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Earth Day 2025: Our Power, Our Planet
Today, April 22, is Earth Day, with the theme being "Our Power, Our Planet," and calls on everyone to "unite around renewable energy so we can triple clean electricity by 2030." Explore recent theme-related children's books we've reviewed under these Guide/Reviews Database subjects: Renewable energy sources Fossil fuels Environment--Conservation Environment--Conservation--Natural...
2024 Booklists and Resources Master List
Booklists and resources about annual observances/holidays, special events, social justice...and (a personal Horn Book favorite) food? We've covered a wide range of topics for all age levels in 2024, so we've compiled them together for readers to find some great new books to enjoy and share. Don't miss out —...
Black History Month 2025
In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, interviews, and reviews from The Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February. Last Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement...
Earth Day 2024: Planet vs. Plastics
Today, April 22, is Earth Day, with the theme being "Planet vs. Plastics." To quote Rebecca Donnelly from her 2023 starred middle-grade book Total Garbage (Godwin/Holt), illustrated by John Hendrix: "Although all types of waste can cause environmental problems, plastics might be the worst villain in the story of trash."...
Week in Review, March 18th-22nd
This week on hbook.com... March Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes about Black Girl You Are Atlas + 5 poetry picture books, 7 books for Earth Day, and 4 graphic memoirs/novels for YA Calling Caldecott January/February Cover Madness, Round 3! by...
Five questions for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes
In Black Girl You Are Atlas (Kokila/Penguin, 12–17), Renée Watson insightfully explores Black girlhood and womanhood through poetry encompassing a variety of experiences and influences, with an emphasis on support from other Black women, all accompanied by Ekua Holmes’s stunning collages. National Poetry Month is in April; see also “At...
Books mentioned in the March 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson, illus. by Ekua Holmes; Kokila/Penguin. At home with poetry How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido, illus. by Melissa Sweet; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. Welcome to the Wonder House by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Georgia Heard, illus. by Deborah Freedman; Wordsong/Astra. At...
From the Editor - March 2024
With NCAA March Madness beginning this week (go Tar Heels!), we thought we’d have our own fun with Horn Book Cover Madness. We’re currently in the finals of January/February covers — Mavor v. Smith — and there’s still time to vote for your favorite; if ever there were a “no...
Visual learning
These four books for middle- and high school readers range from graphic memoir to graphic fantasy and science fiction, but all with a basis in true events. For more, see our Graphic Novels tag and the Guide/Reviews Database subject tag Graphic novels. Run and Hide by Don Brown; illus. by...
Awareness of the world around us
Next month, on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day! Here are seven books (some fiction and some nonfiction) about animals, the Earth, and the sky, recommended for primary and intermediate readers. See also the Guide/Reviews Database subject tag Environment--Conservation. Something About the Sky by Rachel Carson; illus. by Nikki McClure...
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