Five questions for Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang
Anything by Rebecca Stead, illus. by Gracey Zhang; Chronicle.

Parents and children
Mad at Dad by Janie Hao; Kids Can.
Our Lake by Angie Kang; Kokila/Penguin.
The Greatest River by Namita Moolani Mehra, illus. by Khoa Le; Harper/HarperCollins.
Outside Mom, Inside Mom by Jane Park, illus. by Lenny Wen; Simon.
Mama Hug by Emma Straub, illus. by Stevie Lewis; Rocky Pond/Penguin.
Thunderland by Maggie Edkins Willis; Viking.

Drawing on memories
How to Draw a Secret by Cindy Chang; Allida/HarperCollins.
Okchundang Candy by Jung-soon Go; trans. from Korean by Aerin Park; Em Querido/Levine Querido.
Chickenpox by Remy Lai; Holt.
Extra Large by Tyler Page; First Second.
Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison — and How We Stayed Connected by Jay Jay Patton with Kiara Valdez, illus. by Markia Jenai; Graphix/Scholastic. 

Otherworldly forces
The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum; Harper/HarperCollins.
Dead Girls Don’t Dream by Nino Cipri; Holt.
After Life by Gayle Forman; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. 
Jasmine Is Haunted by Mark Oshiro; Starscape/Tor.
They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran; Bloomsbury.

From the May 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.