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Week in Review, November 24th-28th
This week on hbook.com... Jason Reynolds in Conversation with the Horn Book about Coach From the November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine: A Publisher's Perspective: Modern-Day Merits of Diverse Books by Jason Low Horn Book Herald: October 2025 Reviews of the Week: Starred Picture Book: Together, United by Tami Charles; illus....
Week in Review, November 17th-21st
This week on hbook.com... November Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Laura Amy Schlitz about The Winter of the Dollhouse + 9 novels where our world meets fantasy, 6 YA works with families affected by history, and 5 picture books featuring space adventures Tae Keller Talks with Roger...
January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews
Illustration from Ling & Ting's Lunar New Year by Grace Lin. The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine: If This Were the World by Stephen Barr; illus. by A. G. Ford (Porter/Holiday) The Rare Bird by Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook) Is It Spring? by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow) A...
Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz
Laura Amy Schlitz’s imagination has created books ranging from the Newbery-winning verse novel Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! to the multi-award-winning historical YA novel The Hired Girl. Her latest, The Winter of the Dollhouse (Candlewick, 9–12 years), is a doll story — with human and doll points of view. Can’t get...
Holiday High Notes 2025
Welcome to our annual list of recommended new and reissued picture books of seasonal and holiday interest. Season's greetings from the Horn Book staff! The Birds of Christmas by Olivia Armstrong; illus. by Mira Miroslavova Preschool, Primary Eerdmans 40 pp. 8/25 9780802856470 $18.99 One cold night, Raven receives a celestial...
Books mentioned in the November 2025 Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz; Candlewick. Our world meets fantasy The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall, illus. by Matt Phelan; Knopf. Return to Sender by Vera Brosgol; Roaring Brook. Severe and Unusual Weather by Jessie Ann Foley; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. Into the Wild...
Space adventures
In this Notes section, we travel to space — or things from space travel to us. Here are five picture books featuring space aliens, space portals, or imaginative space travelers. For more, see the Space tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. RO-BO by Mariana Ruiz Johnson; illus. by the author; trans....
Families affected by history
In these six works of historical fiction recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers (including prose novels, a graphic novel, and a verse novel), historical events have profound effects on families’ lives. Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley High School Holt 384 pp. 9/25 9781250328533 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781250328540 ...
Our world meets fantasy
In these nine novels recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, characters from our world meet fantasy elements. You’ll find more at the Fantasy tag in the Guide/Reviews Database, and see also our Five Questions interview with Laura Amy Schlitz about The Winter of the Dollhouse. The Library of Unruly Treasures...
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