Three new concept books for preschool and primary ages play with the book form and go out of their way to keep kids involved.Newcomer Patricia Intriago brings a strong graphic sensibility to her deceptively minimalist Dot. This book of opposites uses a brief rhyming text and a playful touch, setting...
An illustrated book about an ocean voyage, a comic-strip biography of a Nobel physicist, and an examination of a controversial period of American history are just some of the new nonfiction titles hitting shelves alongside Marc Aronson’s Trapped.Feynman by Jim Ottaviani ingeniously uses a first-person narrative and the graphic novel...
Another entry in a beloved series about a high school Everygirl, the follow-up to a novel about two very different characters and their unlikely attraction, and the gripping sequel to a futuristic science fiction thriller are books teens will want to get their hands on.In Incredibly Alice, the twenty-sixth book...
The July issue of Notes from the Horn Book is out, featuring "Five Questions for . . ." Sophie Blackall, a recent BGHB Honor honoree who seems to be everywhere these days and doing some great work. Also: new picture-book bios (talk about something that's everywhere), middle-grade fiction, and a...
Where many picture book biographies give a few pages to a subject’s childhood and quickly skip to the more noteworthy adult years, Patrick McDonnell’s Me . . . Jane devotes itself to primatologist Jane Goodall’s youth. Through a powerful synthesis of simple text, artless paintings, and collaged regalia from Jane’s...
Wherein I interview Patrick McDonnell (Me . . . Jane), and we review more nature books for young children, three new chapter books, audiobooks for middle-schoolers and some new YA novels....
The February issue of Notes from the Horn Book is out, headlined by Martha Parravano's Five Questions for Wilder Award winner Tomie dePaola. Otherwise, we give you a handy annotated list of the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Sibert, King, and Belpre-winning books....