⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek SISTERS IN THE WIND by Angeline Boulley (Holt/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social): "Boulley’s latest gripping thriller poignantly expands familiar characters’ stories and introduces a compelling new heroine." www.hbook.com/story/review...
25.11.2025 15:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Day 2 of #25DaysofHolidayBooks: GATHER GRATEFUL @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social + FAMILY FEAST! @randomhousekids.bsky.social sbee.link/wcn3fxhj4q #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit
24.11.2025 21:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Nov/Dec #HBMag "A Publisher's Perspective: Modern-Day Merits of #DiverseBooks" by Jason Low: "This is the perfect time to reflect on the positive contributions that diverse #kidlit brings to readers and our society." sbee.link/78cfmxhuek
@leeandlow.bsky.social #weneeddiversebooks
24.11.2025 20:40 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek TOGETHER, UNITED by Tami Charles; illus. by Bryan Collier (Orchard/Scholastic) "Collier’s stunning illus capture the excitement of the children as they grow to realize the potential of their voices + the greater strength of their unity" www.hbook.com/story/review...
24.11.2025 15:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag #HolidayHighNotes + Jan/Feb #HBStars; Nov #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for Laura Amy Schlitz; #CallingCaldecott x2; @taekeller.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
22.11.2025 13:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book...
@nancyrosep.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #kidlit #yalit
22.11.2025 12:32 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
We're kicking off our annual #25DaysofHolidayBooks celebration with CANDY CORN CHRISTMAS! by Jonathan Fenske (Little Simon/ @simonkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/holida... #HolidayHighNotes #HornBookHolidays #holidaybooks #giftaday #bookaday #kidlit #christmas
21.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
TROUBLED WATERS: A RIVER’S JOURNEY TOWARD JUSTICE (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Bryan Collier will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GLASS: LOOKING IN, LOOKING OUT (@candlewickpress.bsky.social) by @larissatheule.bsky.social; illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:39 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
BLUES BOY: THE B. B. KING STORY (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social) by @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social; illus. by Carl Joe Williams will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
MELODIES OF THE WEARY BLUES (Harper/ @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social) by Langston Hughes; compiled by Shamar Knight-Justice; illus. by various artists will receive a starred review in the Jan/Feb 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congrats! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THE ROSE FIELD (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social) by Philip Pullman will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THE LIONS’ RUN (Balzer + Bray/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social) by @sarapennypacker.bsky.social; illus. by Jon Klassen will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
THE TEACHER OF NOMAD LAND: A WORLD WAR II STORY (Levine/ @levinequerido.bsky.social) by Daniel Nayeri will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:37 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
THE MOON WITHOUT STARS (Philomel/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social) by Chanel Miller will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:36 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
LING & TING’S LUNAR NEW YEAR: TWO TIMES LUCKY (@littlebrownyr.bsky.social) by @authorgracelin.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:35 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
THE LIONHARTS (Abrams Fanfare) by @mikelawred.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THE GRIMMELINGS (McElderry/ @simonkids.bsky.social) by @rachaelking70.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:34 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
A SPOONFUL OF THE SEA (@wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social) by Hyewon Yum will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
IS IT SPRING? (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social) by Kevin Henkes will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THE RARE BIRD (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social) by Elisha Cooper will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
IF THIS WERE THE WORLD (Porter/Holiday) by Stephen Barr; illus. by A. G. Ford will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews
The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2026Horn Book Magazine.
#HBOutoftheBox: The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
20.11.2025 19:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Anything
Martha V. Parravano calls Gracey Zhang's illustrations for Anything
#CallingCaldecott: Martha V. Parravano on ANYTHING by @rebstead.bsky.social; illus. by Gracey Zhang (@chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social): "Zhang's art is the perfect partner for Stead's text." www.hbook.com/story/anything
20.11.2025 18:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz
From the November 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
November #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for Laura Amy Schlitz about THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE (@candlewickpress.bsky.social): "I think what I was after was the idea of two worlds lying side by side." www.hbook.com/story/five-q... [📸: Joe Rubino]
19.11.2025 21:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @amicuspublishing.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
19.11.2025 20:34 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@ebyrbooks.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social
19.11.2025 20:29 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Children’s book author
larissatheule.com
New York Times bestselling author of PAX, PAX JOURNEY HOME, CLEMENTINE, HERE IN THE REAL WORLD, and LEEVA AT LAST.
Coming in February 2026 - THE LIONS' RUN!
Cartoonist: creator of the Star Scouts series, Maker Comics: Survive the Outdoors, Muddy Max. Repped by Kelly Sonnack
Writer of novels & other stuff from NZ. MG novel The Grimmelings (“Horse girl folk horror”) out now in Aus, NZ & the UK, coming to the US Oct 2025. Secrets at Red Rocks TV adaptation out 9 March NZ & US. https://www.rachael-king.com Band Pic: J Ganley
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We ❤️ picture books. Follow along to fall in love with picture books, too. https://linktr.ee/carlemuseum
📍Amherst, MA
Illustrator from the mud flats of Essex.
Mom, Wife, Author | BUSTER THE BULLY (Welbeck ‘21) | BEFORE THE SHIPS (Scholastic ‘24) | MY HAIR IS A BOOK (Harper Collins ‘24) | she/her | rep'd by @Jemiscoe
Maishaoso.com
Author, Illustrator, Academic, Speaker, Director of Graduate Programs in Children's Literature and Illustration at Hollins University.
Loves books, comedy, independent films, and probably at least 21 bands you also love.
Currently residing on planet Earth making books for kids and drawing hotdogs! 📚✏️🌭 I Can also burp really loudly. 💫 substack.com/@jessixabagley
• Author • Artist • IF ANIMALS DISAPPEARED (series) • GO WITH THE FLOW Eisner nominated/LA Times Book Prize finalist • She/Her •
https://linktr.ee/lwbean
illustrator / author / Cartoonist
📚Pumpkin and Beetle (July 2025)
The Lost Mitten, Fry Guys
www.chickengirldesign.com
Author:
Patterns Everywhere (Lerner '23)
My Love for You (S&S '23)
Tell Me About Space/Oceans (S&S '23/'24)
All the Rocks We Love (RiseXPenguin '24)
Wonder Why (Harper Kids '25) + more
Rep: Tricia Lawrence, EMLA
https://lisaperronbooks.com
Kidlit author + illustrator
Reader past my bedtime, mom, runner, #kidlit author, soup fan. DESIGN LIKE NATURE (SLJ⭐) FRESH AIR, CLEAN WATER (2022) CITIES (2023) she/her
STEAMTeam, 12x12, CWILL
meganclendenan.com
Children's Author | Korean Canadian | GG Literary Awards Finalist | Rep: Laurel Symonds kt literary
www.angelaahnbooks.com
