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Review of Candy Corn Christmas!
Candy Corn Christmas! by Jonathan Fenske; illus. by the authorPrimary Little Simon 40 pp.9/25 9781665973663 $10.99“They were the candy time forgot. / They did not mold. / They did not rot.” When leftover candy corn get a whiff of Christmas, they want in on the action. “They stuffed the stockings....
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Review of Hap-Pea Holidays
Hap-Pea Holidays by Keith Baker; illus. by the authorPreschool Beach Lane/Simon 24 pp.9/25 9781665940283 $9.99Baker’s cheery pea characters (and pea puns) are in fine form in this Christmas celebration. “Twinkly lights, lots and lots / (after untangling all the knots).” Decking the halls, front doors, and town, the peas then...
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Review of Two-List Thanksgiving
Two-List Thanksgiving by Christine Whan; illus. by Sienna Youngsun KimPrimary Beaming 40 pp.9/25 9781506497594 $19.99“I smell soy and garlic-braised galbi and sage roasted turkey with stuffing.” A biracial girl and her mother prepare to host Thanksgiving for both sides of the family. In a sensory-rich text, the enthusiastic narrator describes...
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Review of Pool Party!
Pool Party! [Tiny Habitats]by Amy Hevron; illus. by the authorPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp.9/25 9781665935043 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665935050 $10.99Hevron’s (Sunken Ship, rev. 9/24) latest foray takes readers to a South American rainforest, where her focus is the “freshwater pools [that form] among the leaves of a bromeliad” (a flowering plant)—specifically,...
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Review of Floor It!
Floor It! by Bex Tobin Fine; illus. by Federico FabianiPreschool Random 40 pp.9/25 9780593904992 $18.99Library ed. 9780593905005 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593905012 $14.49“They honk their horn and start to zoom. / Baby’s on the move: Vroom vroom!” A zippy rhyming text and dynamic illustrations track this little speedster as they race through...
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Review of The Faraway Forest: Wally’s Route
The Faraway Forest: Wally’s Route by Debbie Fong; illus. by the author; color by Kayla CatanzaroPrimary Chronicle 88 pp.9/25 9781797230412 $12.99In this enchanting graphic-novel series starter, Fong (Next Stop, rev. 1/24) introduces the Faraway Forest and its animal inhabitants. Four interconnected chapters follow raccoon Wally, the forest’s devoted mail carrier,...
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Review of The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia
The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia by Alda P. Dobbs; illus. by Emily MendozaPrimary Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 40 pp.9/25 9781728297811 $18.99This engaging botanical history of the ubiquitous holiday plant begins in southwest Mexico where what we now call poinsettias grew wild. In the fourteenth century, the Nahua people (Aztecs)...
Holiday High Notes 2025
Welcome to our annual list of recommended new and reissued picture books of seasonal and holiday interest. Season's greetings from the Horn Book staff! The Birds of Christmas by Olivia Armstrong; illus. by Mira Miroslavova Preschool, Primary Eerdmans 40 pp. 8/25 9780802856470 $18.99 One cold night, Raven receives a celestial...
Space adventures
In this Notes section, we travel to space — or things from space travel to us. Here are five picture books featuring space aliens, space portals, or imaginative space travelers. For more, see the Space tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. RO-BO by Mariana Ruiz Johnson; illus. by the author; trans....
Week in Review, November 10th-14th
This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Curating The Art of Grace Lin by Melissa Hung Calling Caldecott: The 2025 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books by Kitty Flynn First-round nomination results! by Kitty Flynn Out of the Box: 2025...
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