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Horn Book Reminiscences: To the Horn Book on Its Hundredth Birthday
In honor of our centennial, we asked interns from over the years to share their reminiscences. When I was a Horn Book intern, I opened physical boxes of physical books, shelved those books around the physical Sullivan Square office, and mailed them physically to reviewers or, in the case of...
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Review of Spaghetti Hunters
Spaghetti Hunters by Morag Hood; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Two Hoots/Pan Macmillan 32 pp.6/24 9781509889846 $18.99Duck is looking for his spaghetti, but as Tiny Horse puts it, “spaghetti is the trickiest of all the pastas.” A search ensues, and while the deadpan narration addresses the mission seriously, Duck and...
Review of Joyful Song: A Naming Story
Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman; illus. by Susan GalPreschool, Primary Levine/Levine Querido 40 pp.5/24 9781646143702 $18.99It’s Zachary’s baby sister’s first Shabbat, and the whole family is on their way to the synagogue for her naming ceremony. As they bump into people throughout their diverse neighborhood, a sweet...
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Review of The Wrong Way Home
The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’ShaughnessyIntermediate, Middle School Knopf 336 pp.4/24 9780593650738 $17.99Library ed. 9780593650745 $20.99e-book ed. 9780593650752 $10.99Since narrator Fern was six, she and her mother have lived on the Ranch, an isolated “sustainable futurist community” in upstate New York. Now twelve, Fern is completely accustomed to the...
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Review of The Robbery
The Robbery by Joaquín Camp; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Berbay 40 pp.5/24 9781922610706 $18.99Thief 1, Thief 2, and Thief 3 have a simple plan: they will dig a tunnel and rob a bank. But even the best-laid plans require better navigational skills than those possessed by this trio, and...
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Review of Listen to This
Listen to This by Jennifer BlecherIntermediate, Middle School Greenwillow 224 pp.3/24 9780063140738 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063140752 $10.99This story of shifting friendships follows two seventh graders: Lily, who feels left out now that Maddie and Sasha are on an elite soccer team together; and Will, who has a crush on Lily and...
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Review of Things That Shimmer
Things That Shimmer by Deborah LakritzIntermediate, Middle School Kar-Ben 272 pp.4/24 9781728476261 $19.99In this novel set in 1973, all seventh grader Melanie wants is to be one of the popular Shimmers. As her best friend, Vicky, seems to be having more success achieving that goal than Melanie is, the sudden...
What Poetry's For
It’s not just for nurseries. It’s not just for rhymes. It’s stories. It’s feelings. It’s wonders and crimes. Poetry’s for you. You read it. You hear it. You rap or you slam. So be into meter (as iamb, iamb!)— jump into the bounce that a pattern contains— or throw out...
Purim 2024/5784
Purim begins Saturday night! As this year’s hamantaschen are yet to be baked, the ones shown here are last year’s…but in the spirit of the holiday, they’re in disguise as 2024/5784 hamantaschen. (I did enjoy a delicious Nutella-filled one from Tatte last weekend, but it sadly — or happily for...
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