Week in Review, January 22nd-26th

January 26, 2018 by Katie Bircher Leave a Comment

This week on hbook.com…

Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)

January issue of the Nonfiction Notes newsletter: animal-human relationships; graphic-novel biographies and memoirs; interesting invention stories; logophila; calm and confidence

Roger’s “shelfie” for #LibraryShelfieDay

Reviews of the Week:

Picture Book: When Sophie Thinks She Can’t… by Molly Bang with Ann Stern
Fiction: Nothing by Annie Barrows
Nonfiction: A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield
Poetry: Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham and Charles Waters; illus. by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko

Calling Caldecott:

Lolly’s Classroom: Adolescent lit class begins tomorrow

Family Reading: Empowering children with a home library

Events calendar

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About Katie Bircher

Katie Bircher, associate editor at The Horn Book, Inc., is a former bookseller and holds an MA in children's literature from Simmons College. She served as chair of the 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award committee. Follow Katie on Twitter @lyraelle.

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