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10/13/2025

⭐ SATO THE RABBIT: MORNING LIGHT by Yuki Ainoya; trans. from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky (Enchanted Lion Books): "In simple declarative sentences and compositions made of ovals and blobs in warm pastel colors, Ainoya creates a world of kindness and abundance as the background to a story that needs no conflict to be fully realized, absorbing, and sweetly funny."

Is Sato a boy in a rabbit costume or a rabbit with a human face and bearing? Is he a kid or a grownup? What matters is that he’s an alert, curious,...

10/10/2025

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: https://hubs.la/Q03GxQ5v0
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10/10/2025

Week in Review: Banned Books Week 2025, November/December Horn Book Magazine preview, Amber McBride Talks with Roger, and more: https://www.hbook.com/story/blogs/week-in-review-october-6th-10th-2025

10/10/2025

NEW! November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine preview. Cover art by Emily Mendoza from The Giving Flower (Sourcebooks) written by Alda P. Dobbs: https://www.hbook.com/story/preview-november-december-2025-horn-book-magazine

10/10/2025

Amber McBride Talks with Roger about The Leaving Room: https://www.hbook.com/story/amber-mcbride-talks-with-roger-2025 Macmillan Children's School & Library MacKids Books

10/09/2025

Calling Caldecott: Annisha Jeffries on TO SEE AN OWL:

"In To See an Owl, Matthew Cordell takes readers on a quiet journey into darkness, inviting them to seek magic alongside a child."

10/09/2025

From the September/October Horn Book Magazine: "The Writer's Page: Freedom Braids: The Power of Metaphors in 'Liberation Literature'" by Monique Duncan:

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

10/08/2025

BE THE LIGHT: HOW SHE BECAME ANGELA DAVIS by Daria Peoples (Greenwillow Books/HarperKids Books): "Peoples’s reverent narrative and evocative digitally rendered gouache-like illustrations vibrantly convey the essence of Davis’s unwavering activism and resolute optimism for a new world."

This picture-book biography of the educator and “passionate activist for equality and justice for all” emphasizes how the events of Davis’s (b. 1944)...

10/07/2025

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

10/07/2025

LINK + HUD: SHARKS & MINNOWS by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey (Norton Young Readers): "Dynamic and varied black-and-white illustrations appear throughout, some alongside the lively text, others as cartoon panels, and occasionally overtaking the pages"

The high-spirited brothers are up to more high jinks in this entertaining sequel to Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair (rev. 5/23). In summer, the...

10/06/2025

Kicking off Banned Books Week 2025: https://www.hbook.com/story/banned-books-week-2025

10/06/2025

⭐ ISLAND STORM by Brian Floca; illus. by Sydney Smith (Porter/Holiday House Books for Young People): "Floca’s writing is pure poetry; Smith’s expressionistic watercolor and gouache illustrations are utterly gorgeous; and themes of adventure and home, sibling closeness, and the majesty of nature are expertly conveyed."

Caldecott winner Floca and Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Smith team up to create a magnificent, timeless tale of two young children on an...