July/August starred reviews, Horn Book Magazine

by Roger Sutton
Jun 04, 2018 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
 

from BLUE RIDER, by Geraldo Valério


The following books will receive starred reviews in the July/August 2018 issue of The Horn Book Magazine:

A Big Mooncake for Little Star; written and illustrated by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)

They Say Blue; written and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams)

Blue Rider; written and illustrated by Geraldo Valério (Groundwood)

Rebound; by Kwame Alexander; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile (Houghton)

The Book of Boy; by Catherine Gilbert Murdock; illustrated by Ian Schoenherr (Greenwillow)

The Party and Other Stories; written and illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier (Chronicle)

Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams; by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James E. Ransome (Wiseman/Simon)

Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World; written and illustrated by Christy Hale (Porter/Roaring Brook)

Look at the Weather; written and illustrated by Britta Teckentrup; trans. from the German and adapted by Shelley Tanaka (Owlkids)

 
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Allison Grover Khoury

This illustration from Blue Rider is blowing my mind! I'm off to find out more. Thank you.

Posted : Jun 10, 2018 01:16

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