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In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, and interviews from The Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February. Last Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement saw...
A vibrant theater scene is one of the perks of living in the Boston area, and American Repertory Theater (A. R. T.) in Cambridge is often a great place to catch shows when they’re brand-new. Recently, I attended a performance of Wonder, a new musical adaptation of R. J. Palacio’s...
Broken by X. Fang; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Tundra 48 pp. 10/25 9781774882009 $18.99 A young girl tells a story about a cup, a cat, and some cake. While visiting her grandma, bored Mei Mei decides to scare Mimi the cat but in doing so accidentally breaks Ama’s...
This interview originally appeared in the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: New Year, New Books, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by A journalist and a graphic...
Illustration from Piece by Piece by Erin Frankel; illus. by Stacy Innerst. The following books will receive starred reviews in the March/April 2026 Horn Book Magazine: 102 by Matthew Cordell (Little, Brown) My Subway Runs by James Gladstone; illus. by Pierre Pratt (Groundwood) Navigating Night by Julie Leung; illus. by Angie Kang (Schwartz/Random) The Great...
Not only is Island Storm, written by Brian Floca and illustrated by Sydney Smith, my favorite picture book of the year, it’s one of my all-time favorite picture books. This is the book I would be an advocate for if I were on the actual Caldecott committee this year, except that it wouldn’t be on the table; it’s not eligible. Sydney Smith is Canadian. So, it’s one of those CaldeNott books...
This interview originally appeared in the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: New Year, New Books, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by In The Curse Breaker, sequel...
This interview originally appeared in the January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: New Year, New Books, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by In Squirrel Lock Holmes: The...
Our Air by G. Brian Karas; illus. by the author Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. 10/25 9780593625514 $18.99 With the opening sentence, “I am the Air,” Karas (On Earth, rev. 9/05) establishes personified air as the narrator, reassuring readers that even though, scientifically speaking, they cannot see or smell or hear...
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