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Review of Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery

Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari; illus. by the author High School    LB Ink/Little, Brown    304 pp. 10/24    9780316416658    $24.99 Paper ed.  9780316416726    $17.99 e-book ed.  9780316416825    $9.99 A Japanese American author-illustrator describes her inner journey to find herself while taking an actual journey to Japan....

Review of Beti and the Little Round House

Beti and the Little Round House by Atinuke; illus. by Emily Hughes Primary    Candlewick    128 pp. 10/24    9781536225181    $18.99 Fans of Atinuke’s beloved chapter-book series know that Anna Hibiscus “lives in Africa. Amazing Africa” and Too-Small Tola “lives in Lagos, unbelievable Lagos.” Now we meet protagonist Beti, who lives with...

Review of A Sleepless Night

A Sleepless Night by Micaela Chirif; illus. by Joaquín Camp; trans. from Spanish by Jordan Landsman Primary    Transit    48 pp. 9/24    9798893389050    $19.95 In this vibrant and absurdist Argentinian import, young Elisa cries so loudly that her narrator sibling says she sounds “like a fire truck instead of a baby,”...

Review of A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story

A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story by Nadia Salomon; illus. by London Ladd Primary    Philomel    40 pp. 9/24    9780593525913    $18.99 e-book ed.  9780593525920    $11.99 This picture-book biography begins with Evers-Williams (b. 1933), the first woman to chair the NAACP full time, speaking at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration...

Review of Boy 2.0

Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste Intermediate, Middle School    Algonquin    304 pp. 10/24    9781643753812    $16.99 e-book ed.  9781523529896    $9.99 Win “Coal” Keegan is moving to another foster home; the McKay family seems nice enough, and Coal is relieved that he’s remaining at the same school with his best friend, nicknamed Door....

Review of The Table

The Table by Winsome Bingham and Wiley Blevins; illus. by Jason Griffin Primary, Intermediate    Porter/Holiday    56 pp. 9/24    9780823456420    $19.99 e-book ed.  9780823461530    $11.99 This moving narrative centers on a simple wooden table and its role in the lives of two families whose members are shown in the powerful illustrations...

Review of Dive, Dive into the Night Sea

Dive, Dive into the Night Sea by Thea Lu; illus. by the author Primary    Candlewick Studio    32 pp. 10/24    9781536234152    $19.99 A figure stands on the edge of a boat (on the title-page spread) and then dives into the sea, a luminous, full moon shining brightly in the background. Once...

Review of Every Story Ever Told

Every Story Ever Told by Ami Polonsky Middle School    Little, Brown    256 pp. 10/24    9780316570978    $16.99 e-book ed.  9780316571005    $9.99 In this sequel to World Made of Glass (rev. 3/23), set a generation later, seventh grader Stevie (daughter of Iris Cohen, the first book’s protagonist) is attending her New Jersey...

ALA Awards 2025: Horn Book Reviews of the Winners

The most prestigious honors in children’s literature, the Newbery and Caldecott medals, were awarded to Erin Entrada Kelly for The First State of Being and Rebecca Lee Kunz for Chooch Helped on January 27, 2025, at the American Library Association’s LibLearnX conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Also announced at the gathering...
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