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Hyewon Yum is a prolific picture-book creator, both as a solo author-illustrator and as an illustrator of books written by other authors (including one Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book!). In A Spoonful of the Sea (Norton, 4–8 years), which she both wrote and illustrated, the main character’s “birthday soup is...
Earlier today, the Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott blog announced the results of our MOCK Caldecott vote. The voters chose a Caldecott winner and one honoree — two Horn Book favorites, both on our annual Fanfare list. The REAL winners, along with all the 2026 American Library Association Youth Media Awards, will...
Five questions for Hyewon Yum A Spoonful of the Sea by Hyewon Yum; Norton. Tasty traditions A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition by Pamela Courtney, illus. by Toni D. Chambers; Farrar. Tea Is Love by Adib Khorram illus. by Hanna Cha; Dial. Soy Sauce! by Laura G. Lee; Algonquin. Every Peach Is a Story by David Mas...
The protagonists of these eight memorable, emotional novels, recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers, cope with challenging situations within their families or in their families’ larger circumstances. Butterfly Heart by Moa Backe Åstot; trans. from Swedish by Agnes Broomé Middle School, High School Levine/Levine Querido 184 pp. 10/25 9781646145751 $19.99...
With Black History Month coming in February, here are four page-turning tales across genres for intermediate and/or middle-school readers where Black history or identity plays a role in the action. For many more Black History Month resources, see the Black History Month tag on hbook.com, and the African Americans tag...
Pass the soy sauce or the tea saucer…and try a taste of these six picture books about food traditions passed from one generation to another. For a timely early reader where food similarly figures in to love of one’s heritage, check out Ling & Ting's Lunar New Year: Two Times Lucky...
There’s nothing like a good library haul! Here’s mine, following the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine issue-to-press date. It’s the issue that begins our hundred-and-second year and contains all the 2025 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards speeches along with Fanfare, our annual annotated “best of” list that Notes from the Horn...
Laura Amy Schlitz’s imagination has created books ranging from the Newbery-winning verse novel Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! to the multi-award-winning historical YA novel The Hired Girl. Her latest, The Winter of the Dollhouse (Candlewick, 9–12 years), is a doll story — with human and doll points of view. Can’t get...
Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz; Candlewick. Our world meets fantasy The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall, illus. by Matt Phelan; Knopf. Return to Sender by Vera Brosgol; Roaring Brook. Severe and Unusual Weather by Jessie Ann Foley; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. Into the Wild...
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