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Review of The Peacock Detectives
The Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent Intermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 282 pp. 1/20 978-0-06-289670-4 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-289672-8 $7.99 Cassie is enlisted by her neighbors to find their missing peacocks — again — because of her skill at noticing details. But there are plenty of other things for the Australian...
Review of Prairie Lotus
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park Middle School Clarion 260 pp. g 3/20 978-1-328-78150-5 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-33083-7 $9.99 In 1880, fourteen-year-old Hanna and her father settle in the (fictional) town of LaForge, in Dakota Territory. Papa is white; Hanna’s late mother immigrated from China and had both Chinese and...
Review of Yes No Maybe So
Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 440 pp. g 2/20 978-0-06-293704-9 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-293705-6 $11.99 In alternating chapters, teens Maya (a Muslim girl) and Jamie (a Jewish boy) narrate a story set amidst a longshot Georgia state senate campaign. Pushed...
Purim 2020
There are many good ways to spend International Women’s Day (see this post https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=international-womens-day-2020 for lots of books to read). This woman spent it baking hamentaschen — and, when the strawberry jam was a little too runny for the cookies to hold their shape, persisted by switching to blackberry. And...
The Birds and the Bees
Birds of a Feather. Helen’s Birds. Johnny’s Pheasant. Strange Birds. The Parrot and the Merchant. Fly! Sometimes, particular subjects take off in children’s books. Lately, bird books are soaring, and the office hivemind has noticed bee books gathering, too. See Nesting by Henry Cole and Honeybee: The Busy Life of...
Oge Mora at Frugal Books
On Friday afternoon, several of us from the office went over to Frugal Bookstore (where I’d never been before. If you’re in the Boston area, go!) and got to hear Oge Mora read from The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read (Schwartz & Wade/Random), written by Rita Lorraine...
Someday We Will Fly: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour
Welcome to our stop on the 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! Author Rachel DeWoskin was kind enough to answer my questions about Someday We Will Fly (Viking), this year’s Gold Medal winner in the Young Adult category. In this lushly written historical novel, Lillia and her father and...
Review of Someday We Will Fly
Someday We Will Fly by Rachel DeWoskin Middle School, High School Viking 360 pp. g 1/19 978-0-670-01496-5 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-101-61788-5 $10.99 In 1940, Lillia’s Jewish family plans to escape the Nazi threat in Warsaw for Shanghai. Her parents are acrobats, and when their circus is raided, Lillia and her...
Apply for a summer Horn Book internship + meet interns Genie and Mikayla!
Interested in learning more about the children’s book industry, book reviewing, or how magazines and review journals operate? A Horn Book internship is a great place to start. Our editorial interns are an invaluable help in managing the gazillion books that enter and leave our office (and if the phrase...