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10/31/2025

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: https://hubs.la/Q03R8ZyY0
Chronicle Kids Candlewick Press Holiday House Books for Young People

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! The final day of features MURRAY'S HOWL-O-WEEN by E. G. Keller (Abrams Kids) https://hubs.la/Q03R6YNq0

10/31/2025

September/October for Nicholas Day about A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER (Random House Studio/Random House Children's Books): "There’s no science literacy without narrative. We see and interpret our world through stories, and that includes the world of science."

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

10/31/2025

Day 12 of features A MONSTROUS BEDTIME by Kerilynn Wilson (Greenwillow Books/HarperKids Books) https://hubs.la/Q03R2SQG0

A child has a simple bedtime routine with their caregivers: “A cup of water, a fan whirring gently, a story, and a song.” When it doesn’t work for...

10/31/2025

: Elisa Gall + Jonathan Hunt discuss "Why the Hell Is Everyone Sleeping on Flowcharts?: Informational Picture Books Up Close"

A conversation between Elisa Gall and Jonathan Hunt about informational picture books and the Caldecott Award.

10/30/2025

September/October for Karina Yan Glaser about THE NINE MOONS OF HAN YU AND LULI (Allida Books/HarperKids Books): "I drew on themes I loved reading about when I was young"

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

10/29/2025

Day 11 of features TO CATCH A GHOST by Rachel Michelle Wilson (Orchard/Scholastic) https://hubs.la/Q03QQk0f0

10/29/2025

September/October for Tori Tadiar about DAYBREAKER (Disney-Hyperion/Disney Books): "DAYBREAKER’s main characters all have a bit of me in them."

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

10/29/2025

IT'S CORN PICKING TIME! by Jill Esbaum; illus. by Melissa Crowton (Porter/Holiday House Books for Young People): "An informative and playful ode to agriculture."

“This is the farmer, her cap, and her gloves. This is the farm, land that she loves.” Before the sun rises, a farmer gets the combine from the shed,...

10/28/2025

Day 10 of features EVELYN WITCH GETS A PET by Beth Ferry; illus. by Charles Santoso (Roaring Brook/MacKids Books) https://hubs.la/Q03QDlYB0

10/28/2025

⭐ GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS by Meg Medina; illus. by Anna Balbusso and Elena Balbusso (Candlewick Press): "Medina has devised an intricate underwater world full of fanciful explanations for ocean-related phenomena and unusual characters who would feel at home in Baum’s Oz, matched by the Balbussos’ gorgeous, layered, mixed-media illustrations in grayscale."

When Graciela fell to her death into the sea as a girl, she became, after a one-hundred-year sleep, a sea spirit. Now she’s impatient to earn the...

10/27/2025

Day 9 of features TROUBLING TONSILS! by Aaron Reynolds; illus. by Peter Brown (SimonKIDS) https://hubs.la/Q03QgWVW0

Jasper Rabbit, protagonist of the picture book Creepy Carrots! and its sequels (most recently Creepy Crayon!, rev. 9/22), serves as the Rod...