Starred reviews, September/October '16 Horn Book Magazine

from GIANT SQUID; ills. by Eric Rohmann from GIANT SQUID; illus. by Eric Rohmann


The following books will receive starred reviews in the September/October issue of the Horn Book Magazine.

Rescue Squad No. 9; written and illustrated by Mike Austin (Random)

Du Iz Tak?; written and illustrated by Carson Ellis (Candlewick)

Owl Sees Owl; by Laura Godwin; illus. by Rob Dunlavey (Schwartz & Wade/Random)

Penguin Problems; by Jory John; illus. by Lane Smith (Random)

We Found a Hat; written and illustrated by Jon Klassen (Candlewick)

Rudas: Niño’s Horrendous Hermanitas; written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Porter/Roaring Brook)

A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785; by Matthew Olshan; illus. by Sophie Blackall (Ferguson/Farrar)

Still Life with Tornado; by A.S. King (Dutton)

The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes; written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (Abrams)

Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West; by Candace Fleming (Porter/Roaring Brook)

Giant Squid; by Candace Fleming; illus. by Eric Rohmann (Porter/Roaring Brook)

Dive!: World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific; by Deborah Hopkinson (Scholastic)

March: Book Three; by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; illus. by Nate Powell (Top Shelf)

Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White; written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet (Houghton)

 

 
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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Leda

Is this a record number of stars? Exciting!

Posted : Aug 04, 2016 01:41


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