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From the Editor — January 2026
Earlier today, the Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott blog announced the results of our MOCK Caldecott vote. The voters chose a Caldecott winner and one honoree — two Horn Book favorites, both on our annual Fanfare list. The REAL winners, along with all the 2026 American Library Association Youth Media Awards, will...
Editorial: Together Again (January/February 2026)
“Gee, it’s good to be / Together again.” Kermit the Frog said it best, and being at this year’s Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards ceremony was a real reminder. For the first time since before COVID-19 (and only our second time back in person since 2019), every award winner and honoree...
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Review of Nani and the Lion
Nani and the Lion by Alicia D. Williams; illus. by Anna CunhaPreschool, Primary Dlouhy/Atheneum 40 pp.2/26 9781665914222 $19.99Grouchy and despotic Lion prowls the edge of young Nani’s village, frightening its human inhabitants and the other animals alike. “I am Lion, lord of the land! No one dares make noise in...
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Review of Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game
Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game by Kadir Nelson; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 112 pp.1/26 9780316209403 $21.99Nelson (We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, rev. 5/08, among many others) brings his sports fandom and verve—and always impressive oil paintings—to the history...
Jason Reynolds in Conversation with The Horn Book
In Conversation with The Horn Book is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Horn Book Herald. This interview originally appeared in the October 2025 Horn Book Herald. To receive the Herald, sign up here. Sponsored by Horn Book Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz: Grownups/authority figures as kids can be mind-blowing to...
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Review of Dream On
Dream On by Shannon Hale; illus. by Marcela Cespedes; color by Lark PienIntermediate Roaring Brook 240 pp.8/25 9781250843067 $22.99Paper ed. 9781250843074 $14.99e-book ed. 9781250374226 $9.99In this 1984-set graphic novel, Cassie feels adrift somewhere in the middle of her family of eight: too old to need supervision at the dining-room table...
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Review of A Snow Day for Amos McGee
A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead Preschool, Primary Roaring Brook 48 pp. 9/25 9781250324733 $19.99 In his third outing, city-dwelling zookeeper—and lover of snow—Amos McGee (A Sick Day for Amos McGee, rev. 5/10; Amos McGee Misses the Bus, rev. 11/21) eagerly...
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Review of Santa Claws
Santa Claws by Bridget Heos; illus. by Galia Bernstein Preschool, Primary Holt 40 pp. 9/25 9781250909497 $18.99 “While kids scrawl notes to Santa Claus, /Hatchlings write to Santa Claws.” This companion to shark-themed Santa Jaws (rev. 11/21) focuses on the prehistoric world. Santa is a T-rex, the elves are pachycephalosauruses,...
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Review of Pepe and the Piñata: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage
Pepe and the Piñata: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage by Tracey Kyle; illus. by Mirelle Ortega Preschool, Primary Little Bee 32 pp. 10/25 9781499817997 $18.99 Pepe and his mami, papi, and abuelo are preparing their family home for Christmas as well as participating in a community-wide Latine Christmas cultural festival:...
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