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Adrienne L. Pettinelli finds Evan Turk's illustrations for A Forest Song, written by Kirsten Hall,

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 1d

Calling Caldecott: Adrienne L. Pettinelli on A FOREST SONG: www.hbook.com/story/a-fore...

A Forest Song

It’s Banned Books Week again, and the censorship of books continues to be a clear and present danger.

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 1d

#Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek LINK + HUD: SHARKS & MINNOWS by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey (Norton Young Readers): sbee.link/tadj3qe79f

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 1d

Kicking off #BannedBooksWeek2025: www.hbook.com/story/banned...

Banned Books Week 2025

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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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 2d

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek ISLAND STORM by Brian Floca; illus. by Sydney Smith (Porter/Holiday): https://sbee.link/k4aruc9dgq

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 5d

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: sbee.link/kdn9chmyvr
@harperkids.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

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Betsy Bird on Shawn Harris's Let's Be Bees:

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 5d

#HBWeekinReview : Nov/Dec #HornBookMagazine #HBMag Starred Reviews, "The Impossibility of Writing Board Books" by Rachel G. Payne, #CallingCaldecott, and more: www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 6d

#CallingCaldecott Betsy Bird on LET'S BE BEES: www.hbook.com/story/lets-b...

Let's Be Bees

November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 7d

The following books will receive starred reviews in the Nov/Dec #HornBookMagazine www.hbook.com/story/novemb... (Illustration from "Nunu and the Sea" by Isabella Kung) #HBMag #HBStars

The following books will receive starred reviews in the November/December 2025Horn Book Magazine.

Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 7d

⭐ #HBReviewoftheWeek THE HISTORY OF WE by Nikkolas Smith (Kokila/@penguinkids.bsky.social): "Combining vibrant, painterly illustrations and short, lyrical, explanatory paragraphs, Smith outlines major contributions of these various groups from prehistoric Africa" sbee.link/fdjbk3te6r

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 8d

#CallingCaldecott : Rachel G. Payne asks: "Could Jon Klassen’s trio of board books in the Your Places series (Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island) be a Caldecott winner?" www.hbook.com/story/your-f...

Could an original board book be a Caldecott winner? Rachel G. Payne considers Jon Klassen's Your Places series.

The Writer's Page: The Impossibility of Writing Board Books

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 8d

#HBReviewoftheWeek Susan Fletcher's SEA CHANGE (Amulet/Abrams Kids): "The romantic elements are as compelling as the philosophical and scientific questions throughout the text, and Turtle’s efforts to slow down and observe the world make for moments of beautiful prose." sbee.link/3byp6mwdvg

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 9d

From Sept/Oct #HornBookMagazine #HBMag "The Writer's Page: The Impossibility of Writing Board Books" by Rachel G. Payne. "I started writing books for very young children in anger. A strange admission, I know..." www.hbook.com/story/the-wr...

From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 9d

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek CRANKY, CRABBY CROW (SAVES THE WORLD) by Corey R. Tabor (Greenwillow Books/@harperkids.bsky.social): sbee.link/kgwxqehu3c

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 11d

#HBWeekinReview: Brian Lies #TalkswithRoger, Mac Barnett's National Ambassador speech, #CallingCaldecott, Rosh Hashanah, and more: www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

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

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 12d

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: https://sbee.link/wad3pnyjfe
@penguinkids.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI: FREE #BGHB25 registration is open: www.hbook.com/story/bghb25...

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 13d

Please join us for the 2025 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards at the Cambridge (MA) Public Library! Registration is free + help spread the word: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-bosto... #BGHB25

Brian Lies Talks with Roger

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 12d

Brian Lies #TalkswithRoger about CAT NAP (@harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social): "A CAT NAP turns into a fantastical museum tour for the titular feline and for child readers..." www.hbook.com/story/brian-...

ACat Napturns into a fantastical museum tour for the titular feline and for child readers.Brian Liesuses “colored glass, lead, gold leaf, ink, graphite and colored pencil, plaster, wood, goatskin parc...

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 13d

#CallingCaldecott: Scot Smith on GOOD GOLDEN SUN: www.hbook.com/story/good-g...

Good Golden Sun

From Scot Smith:

Margo Barlett and Mac Barnett are on the same wavelength.

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 13d

#HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading Margo Bartlett: "Mac Barnett is among the many children’s authors who understand that writing for kids is writing both for kids and those who read to them..." www.hbook.com/story/thank-...

Thank you, Mac Barnett

Review of We Carry the Sun

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 13d

Please join us for the 2025 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards at the Cambridge (MA) Public Library! Registration is free + help spread the word: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-bosto... #BGHB25

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 14d

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek WE CARRY THE SUN by Tae Keller; illus. by Rachel Wada (Norton Young Readers): "Full-bleed illustrations, both informative and bold, enhance Keller’s compelling, poetic text in this, her first nonfiction picture book." sbee.link/dkjtyhq864

Thousands of years ago, humans gathered under the sun’s rays for immediate heat. Then they began constructing homes that faced south to take...

Yesica Hurd considers Juana Martinez-Neal's illustrations for A Gift of Dust: How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet, written by Martha Brockenbrough.

The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 15d

#CallingCaldecott: Yesica Hurd on A GIFT OF DUST: "Repetition of color and the theme of the circle of life are found throughout the book..." www.hbook.com/story/a-gift...

A Gift of Dust

Review of This Moth Saw Brightness

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 15d

#Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek THIS MOTH SAW BRIGHTNESS by @penguinkids.bsky.social (Dutton/@penguinkids.bsky.social): "Vacharat’s debut is a standout work of speculative fiction and a foreboding social satire about unethical governing and the corrosive values of Big Tech." sbee.link/efn3rwvah4

D (short for ’Wayne; the D is “invisible”), who lives in a somewhat off-kilter version of Baltimore, keeps to himself and doesn’t care about...

Rosh Hashanah begins tonight, and Yom Kippur begins the evening of October 1.

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 15d

Shoshana Flax: "Rosh Hashanah 5786 begins tonight, and Yom Kippur begins the evening of October 1. Not to mention Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah, all in the coming weeks! Wishing you a year of safe passage / self-expression..." www.hbook.com/story/shana-...

Shana tovah! 2025 / 5786