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Recommended Hanukkah picture books
Hanukkah is here! These picture books, all published in the last several years and recommended by The Horn Book Magazine, will get you in a festive mood for the Festival of Lights.In Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama, Sadie describes her family’s December holiday traditions. Daddy Christmas makes latkes for Santa...
Thanksgiving reading
There's a lot to be grateful for on Thanksgiving: delicious food, relaxation, the Macy's Day Parade, even football. Above all, we give thanks for time spent with loved ones. The books below (published in the last several years and recommended by The Horn Book Magazine) touch on all of these...
Review of Little Santa
Little Santaby Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Dial 40 pp.10/13 978-0-8037-3906-2 $17.99 gIt’s easy to distinguish Santa from his parents and six siblings (Larry, Mary, Willy, Millie, Joey, Zoe). They’re all much older, and depressed as only Agee grownups can be; Santa’s the happy little one in the...
Review of If Snow Falls
If Snow Falls: A Story for Decemberby Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPrimary Pantheon 36 pp.1982 0-394-85520-5 $5.95Library ed. ISBN 0-394-95520-X $6.99Calling to mind the individual frames of a film, small richly colored paintings progress sequentially in concert with the lulling rhythm of a brief text. The first page shows...
Five questions for Jon Agee
Jon Agee has made a great career from picture books about anti-heroes (Nothing, Hyperion, 3–7 years; Terrific, di Capua/Hyperion, 3–7 years) and oddballs (The Other Side of Town, di Capua/Scholastic, 3–7 years), but here’s one about a true children’s champion: Santa Claus. And, despite the fact that its premise —...
From the Editor - November 2013
I guess it’s time to start buying presents! Some years ago, I opined in the Horn Book Magazine that the best kind of book to give came in the form of a gift certificate, but then-publisher Anne Quirk accused me of wimping out. So all right then: just from the...
Books mentioned in the November 2013 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Jon AgeeNothing by Jon Agee, Hyperion, 3–7 years.Terrific by Jon Agee, di Capua/Hyperion, 3–7 years.The Other Side of Town by Jon Agee, di Capua/Scholastic, 3–7 years.Little Santa by Jon Agee, Dial, 3–7 years.If Snow Falls by Jon Agee, Pantheon, 3–7 years.If the weather outside is frightfulBig Snow...
Books for the whole family
Holiday gatherings offer excellent opportunities to read together as a family. These middle-grade books make engaging read-alouds to share while you drowse by the fire.In Neil Gaiman’s Fortunately, the Milk, a father goes out for milk for his children’s cereal. After being abducted by aliens, escaping from pirates, traveling in...
If the weather outside is frightful
During the holiday season, sometimes you want to romp around outside, sometimes you want to snuggle in with a good book. These four picture books let readers stay warm while vicariously experiencing wintertime bliss.It’s mid-December. Mom is preparing for houseguests, and David is waiting for the first big snow of...
Quality time
The holidays are approaching, and you know what that means: school vacations, trips to visit the grandparents, long plane/car/bus rides...all opportunities to spend lots of quality time with the kids. Three new books offer holiday cheer and activity ideas; the fourth reminds us to be mindful of what’s most important....
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