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It happens each Calling Caldecott season. We start out in September full of excitement and high hopes that we will be able to weigh in on all the books on our list...and now it's January and we've run out of time. On Thursday this week the polls will open for...
On the Cover
This piece depicts and is dedicated to Darryl George, a young man in Texas who was given in-school suspension for the 2023–24 school year because of the way he wore his hair. All but one of his claims of discrimination were denied by a U.S. District Court judge, but his...
Editorial: Somewhat Unusual (January/February 2025)
It was an especially busy, unusually in-person end of 2024 for the Horn Book. Following appreciative receipt of the Mentor Award at the Carle Honors Benefit Gala in NYC, we spent time at the sixteenth annual Boston Book Festival. A road trip to Western Massachusetts led to the R. Michelson...
Table of Contents: January/February 2025 Horn Book Magazine
Cover (c) 2025 by Charly Palmer. Features Horn Book Fanfare by Horn Book editors Our choices for the best books of 2024. Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards BGHB Awards Gallery 2024 Celebrating the winners and honorees. Picture Book Fiction Nonfiction and Poetry Special Citation 100 Years Old and Still Relevant...
Review of Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters!
Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters! by Vikram Madan; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Wordsong/Astra 128 pp.11/24 9781635928174 $19.99e-book ed. 9781635928181 $11.99This humorous collection features twenty-five story-poems presented in an innovative comic format. Kooky cartoon characters star in the wildly colorful...
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Review of The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets
The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets selected by Irene Latham and Charles Waters; illus. by Mercè LópezPrimary Carolrhoda 40 pp.10/24 9781728492100 $18.99This collection features twenty poems about real-life mistakes each of the poets made in childhood. The contributors include Linda Sue Park, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Lacresha Berry,...
Review of The Midnight Panther
The Midnight Panther by Poonam Mistry; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick Studio 48 pp.10/24 9781536238716 $18.99A gentle panther loves the forest, but he’s afraid to scale the tall trees and feels different from the other majestic cats. He admires Tiger’s bold stripes, Lion’s bright mane, and Leopard’s dazzling spots. The...
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Review of Toto
Toto by Hyewon Yum; illus. by the authorPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.1/25 9780823453894 $18.99e-book ed. 9780823462322 $11.99“Toto” isn’t the young protagonist’s name but rather what she calls the large birthmark on her forehead. Opening lines read, “Sometimes I wonder how I would look without Toto.” Despite loving support from family who...
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Review of Dig Dig Digger
Dig Dig Digger by Morag Hood; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Two Hoots 32 pp.10/24 9781509889860 $18.99During a routine day at the roadworks, Digger decides she needs a change of pace. Instead of digging down in “mud and dark and worms,” she wants to go up: “Up would be sky,...
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Review of Rocket Puppies
Rocket Puppies by William Joyce; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Dlouhy/Atheneum 48 pp.11/24 9781665961332 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665961349 $10.99Mid-century aesthetics, dreamlike storytelling, and meticulous craft combine to create a peculiar tale of good versus evil. Thanks to the aptly named Snarly McBummerpants—a six-legged humanoid clad in a tie and bowler hat—the...
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