Table of Contents: November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine


Cover from The Giving Flower by Alda P. Dobbs. Illustration © 2025 by Emily Mendoza.

 

Features

Curating The Art of Grace Lin by Melissa Hung
A look at an exhibit on view at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

Won't You Miss the Polar Bears? by Martha Meyer
Examining the Blueberry Awards Committee's anti-anxiety criteria for nature and climate books.

 

Columns

Editorial

Joyful, Bright, and Deep by Elissa Gershowitz
Not mutually exclusive.

A Publisher's Perspective

Modern-Day Merits of Diverse Books by Jason Low
The publisher and co-owner of Lee & Low Books reflects on how stories representing members of marginalized groups benefit everyone.

Board Book Roundup

That's About the Size of It by Rachel G. Payne
When board books use nontraditional trim sizes.

 

Reviews

Holiday High Notes
Selected new and reissued holiday titles.

Book Reviews

 

Departments

November/December Starred Books

Impromptu

Index to Advertisers

Index to Books Reviewed

 


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