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12/12/2025

: booklist + extras + December w/ annotations; x2; + more! https://www.hbook.com/story/blogs/week-in-review-december-8th-12th-2025

12/12/2025

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: https://www.hbook.com/section/bookreviews/reviewsoftheweek
Holiday House Books for Young People Scholastic Penguin Kids

12/12/2025

Happy (almost) ! Day 16 of : THE MOUSE WHO LOVED LATKES by Joy Nelkin Wieder (Kar-Ben Publishing) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-the-mouse-who-loved-latkes-nov2025

12/12/2025

ICYMI: This week we announced , featuring our choices for the best , , , and children's books of 2025. Check out the Booklist https://www.hbook.com/story/blogs/fanfare-2025-booklist, Annotations https://www.hbook.com/story/fanfare-2025-annotations, and Extras https://www.hbook.com/story/blogs/fanfare-2025-extras for last-minute gift ideas!

12/11/2025

Day 15 of : THE BOOK OF CANDLES: EIGHT POEMS FOR HANUKKAH by Laurel Snyder; illus. by Leanne Hatch (Clarion Books/HarperKids Books) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-the-book-of-candles-eight-poems-for-hanukkah-nov2025

12/11/2025

: It's time for our second round of nominations! Select three more titles by Tuesday, December 16! https://www.hbook.com/story/call-for-second-round-nominations-2025

12/10/2025

December Edition, featuring our annotated choices for the best , , , and children's books of 2025: https://www.hbook.com/story/fanfare-2025-annotations

Book jackets for the 49 titles chosen as Horn Book Fanfare 2025 selections.

12/10/2025

Day 14 of : GOLEM LOVES LATKES: A TASTY HANUKKAH TALE by Doreen Klein Robinson; illus. by Anna Krajewska (Intergalactic Afikoman) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-golem-loves-latkes-a-tasty-hanukkah-tale-nov2025

12/10/2025

⭐ IMOGEN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Yuko Shimizu (Viking/Penguin Kids): "Shimizu’s illustrations perfectly capture the historical period...More importantly, they also capture Cunningham’s indomitable spirit."

Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) was born into a large, loving family in the Pacific Northwest at the tail end of the nineteenth century. As a young...

12/09/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to all on The Horn Book list! More to come in this week’s issue of and January/February :

Our choices for the best books of the year.

12/09/2025

Day 13 of : LOST AND FOUND HANUKKAH by Joy Preble; illus. by Lisa Anchin (Chronicle Kids) https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-lost-and-found-hanukkah-nov2025

12/09/2025

: Dean Schneider on BROKEN by X. Fang (Tundra Books): "Every child will identify with Mei Mei’s situation, running from the scene of the crime and ultimately finding comfort in a grandmother’s hug." https://www.hbook.com/story/broken