but rather what she calls the large birthmark on her forehead. Opening lines read, “Sometimes I wonder how I would look without Toto.” Despite loving...
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