Illustration from Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Matthew Cordell.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine:

Together We Ride by Valerie Bolling; illus. by Kaylani Juanita (Chronicle)

Our Fort by Marie Dorléans; trans. from French by Alyson Waters (NYRB)

Rodney Was a Tortoise by Nan Forler; illus. by Yong Ling Kang (Tundra)

Little Houses by Kevin Henkes; illus. by Laura Dronzek (Greenwillow)

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Jihyun Kim (Floris)

A Day for Sandcastles by JonArno Lawson; illus. by Qin Leng (Candlewick)

Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Matthew Cordell (Porter/Holiday)

Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen (Candlewick)

Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case (Ferguson/Holiday)

Moonwalking by Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Farrar)

Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo; color by Mariana Azzi (Graphix/Scholastic)

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson (Heartdrum/HarperCollins)

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (Little, Brown)

The Prisoner of Shiverstone by Linette Moore (Amulet/Abrams)

An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X. R. Pan (Little, Brown)

Healer and Witch by Nancy Werlin (Candlewick)

Book of Questions / Libro de las preguntas: Selections / Selecciones by Pablo Neruda; illus. by Paloma Valdivia; trans. from Spanish by Sara Lissa Paulson (Enchanted Lion)

Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku by Sally M. Walker; illus. by Matthew Trueman (Candlewick)

I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau by Julie Dunlap; illus. by Megan Elizabeth Baratta (Tilbury)

A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis (Porter/Holiday)