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Father's Day 2025
Permit me a moment to give a shout-out to my amazing husband (happy anniversary to us next week!). Though he is generally spotlight-averse, this will nevertheless be a very special weekend for him: not only is he turning 45 on Saturday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!), he'll also be celebrating Father's Day on...
Week in Review, May 19th-23rd
This week on hbook.com... May Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang about Anything + 6 picture books about parents and children, 5 graphic novels/memoirs for intermediate and middle-school readers, and 5 YA supernatural novels From the May/June 2025 Horn Book Magazine...
Five questions for Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang
Anything (Chronicle, 4–8 years) is an introspective, sensitively conveyed picture book about a dad helping a child through difficult transitions in a new apartment. The ambiguity in Rebecca Stead’s (2010 Newbery Medalist for When You Reach Me) text, accompanied by Gracey Zhang’s spare illustrations, leaves room for readers to imagine...
Books mentioned in the May 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang Anything by Rebecca Stead, illus. by Gracey Zhang; Chronicle. Parents and children Mad at Dad by Janie Hao; Kids Can. Our Lake by Angie Kang; Kokila/Penguin. The Greatest River by Namita Moolani Mehra, illus. by Khoa Le; Harper/HarperCollins. Outside Mom, Inside Mom by Jane Park, illus. by Lenny Wen; Simon. Mama Hug by Emma Straub, illus....
From the Editor - May 2025
Illustration: Liza Woodruff. With Mother’s Day (and my birthday!) just past and Father’s Day coming soon, this issue of Notes features books about families in various configurations and with differing experiences…some supernatural! (Librarians with Superpowers, anyone?) Find more at our Family Reading blog, where Summer Reading also lives; and at Out...
Otherworldly forces
These five novels, recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers, blur the lines between the ordinary and the supernatural. See also the Guide/Reviews Database subject tag Supernatural. The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum High School Harper/HarperCollins 384 pp. 4/25 9780063285835 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780063285842 $10.99 High school senior Hollis...
Drawing on memories
The creators of these five books, recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, turn their own memories, with varying degrees of fictionalizing, into graphic novels or graphic memoirs. See also the Graphic novels and the Memoirs tags on hbook.com and the Graphic novels and Autobiographies subject tags in the Guide/Reviews Database....
Parents and children
In honor of Mother’s Day (May 11), Father’s Day (June 15), and parent figures every day, here are six picture books that highlight a wide range of aspects — from the silly to the serious — of children’s relationships with parents. See also our Five Questions interview with Rebecca Stead...
Newsletter Archives
[See also our Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book archives] 2025 January 2025 Five questions for Jason Reynolds If you LOVE love stories... New year, new stories Black excellence From the Editor February 2025 Five questions for Amy Cherrix Real science Female-focused fiction Need a good laugh? From the...
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