Booklists and resources on holidays, special events, seasons, social justice...and axolotls? We've covered a wide range of topics for all age levels in 2022, so we've compiled them together for readers to find some great new books to enjoy and share. Don't miss out — subscribe to The Horn Book today!

2022 Booklists and Resources:

• A lot of axolotls by Bodie Shanis
• Books for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Black History Month 2022
• Happy World Read Aloud Day
• Mother forking space and time by Cynthia K. Ritter
• Tu Bishvat is here by Shoshana Flax
• Happy Lunar New Year!
• Women's History Month
  • Week 1
  • Week 2
  • Week 3
  • Week 4
  • Week 5
• International Women's Day
• Pi Day 2022
• A verdant holiday smorgasbord by Shoshana Flax
• Muslim Women's Day by Elissa Gershowitz
• Transgender Day of Visibility by Kitty Flynn
• Basketball disappointment by Elissa Gershowitz
• National Siblings Day by Elissa Gershowitz
• Baseball and unicorns by Elissa Gershowitz
• Whatcha up to this weekend?
• Patriots' Day and School Vacation Week by Elissa Gershowitz
• Earth Day 2022: Invest in Our Planet
• Reading for Holocaust Remembrance Day
• International Dance Day
• Día 2022 by Elissa Gershowitz
• Independent Bookstore Day 2022 by Elissa Gershowitz
• International Jazz Day
• May Day
• Teacher Appreciation 2022
• Dystopian books 2022
• Cinco de Mayo 2022
• Mother's Day 2022 by Elissa Gershowitz
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022
• Marching for their lives
• Jewish American Heritage Month 2022
• National Caribbean American Heritage Month
• Rainbow Reads by Sarah Threlkeld, Jake Koniszewski, and Cynthia K. Ritter
  • Rainbow Reads List by Sarah Threlkeld, Jake Koniszewski, and Cynthia K. Ritter
• Audiobooks: Summer 2022
• Boxed Up: Moving House by Jake Koniszewski
• Body-Inclusive KidLit by Sarah Threlkeld
• Newbery centennial roundup by Cynthia K. Ritter
• The Wisdom of Grandpas by Sarah Threlkeld
• Gaga for Grandmas by Sarah Threlkeld
• Banned Books Week 2022
• Rosh Hashanah 2022 by Shoshana Flax
• Yom Kippur 2022 / 5783 by Elissa Gershowitz
• Indigenous Peoples' Day 2022
• National Hispanic Heritage Latinx Heritage Month 2022
• Reading for Diwali
• Native American Heritage Month
• Veterans Day
• Transgender Awareness Week
• Fanfare 2022 extras

Notes from the Horn Book newsletter booklists:

January 2022

• Nonfiction for Black History Month 2022
• Stepping up
• Black family love

February 2022

• Picture-book biographies for Women's History Month 2022
• Grrl power graphic novels and memoirs
• Historical fiction adventures

March 2022

• Picture books for National Poetry Month 2022
• Say it in verse
• Diverse fantastical worlds

April 2022: Summer Reading Edition

• Picture Books
• Beginning Readers and Primary Grades
• Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School

May 2022

• The costs of conflicts
• Jewish experiences
• Asian/Pacific American contemporary realism
• Under the sea

June 2022

• YA PRIDE
• In the good old summertime
• Picture books for National Caribbean American Heritage Month 2022

July 2022: Back-to-School Edition

• Living through history
• School-set comics
• Not too cool
• School 101
• Concept books including and beyond ABCs

August 2022

• Where history and biography meet
• YA retold
• Picture book houses

September 2022

• Folklore magic
• Early reader comics
• Learning from Mother Nature

October 2022

• Pulse-pounding reads
• Something spooky this way comes
• Music appreciation

November 2022

• Stories about storytelling
• Quirky sci-fi
• Fascinating figures

December 2022: Fanfare Edition

• Picture Books
• Fiction
• Folklore
• Poetry
• Nonfiction

Booklists from the Guide/Reviews Database:

• Grandparents Day by Sarah Threlkeld

  • Grandmother Picture Books

  • Grandfather Picture Books

• Body-Inclusive KidLit by Sarah Threlkeld
  • Primary
  • Intermediate
  • Older
• Moving by Jake Koniszewski
  • Primary
  • Intermediate
  • Older
• Celebrate Women's History Month 2022
• Commemorate Black History Month 2022
• Transgender Day of Visibility by Kitty Flynn
  • Primary
  • Intermediate
  • Older
• Veterans Day
  • Primary
  • Intermediate
  • Older
• Picture Books for Mother's Day
• Performing Arts: Dance
  • Primary
  • Intermediate
  • Older
• Embracing Spring: Spring Books for Primary Readers
• Autumn-y Picture Books and Nonfiction
• World Refugee Day
  • Picture Books
  • Middle-Grade Books
  • YA Books
• Picture Books for Father's Day

Book Bundles:

• Book Bundles: Picture-Book Nonfiction
• Book Bundles: YA Choices
• Book Bundles: More Horn BOO! for Youuuuu by Kitty Flynn
• Book Bundles: Pick a Picture Book
• Book Bundles: Edge-of-Your-Seat Novels
• Book Bundles: Our Home Planet by Maeve Visser Knoth
• Book Bundles: South Asian Diaspora by Katrina Hedeen
• Book Bundles: Art Appreciation by Rachel L. Kerns
• Book Bundles: Sea Creatures by Russell Perry
• Book Bundles: LGBTQ+ Pride by Kitty Flynn
• Book Bundles: Celebrate Pride by Anita L. Burkam
• Book Bundles: Stories of Pride by Anita L. Burkam
• Book Bundles: Creative Minds
• Book Bundles: Trees, Seeds, and Gravity
• Book Bundles: Realistic Fiction
• Book Bundles: Earth Speaks by Maeve Visser Knoth
• Book Bundles: What's in a Name? by Norah Piehl
• Book Bundles: Environmental Champions by Jessica Tackett MacDonald
• Book Bundles: Women in Politics by Miriam Steinberg-Egeth
• Book Bundles: Women in Science by Anita L. Burkam
• Book Bundles: Our Pandemic Experience by Kitty Flynn
• Book Bundles: Animals, Animals!
• Book Bundles: Navigating Life in the Middle Grades
• Book Bundles: Africa by Anita L. Burkam
• Book Bundles: Putting Ableism on Blast by Katrina Hedeen
• Book Bundles: A Gathering of Picture Books
• Book Bundles: Fight Racism by Monique Harris
• Book Bundles: Dim Sum, Lunar New Year, and More by Maeve Visser Knoth
• Book Bundles: Breaking Bread by Rachel L. Kerns
• Book Bundles: How to Life Skills by Katrina Hedeen
• Book Bundles: Worldwide Welcome by Jessica Tackett MacDonald