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In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, and interviews 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 saw...
This week on hbook.com... ALA Awards 2026: Horn Book Reviews of the Winners From the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine: Publishers' Preview: New Year, New Books: Corey R. Tabor | Ashley Belote | Jen Calonita | Meera Subramanian and Danica Novgorodoff Calling Caldecott: The 2026 Caldecott Announcement by Adrienne L. Pettinelli The...
Illustration from Piece by Piece by Erin Frankel; illus. by Stacy Innerst. The following books will receive starred reviews in the March/April 2026 Horn Book Magazine: 102 by Matthew Cordell (Little, Brown) My Subway Runs by James Gladstone; illus. by Pierre Pratt (Groundwood) Navigating Night by Julie Leung; illus. by Angie Kang (Schwartz/Random) The Great...
The most prestigious honors in children’s literature, the Newbery and Caldecott medals, were awarded to Renée Watson for All the Blues in the Sky and Cátia Chien for Fireworks on January 26, 2026, by the American Library Association at the Hilton Chicago hotel. Also announced at the gathering were the winners of the...
Alex Awards [for the ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences] Sonita: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom by Sonita Alizada (HarperOne/HarperCollins) Plum by Andy Anderegg (Hub City) Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen (Gallery/Simon) What Kind of Paradise by Janelle...
Winner Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith Middle School, High School Heartdrum/HarperCollins 352 pp. 8/25 9780063314269 $19.99 This anthology edited by Muscogee author Smith includes eighteen stories by North American Indigenous authors including Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache), Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa...
Winner On the Wings of la Noche by Vanessa L. Torres Middle School, High School Knopf 352 pp. 1/25 9780593426173 $19.99 REVIEW TO COME Honors Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz High School Viking 416 pp....
Winner Popo the Xolo by Paloma Angelina Lopez; illus. by Abraham Matias Primary Charlesbridge 40 pp. 8/25 9781623544577 $17.99 REVIEW TO COME Honors The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio; illus. by John Picacio Primary Little, Brown 60 pp. 8/25 ...
Winner The Pecan Sheller by Lupe Ruiz-Flores Middle School Carolrhoda 256 pp. 4/25 9798765610527 $19.99 REVIEW TO COME Honors A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by María Dolores Águila Intermediate, Middle School Roaring Brook 304 pp. 9/25 ...