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This week on hbook.com... December Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: Fanfare Edition, featuring annotations of all forty-nine entries on 2025's list Calling Caldecott: Broken by Dean Schneider Call for second round nominations by Kitty Flynn Out of the Box: Fanfare 2025 Booklist Fanfare 2025 extras Reviews of...
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Read more by and about some of our Fanfare 2025 authors and illustrators below. Find our at-a-glance Fanfare 2025 booklist here and our newly annotated list here. Picture Books Lisa Brown Rule Breakers: The World Is My Canvas by Lisa Brown Lisa Brown on The Airport Book by Martha...
Below is Fanfare, a list of the books that the Horn Book editors and reviewers have selected as the best of 2025. The annotated list will be published in the December issue of Notes from the Horn Book (sign up!) and in the January/February 2026 issue of the Horn Book Magazine...
This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Won't You Miss the Polar Bears? by Martha Meyer From the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine: Preview Calling Caldecott: Song of a Blackbird by Stephanie Ford Our Lake by Julie Hakim Azzam Reviews of the Week: Starred Picture...
This week on hbook.com... Jason Reynolds in Conversation with the Horn Book about Coach From the November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine: A Publisher's Perspective: Modern-Day Merits of Diverse Books by Jason Low Horn Book Herald: October 2025 Reviews of the Week: Starred Picture Book: Together, United by Tami Charles; illus....
This week on hbook.com... November Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Laura Amy Schlitz about The Winter of the Dollhouse + 9 novels where our world meets fantasy, 6 YA works with families affected by history, and 5 picture books featuring space adventures Tae Keller Talks with Roger...
Illustration from Ling & Ting's Lunar New Year by Grace Lin. The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine: If This Were the World by Stephen Barr; illus. by A. G. Ford (Porter/Holiday) The Rare Bird by Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook) Is It Spring? by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow) A...
This week on hbook.com... From the November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Curating The Art of Grace Lin by Melissa Hung Calling Caldecott: The 2025 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books by Kitty Flynn First-round nomination results! by Kitty Flynn Out of the Box: 2025...
November is Native American Heritage Month, a celebration of the many varied Native cultures. Check out the official website for more information and lots of resources. Here are some additional articles and links from The Horn Book's archives and beyond. Recent Horn Book resources by and about Native writers and...
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