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Review of I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin; illus. by the author High School Candlewick 432 pp. 9/25 9781536215533 $22.99 e-book ed. 9781536227321 $22.99 This graphic memoir, a sequel to The Genius Under the Table (rev. 9/21) but for a teen audience, picks up in 1980...
From the Editor - October 2025
The November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine has gone to press, with its hopeful, looking-ahead cover image (by Emily Mendoza from The Giving Flower, written by Alda P. Dobbs and reviewed in our Holiday High Notes column). And we’re looking ahead ourselves to a busy fall. On October 25, come see...
Shana tovah! 2025 / 5786
Rosh Hashanah 5786 begins tonight, and Yom Kippur begins the evening of October 1. Not to mention Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah, all in the coming weeks! Wishing you a year of safe passage, self-expression, learning from the past, problem-solving, and joyful times together. ...
From the Editor - September 2025
For many, September is a time of new adventures — a new school year, learning to read. If you’re Bean, every day is an adventure; see our Five Questions interview with Stephanie Graegin. And see Five Questions for the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award winners for books about two very different kinds...
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Review of The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense
The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill; illus. by Laura CarlinPrimary, Intermediate Enchanted Lion 84 pp.7/25 9781592704132 $22.99For the most part, this is a straightforward picture-book biography of poet, natural history artist, and landscape painter Edward Lear (1812–1888), focusing...
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Review of First Ascent: The Epic Yosemite Rock-Climbing Rivalry of Royal Robbins and Warren Harding The Epic Yosemite Rock-Climbing Rivalry of Royal Robbins and Warren Harding
First Ascent: The Epic Yosemite Rock-Climbing Rivalry of Royal Robbins and Warren Harding by Kate Messner; illus. by Stevie LewisPrimary, Intermediate Yosemite Conservancy 56 pp.8/25 9781951179335 $19.99Robbins (1935–2017) and Harding (1924–2002) started out as rock-climbing buddies but quickly became rivals. Messner’s conversational text introduces them and their interest in climbing;...
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Review of Troubling Tonsils!
Troubling Tonsils! [Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!]by Aaron Reynolds; illus. by Peter BrownPrimary, Intermediate Simon 88 pp.9/25 9781665961080 $13.99e-book ed. 9781665961097 $9.99Jasper Rabbit, protagonist of the picture book Creepy Carrots! and its sequels (most recently Creepy Crayon!, rev. 9/22), serves as the Rod Serling–like narrator of this early-chapter-book series opener. “Creepy...
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Review of Jazzy the Witch in Broom Doom
Jazzy the Witch in Broom Doom by Jessixa Bagley; illus. by the authorIntermediate Simon 232 pp.7/25 9781665922326 $14.99e-book ed. 9781665922340 $9.99Jazzy, this graphic novel’s protagonist, dreads the upcoming flying parade that will be held in honor of a supermoon. All the other witches in her family and community assume she’ll...
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Review of Lovesick Falls
Lovesick Falls by Julia DrakeHigh School Little, Brown 336 pp.6/25 9780759557826 $19.99e-book ed. 9780759557444 $12.99Celia, Ros, and Touchstone are a “triumvirate” of rising high school seniors. They spend the summer on their own for the first time at a cabin in Lovesick Falls, a town known for its spring that...
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