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12/20/2025

: Nov/Dec board book roundup; x2; + more! https://www.hbook.com/story/blogs/week-in-review-december-15th-19th-2025

12/20/2025

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: https://www.hbook.com/section/bookreviews/reviewsoftheweek
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Candlewick Press SimonKIDS Clarion Books HarperKids Books

12/20/2025

Day 21 of : MONSTERS IN THE MOONLIGHT: A YALDA NIGHT ADVENTURE by Sina Merabian (SimonKIDS) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-monsters-in-the-moonlight-a-yalda-night-adventure-nov2025

12/18/2025

Day 20 of : SANTA CLAWS by Bridget Heos; illus. by Galia Bernstein (Holt/MacKids Books) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-santa-claws-nov2025

12/18/2025

: Kitty Flynn on second-round nomination results "Four titles tied for first place" https://www.hbook.com/story/second-round-nomination-results-2025

12/18/2025

⭐ DEAR ACORN (LOVE, OAK): LETTER POEMS TO FRIENDS by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Melissa Sweet (Clarion Books/HarperKids Books): "Sweet’s colorful, textured mixed-media collage art enhances these inventive pieces."

In eight pairs of poems, Sidman creates dialogues between two subjects, some in nature (cloud and droplets), some human-made elements (button and...

12/17/2025

Day 19 of : WINTER IS THE WORST! by Dan Tavis (Amicus Ink/Amicus) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-winter-is-the-worst-nov2025

12/17/2025

From November/December Rachel G. Payne's latest Roundup column "That's About the Size of It"

From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

12/17/2025

TRAPPED IN THE TAR PIT: HOW PALEONTOLOGISTS UNEARTHED A CITY'S PREHISTORIC PAST by Jessica Stremer; illus. by Alexander Vidal (Beach Lane/SimonKIDS): "The fascinating story of the La Brea Tar Pits gets a wonderful introduction in Stremer’s latest offering."

The fascinating story of the La Brea Tar Pits gets a wonderful introduction in Stremer’s (Plight of the Pelican, rev. 3/25) latest offering. In...

12/16/2025

ICYMI on : It's time for our second round of nominations! Select three more titles by the end of TODAY! https://www.hbook.com/story/call-for-second-round-nominations-2025

12/16/2025

Day 18 of : PEPE AND THE PIÑATA: A CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE by Tracey Kyle; illus. by Mirelle Ortega (little bee books) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-pepe-and-the-pinata-a-celebration-of-hispanic-heritage-nov2025

12/16/2025

: Marva Anne Hinton on CAT NAP by Brian Lies (Greenwillow Books/HarperKids Books): "The way Lies was able to successfully work in all of these different styles is amazing." https://www.hbook.com/story/cat-nap