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Who would we be without the stories we read as children — or the stories we read to our children, and to our grandchildren? This is the truth: when we read our beloved stories out loud to children, cozy, side-by-side, the ribbon of love wraps around us. Together, we become...
My hope for the children’s book industry and the Horn Book is that both will continue to create and expose children to books that widen their world, not narrow it. Illustration (c) 2012 by Christy Hale from Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. Shared with permission of the publisher, Lee...
For people whose identities are marginalized in mainstream culture, some of our most memorable experiences from childhood are painful and confusing: the times when we felt different or devalued, but we couldn’t express our feelings and therefore couldn’t get help to process them. They had nowhere to go, no outlet,...
Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo High School Norton 368 pp. 5/24 9781324030904 $19.99 Yoo (From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry, rev. 5/21) provides a comprehensive, kaleidoscopic account of what happened before,...
Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest; illus. by Erin SteadPreschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.5/24 9780823449750 $18.99Big Bear and Little Bear enjoy a summer idyll. It starts with a joyous declaration from Big Bear—“I’m just in the mood for fishing”—that just encapsulates a child’s immersive enthusiasm. The...
Not like Other Girls by Meredith AdamoHigh School Bloomsbury 448 pp.4/24 9781547614004 $19.99e-book ed. 9781547614011 $13.99Seventeen-year-old Jo is quick to list qualities she’s learned are “the trouble with girls like me.” She’s “wild,” “difficult,” “a slut.” A social outcast after a classmate leaked nude photos, she’s mostly ignored by her...
Let’s Go! by Julie Flett; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Greystone Kids 40 pp.5/24 9781771646109 $19.95Every day, a child watches other kids skateboarding past the window and wishes to join them. After receiving Mom’s old skateboard, the child can now practice at the skatepark for real. At first unsure about...
Sumo Libre by Joe Cepeda; illus. by the authorPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp.6/24 9780316453721 $18.99Neighbors Max and Kenji love wrestling. But Max thinks lucha libre is the “greatest,” while Kenji thinks sumo is the “best.” When they show each other their favorite moves—and try to prove which is truly the...
Rumi: Poet of Joy and Love by Rashin Kheiriyeh; illus. by the authorPrimary NorthSouth 40 pp.3/24 9780735845442 $19.95Young readers are introduced to the thirteenth-century poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic Rumi in this accessible picture-book biography that spans much of its subject’s childhood and adult life. Rumi develops his love...
And Then, Boom! by Lisa FippsIntermediate, Middle School Paulsen/Penguin 260 pp.5/24 9780593406328 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593406335 $10.99Sixth grader Joseph Oaks claims he isn’t a superhero (even if he did fly like Superman once): “I don’t have any special powers—unless / you count my ability to be invisible, / and to survive.”...