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#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag Martha Meyer on Blueberry Awards criteria + Jan/Feb issue preview; #CallingCaldecott x2; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag Martha Meyer on Blueberry Awards criteria + Jan/Feb issue preview; #CallingCaldecott x2; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: www.hbook.com/section/book...
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Preview Jan/Feb #HBMag w/ striking original cover by #BGHB winner Matt James (Porter/Holiday) + #Fanfare25 #HBFanfare25, #BGHB25 speeches by @blackbookbruja.bsky.social @randyribay.bsky.social @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social @ohtruth.bsky.social @yukoart.bsky.social, + more! www.hbook.com/story/previe...
Preview January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine
Original cover art by Matt James.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Preview Jan/Feb #HBMag w/ striking original cover by #BGHB winner Matt James (Porter/Holiday) + #Fanfare25 #HBFanfare25, #BGHB25 speeches by @blackbookbruja.bsky.social @randyribay.bsky.social @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social @ohtruth.bsky.social @yukoart.bsky.social, + more! www.hbook.com/story/previe...
Day 11 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: 2 new
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December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Day 10 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: THE STREET WHERE SANTA LIVES by @harriethowebks.bsky.social; illus. by @juliachristians.bsky.social (@tigertalesbooks.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Day 10 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: THE STREET WHERE SANTA LIVES by @harriethowebks.bsky.social; illus. by @juliachristians.bsky.social (@tigertalesbooks.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
#CallingCaldecott: Julie Hakim Azzam on OUR LAKE by Angie Kang (Kokila/ @penguinkids.bsky.social): "Its quiet, tender, and profound brilliance is wholly desiring of #Caldecott recognition." www.hbook.com/story/our-lake
Our Lake
Julie Hakim Azzam makes the case for Angie Kang's Our Lake:
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December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#CallingCaldecott: Julie Hakim Azzam on OUR LAKE by Angie Kang (Kokila/ @penguinkids.bsky.social): "Its quiet, tender, and profound brilliance is wholly desiring of #Caldecott recognition." www.hbook.com/story/our-lake
Day 9 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: MERRY MITTENS: A MOONTIME CATS CHRISTMAS STORY by @thatjordanmorris.bsky.social; illus. by Charlie Mylie (@candlewickpress.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Day 9 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: MERRY MITTENS: A MOONTIME CATS CHRISTMAS STORY by @thatjordanmorris.bsky.social; illus. by Charlie Mylie (@candlewickpress.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
From November/December #HBMag Martha Meyer examines the Blueberry Awards Committee's anti-anxiety criteria for nature and climate books www.hbook.com/story/wont-y...
Won't You Miss the Polar Bears?
From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
From November/December #HBMag Martha Meyer examines the Blueberry Awards Committee's anti-anxiety criteria for nature and climate books www.hbook.com/story/wont-y...
#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek LOUDMOUTH: EMMA GOLDMAN VS. AMERICA (A LOVE STORY) (@mackidsbooks.bsky.social) " @dheiligman.bsky.social distills this remarkable, complex legacy...using a conversational voice that draws readers into her meticulously researched narrative" www.hbook.com/story/review...
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek LOUDMOUTH: EMMA GOLDMAN VS. AMERICA (A LOVE STORY) (@mackidsbooks.bsky.social) " @dheiligman.bsky.social distills this remarkable, complex legacy...using a conversational voice that draws readers into her meticulously researched narrative" www.hbook.com/story/review...
Day 8 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #winter
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Day 8 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Erin E. Stead (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #winter
#CallingCaldecott: Stephanie Ford on SONG OF A BLACKBIRD (@01firstsecond.bsky.social / @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social): " @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social brilliantly harnesses the #graphicnovel form to bridge time and space, history and memory." www.hbook.com/story/song-o...
Song of a Blackbird
Will the Committee consider Maria van Lieshout's Song of a Blackbird— a graphic novel?
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December 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#CallingCaldecott: Stephanie Ford on SONG OF A BLACKBIRD (@01firstsecond.bsky.social / @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social): " @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social brilliantly harnesses the #graphicnovel form to bridge time and space, history and memory." www.hbook.com/story/song-o...
⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek IF LOOKS COULD KILL by @julieberrybooks.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social @simonteen.bsky.social): "Berry’s call to awareness of misogyny in its many guises is strong and clear" www.hbook.com/story/review...
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek IF LOOKS COULD KILL by @julieberrybooks.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social @simonteen.bsky.social): "Berry’s call to awareness of misogyny in its many guises is strong and clear" www.hbook.com/story/review...
Day 7 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: THE MUTTCRACKER by Anna Kemp; illus. by Sara Ogilvie (@simonkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Day 7 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: THE MUTTCRACKER by Anna Kemp; illus. by Sara Ogilvie (@simonkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek THE HOUSE THAT FLOATED by Guojing (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "A cinematic page-turner" www.hbook.com/story/review...
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek THE HOUSE THAT FLOATED by Guojing (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "A cinematic page-turner" www.hbook.com/story/review...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag A Publisher's Perspective column from Jason Low of @leeandlow.bsky.social; @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social in conversation with @thehornbook.bsky.social; Oct #HBHerald; + more! sbee.link/4mgf9y3bwv
Week in Review, November 24th-28th
This week on hbook.com...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag A Publisher's Perspective column from Jason Low of @leeandlow.bsky.social; @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social in conversation with @thehornbook.bsky.social; Oct #HBHerald; + more! sbee.link/4mgf9y3bwv
Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: sbee.link/a9gph7kdyf
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The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide are the most distinguished journals in the field of children’s and young adult literature and the core of our company. Founded in 1924 by Bertha Mahony to herald the best in children’s literature, more t
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Day 6 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: THE GIVING FLOWER: THE STORY OF THE POINSETTIA by Alda P. Dobbs; illus. by Emily Mendoza (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky/ @sbkslibrary.bsky.social) sbee.link/wkxr87ab9c #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
Review of The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia
This engaging botanical history of the ubiquitous holiday plant begins in southwest Mexico where what we now call poinsettias grew wild. In the...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Day 6 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: THE GIVING FLOWER: THE STORY OF THE POINSETTIA by Alda P. Dobbs; illus. by Emily Mendoza (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky/ @sbkslibrary.bsky.social) sbee.link/wkxr87ab9c #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
Happy Thanksgiving! Day 5 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: HAP-PEA HOLIDAYS by Keith Baker (Beach Lane/ @simonkids.bsky.social) sbee.link/7gu64yxjq8 #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
Review of Hap-Pea Holidays
Baker’s cheery pea characters (and pea puns) are in fine form in this Christmas celebration. “Twinkly lights, lots and lots / (after untangling all...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Day 5 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: HAP-PEA HOLIDAYS by Keith Baker (Beach Lane/ @simonkids.bsky.social) sbee.link/7gu64yxjq8 #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
Day 4 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: TWO-LIST THANKSGIVING by Christine Whan; illus. by Sienna Youngsun Kim (@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Day 4 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: TWO-LIST THANKSGIVING by Christine Whan; illus. by Sienna Youngsun Kim (@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #thanksgiving
November #NotesfromtheHornBook Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "This issue of Notes offers...many great recommendations with which to curl up as the weather gets chillier" www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
From the Editor - November 2025
From the November 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
November #NotesfromtheHornBook Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "This issue of Notes offers...many great recommendations with which to curl up as the weather gets chillier" www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
November #NotesfromtheHornBook: 5 #picturebooks featuring space adventures www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
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Space adventures
From the November 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
November #NotesfromtheHornBook: 5 #picturebooks featuring space adventures www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
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Families affected by history
From the November 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
November #NotesfromtheHornBook: 6 #YA works with families affected by history www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
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Families affected by history
From the November 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
November #NotesfromtheHornBook: 6 #YA works with families affected by history www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
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Nov #NotesfromtheHornBook: 9 novels where our world meets fantasy www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
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Our world meets fantasy
From the November 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Nov #NotesfromtheHornBook: 9 novels where our world meets fantasy www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
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Our world meets fantasy
From the November 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM