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Week in Review, October 13th-17th

by Horn Book
Oct 17, 2025 | Filed in Blogs

This week on hbook.com...

October Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Julie Berry about If Looks Could Kill + 4 mythical and magical YA novels, 7 good sports novels, and 6 nonfiction picture books about Mother Nature and human nature

Calling Caldecott:

How Elegant the Elephant by Megan Dowd Lambert
Big Enough by Shelley Isaacson

Out of the Box:

Indigenous Peoples' Day 2025
Five questions for Mike Curato by Malinda Lo

Horn Book Herald:

September 2025 - Horn BOO!

Reviews of the Week:

Starred Picture Book: Sato the Rabbit: Morning Light by Yuki Ainoya; trans. from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky
Fiction: Zarina Divided by Reem Faruqi
Starred Nonfiction: In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito; illus. by Jessica Lanan

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Week in Review, October 13th-17th

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