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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...
This week on hbook.com... October Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Julie Berry about If Looks Could Kill + 4 mythical and magical YA novels, 7 good sports novels, and 6 nonfiction picture books about Mother Nature and human nature Calling Caldecott: How Elegant the Elephant...
In support of the Massachusetts Freedom to Read bill, author Malinda Lo spoke with author and illustrator Mike Curato about his experiences with challenges to his graphic novel Flamer, whose protagonist realizes his queer identity during an intense summer at Boy Scout camp. See also our recent Banned Books Week...
It’s Indigenous Peoples' Day! We urge all readers — today and all year — to seek out and share books that respectfully and accurately represent diverse Indigenous peoples and cultures throughout North America. See the American Indian Library Association's American Indian Youth Literature Award, announced every other year during the American Library Association's Youth Media...
This week on hbook.com... Amber McBride Talks with Roger about The Leaving Room From the September/October 2025 Horn Book Magazine: The Writer's Page: Freedom Braids: The Power of Metaphors in "Liberation Literature" by Monique Duncan From the November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Preview Calling Caldecott: A Forest...
It’s Banned Books Week again, and the censorship of books continues to be a clear and present danger. From The American Library Association’s website (it's long, but important): "The American Library Association condemns censorship and works to defend each person's right to read under the First Amendment and to ensure...
This week on hbook.com... From the September/October 2025 Horn Book Magazine: The Writer's Page: The Impossibility of Writing Board Books by Rachel G. Payne Calling Caldecott: Your Farm | Your Forest | Your Island Let's Be Bees Out of the Box: November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine...
Illustration from Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung. The following books will receive starred reviews in the November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine. Lena the Chicken (but Really a Dinosaur!) by Linda Bailey; illus. by K-Fai Steele (Tundra) If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall (Little, Brown) Nunu and the Sea by Isabella Kung (Knopf) Cat Nap...
This week on hbook.com... Brian Lies Talks with Roger about Cat Nap From the September/October 2025 Horn Book Magazine: An Important Job: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by Mac Barnett Calling Caldecott: A Gift of Dust Good Golden Sun Out of the Box: Rosh Hashanah...
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