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11/17/2025

⭐ RECESS by James E. Ransome (Paulsen/Penguin Kids): "Through poignant images created using watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite pencil, readers observe the love between mother and son."

An opening note introduces this story of a mother and son experiencing homelessness. The otherwise wordless story opens with the mother walking...

11/14/2025

: Nov/Dec Melissa Hung on "Curating The Art of Grace Lin"; x2 (including first-round nomination results!); roundup + slideshow; ; ; + more! https://hubs.la/Q03TlYRs0

11/14/2025

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: https://hubs.la/Q03TlNvY0
Abrams Kids Random House Children's Books Candlewick Press

11/14/2025

: books, articles, interviews + more for

November is Native American Heritage Month, a celebration of the many varied Native cultures.

11/14/2025

: Several happenings in and around town recently meant The Horn Book was out and about in Fall 2025 — what'd we miss?!

The Horn Book was out and about in Fall 2025.

11/13/2025

: Kitty Flynn on first-round nomination results "The top three nominees made a strong showing, but the real Committee must consider all titles—even those that receive one nomination, so everything is still in play." https://hubs.la/Q03T4VrZ0

Results fromour first round of nominations!

11/13/2025

: Nov 13–19 is — here are updated resources to help spread understanding and inspire action from The Horn Book's archives and beyond

Transgender Awareness Week is November 13–19, leading to Transgender Day of Remembrance/Resilience on November 20th.

11/12/2025

: Roundup + slideshow from the 2025 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards at Cambridge Public Library last Thursday, November 6, 2025 https://hubs.la/Q03SSLRg0
The Boston Globe Holiday House Books for Young People Abrams Kids Kokila Books Penguin Teen Penguin Kids MacKids Books Peachtree Publishing Company Random House Children's Books Clarion Books HarperKids Books

The 2025 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards took place last Thursday, November 6, at the Cambridge (MA) Public Library — and what a time we had!

11/12/2025

⭐ I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS by Eugene Yelchin (Candlewick Press): "Though the stakes are high, this political and artistic coming-of-age story has plenty of broadly relatable moments of indecision, stubbornness, frustration, and (often dark) humor, as its young subject figures out who he is, where he wants to be, and how to get there."

This graphic memoir, a sequel to The Genius Under the Table (rev. 9/21) but for a teen audience, picks up in 1980 Leningrad, with Yelchin’s early...

11/11/2025

: Kitty Flynn on the 2025 The New York Times/NYPL The New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books: "This year's picks are heavy on author-illustrator creators (eight out of ten)." https://hubs.la/Q03SGMVp0

11/11/2025

SUGAR SHACK by Lucy Knisley; color by Whitney Cogar (RH Graphic/Random House Children's Books): "The bulk of the emotionally resonant narrative reflects Jen’s everyday experiences (Saturdays at 4-H, farm chores, learning to make maple syrup, etc.), emphasizing themes of growth, change, friendship, and creativity."

This third installment of the graphic-novel series (starting with Stepping Stones, rev. 5/20) finds Jen, a budding cartoonist and sensitive “tomboy,”...

11/10/2025

ICYMI on : Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of consideration? Comment by tomorrow, November 11! https://hubs.la/Q03StKP10

Calling our readers! Time to participate — which four 2025titles do YOUthink are worthy of Caldecott consideration?