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Holiday High Notes 2022
Sleigh bells ring. People pleading for some gifts made for reading. They’re new and they’re old and festively told: stories for a winter wonderland.* Here’s our annual list of recommended illustrated holiday books, new or reissued — season’s greetings from the Horn Book staff! *with apologies to lyricist Jeremy Stuart...
Review of Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten; illus. by Garry Meeches Sr. Primary Charlesbridge 32 pp. g 8/22 978-1-62354-290-0 $16.99 “Many Americans call it a day of thanksgiving. Many of our people call it a day of mourning.” A team of Native creators provides...
Review of Clarice Bean: Think like an Elf
Clarice Bean: Think like an Elf by Lauren Child; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 240 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5362-2365-1 $19.99 Clarice Bean fans rejoice: the star of highly illustrated chapter books (and of picture books) brings her trademark exuberant stream-of-consciousness narration (with occasional sly...
Review of When Santa Came to Stay
When Santa Came to Stay by Billy Sharff; illus. by Eda Kaban Primary Dial 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-593-32523-0 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-32524-7 $10.99 “Each meal was full of Christmas cheer, / With treats and sweets to spare.” What happens when Santa returns to one family’s house on New...
Review of The Night Before The Nutcracker
The Night Before The Nutcracker by John Robert Allman; illus. by Julianna Swaney Primary Doubleday 40 pp. g 9/22 978-0-593-18091-4 $18.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-18092-1 $21.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-18117-1 $10.99 Presented by American Ballet Theatre. A Clement C. Moore–inspired text and lively illustrations offer a tantalizing look at the...
Review of Twelve Dinging Doorbells
Twelve Dinging Doorbells by Tameka Fryer Brown; illus. by Ebony Glenn Primary Kokila/Penguin 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-9848-1517-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-9848-1518-7 $10.99 “At the first dinging doorbell this holiday I see… / a sweet potato pie just for me!” In this delightful takeoff on “The Twelve Days...
Review of The Best Gift for Bear
The Best Gift for Bear by Jennifer A. Bell; illus. by the author Preschool Two Lions/Amazon 40 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5420-2922-3 $17.99 Hedgehog has been baking cookies for her friends and neighbors, but “Bear should have a grand gift, a special gift, something wonderful…just like Bear.” Nothing...
Review of The Perfect Tree
The Perfect Tree by Corinne Demas; illus. by Penelope Dullaghan Preschool, Primary Cameron/Abrams 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-951836-42-9 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-647007-95-9 $15.54 It’s the day before Christmas, and Bunny is searching for the perfect tree, one that is just her size. Along the way...
Review of Season of Light
Season of Light by Jess Redman; illus. by Ramona Kaulitzki Preschool, Primary Farrar 40 pp. g 9/22 978-0-374-31460-6 $18.99 Redman’s lyrical rhyming text describes with anticipation the preparations that take place before Christmas. She showcases common traditions of the holiday that explain why this is a...
Review of Pookie’s Thanksgiving
Pookie’s Thanksgiving [Little Pookie] by Sandra Boynton; illus. by the author Preschool Boynton Bookworks/Simon 18 pp. g 9/22 978-1-6659-2263-0 $6.99 On Thanksgiving Day, Little Pookie (Spooky Pookie; Merry Christmas, Little Pookie) helps make apple and pumpkin pies and sets the table with his parents before Nemmy and Boppa...
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