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Reading for Diwali

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In honor of the Festival of Lights, here are some books about the celebration of Diwali along with picture books, fiction, and nonfiction by and about South Asian and South Asian American people. These books for young readers — all recommended at the time of their publication by The Horn...

Books mentioned in the October 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book

Five questions for Tracey Baptiste Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste; Algonquin. Thriller nights Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock by Josh Allen, illus. by Sarah J. Coleman; Holiday. Read at Your Own Risk by Remy Lai; Holt. It Happened to Anna by Tehlor Kay Mejia; Delacorte. We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth Nix; Scholastic. The Creepening...

Scientists in action

These nine nonfiction books, recommended for preschool, primary, and/or intermediate readers, offer a glimpse at the variety of work scientists (including a president!) can do — from biology to psychology to astronomy. See also the Scientists tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Thomas Jefferson’s Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a...

Transgender Awareness Week 2024

In honor of upcoming Transgender Awareness Week (November 13–19), here are four titles featuring trans and other gender expansive characters, recommended for middle- and/or high school readers. For more, see the Trans/gender nonconforming tag on hbook.com and the Transgender persons and Gender identity tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. The Deep...

Thriller nights

If you like a little scare with your fiction fare, check out these six books recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers. For a thriller with a sci-fi bent, see our Five Questions interview with Tracey Baptiste about Boy 2.0. And for Halloween recommendations for the younger set, see Horn BOO!...

Horn BOO! 2024

Looking for a scare — or Halloween-themed book that’s more silly than scary? Look no further. (But don’t look behind you!) Welcome to our roundup of preschool and primary Halloween books: Horn BOO! Things That Go Bump in the Day by Melinda Beatty; illus. by Charlene Chua Primary    Dial    32...

Books mentioned in the September 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book

Five Questions for Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso, illus. by Rudy Gutierrez; Calkins/Astra. National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month 2024 Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park by María Dolores Águila, illus. by Magdalena Mora; Dial. Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown, illus. by...

Teens and parents

Relationships between teens and parents aren’t always simple. In these six books, recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers, those varied and evolving bonds play a central role. Breaking into Sunlight by John Cochran Middle School    Algonquin    304 pp. 6/24    9781523527298    $17.99 e-book ed.  9781523529049    $9.99 Seventh grader Reese Buck has...

Line by line

Novels in verse, such as these five recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, can pack a lot of meaning into relatively short lines. See also the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine, with its centennial mini-theme of Poetry & Folklore, and Dorie Raybuck’s 2015 Field Notes column, “This Is Too Much!”:...
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