#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag Table of Contents + Editorial; #CallingCaldecott x2 (including first-round nominations!); 2025 Boston Book Festival roundup; #HBFamilyReading; #ChildrensBookWeek; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book... @candlewickpress.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

#HBFamilyReading: Margo Bartlett on revisiting a family favorite, @cordellmatthew.bsky.social's ANOTHER BROTHER: "Thus did 'Honkin’ plunger!' join the family lexicon..." www.hbook.com/story/honkin... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

#CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by Tuesday, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit

#HBOutoftheBox: It's #ChildrensBookWeek! You may get a kick out of these early ads: hbook.com/story/its-ch... @cbcbooks.bsky.social #kidlit

From November/December #HBMag Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "Books and media for young people are uniquely situated to raise awareness of ourselves AND OTHERS, and that is something to celebrate." www.hbook.com/story/editor... #kidlit

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek WHITE LIES: HOW THE SOUTH LOST THE CIVIL WAR, THEN REWROTE THE HISTORY (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social): "Ann Bausum lists these falsehoods of the Lost Cause + then dismantles them 1 by 1 in this extensively researched book" www.hbook.com/story/review...

#CallingCaldecott: Erica Marks on THE HISTORY OF WE by @4nikkolas.bsky.social (Kokila/ @penguinkids.bsky.social): "The brushstrokes, coupled with the rich, intentional colors, evoke feelings of joy, happiness, struggle, and fear." www.hbook.com/story/the-hi...

#HBOutoftheBox: Boston Book Festival 2025: @thehornbook.bsky.social booth 19 was busy, as was the entire book festival on Saturday 10/25. Check out our photos slideshow + round up of the #kidlit + #yalit highlights www.hbook.com/story/boston... @bostonglobe.com @bpl.boston.gov #BBF2025 #JustKids

#Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek SCHOOL DANCE by Sarah Sax (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "The story blends a heartfelt, realistic look at intergenerational bonds + middle-school life w/ some slapstick humor, as Milo’s besties offer comic relief + genuine support" www.hbook.com/story/review...

Nov/Dec 2025 #HBMag (cover from THE GIVING FLOWER by Alda P. Dobbs + Emily Mendoza; Sourcebooks Jabberwocky @sbkslibrary.bsky.social) See the Table of Contents here: www.hbook.com/story/novemb... #kidlit @carlemuseum.bsky.social @leeandlow.bsky.social @rpayne.bsky.social @melissahung.bsky.social

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek THE SLEEPER TRAIN by Mick Jackson; illus. by Baljinder Kaur (@candlewickpress.bsky.social): "This visually vibrant yet gentle bedtime book promises, like the sleeper train, to calm and soothe readers." www.hbook.com/story/review...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Norman Ollestad + Brendan Kiely, Tori Tadiar, Karina Yan Glaser, Nicholas Day; #CallingCaldecott; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book... @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

Happy Halloween! The final day of #13BooksofHalloween features #picturebook MURRAY'S HOWL-O-WEEN by E. G. Keller (Abrams) www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBGuide

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Nicholas Day abt A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social): "There’s no science literacy w/o narrative. We see + interpret our world through stories, + that includes the world of science" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Day 12 of #13BooksofHalloween features #picturebook A MONSTROUS BEDTIME by Kerilynn Wilson (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/bookre... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBMag

#CallingCaldecott: Elisa Gall + Jonathan Hunt discuss "Why the Hell Is Everyone Sleeping on Flowcharts?: Informational Picture Books Up Close" www.hbook.com/story/why-th... #Caldecott

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Karina Yan Glaser about THE NINE MOONS OF HAN YU AND LULI (@allidabooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social): "I drew on themes I loved reading about when I was young" www.hbook.com/story/publis...

Day 11 of #13BooksofHalloween features #picturebook TO CATCH A GHOST by @rachmakesbooks.bsky.social (Orchard/Scholastic) www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBGuide

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Tori Tadiar about DAYBREAKER (Disney-Hyperion): "DAYBREAKER’s main characters all have a bit of me in them." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek IT'S CORN PICKING TIME! by Jill Esbaum; illus. by Melissa Crowton (Porter/Holiday): "An informative and playful ode to agriculture." www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 10 of #13BooksofHalloween features #picturebook EVELYN WITCH GETS A PET by Beth Ferry; illus. by @charlessantoso.bsky.social (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social) www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBGuide

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS by Meg Medina; illus. by Anna Balbusso + Elena Balbusso (@candlewickpress.bsky.social): "Medina has devised an intricate underwater world full of fanciful explanations for ocean-related phenomena + unusual characters" www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 9 of #13BooksofHalloween features #chapterbook TROUBLING TONSILS! by Aaron Reynolds; illus. by @peterbrownstudio.com (@simonkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBMag

Please join us for the 2025 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards at the Cambridge (MA) Public Library on November 6, 2025 at 5pm! Registration is free + help spread the word: www.hbook.com/story/bghb25... #BGHB25 @bostonglobe.com

September/October #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Norman Ollestad and @brendankiely.bsky.social about SOLE SURVIVOR (Farrar/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social): "BK: This is a story of great hope—and I jumped at the chance to collaborate with Norm to tell that story." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek THE MOON MOVED IN by Sue Soltis; illus. by Sonia Sánchez (@chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social): "Soltis’s magical telling of a brief friendship intertwines with a celebration of nature." www.hbook.com/story/review...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag Cadenza by Shawn Harris; Yuyi Morales #TalkswithRoger; #CallingCaldecott x2; #5Qs for Hollins University's @dulemba.bsky.social; #Diwali; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book... @candlewickpress.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

FYI: We hope to see you tmrw at the Boston Book Festival from 10-6pm — stop by Copley Sq Street Fair booth #19 to say hi to @thehornbook.bsky.social + catch Elissa Gershowitz's #kidlit early readers panel at 11:15am + @shoshanaflax.bsky.social's #yalit thrillers panel at 12:15pm! bostonbookfest.org

Day 8 of #13BooksofHalloween features #picturebook IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR...HALLOWEEN! by @maishawrites.bsky.social; illus. by @tomknightdraws.bsky.social (McElderry/ @simonkids.bsky.social) www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBGuide

#HBOutoftheBox: #5Qs for Hollins University's @dulemba.bsky.social abt the new low-residency pathway for their grad programs in #kidlit + illustration: "In today’s political climate, it’s important to us that students from around the world be able to access our courses" www.hbook.com/story/five-q...

#TalkswithRoger: Yuyi Morales talks with Roger Sutton about LITTLE REBELS (Porter/Holiday): "We are all trying to find what kind of rebel we are." www.hbook.com/story/yuyi-m...

Day 7 of #13BooksofHalloween features #picturebook LITTLE BOO by Maddie Frost (@clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social) www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBGuide

#CallingCaldecott "When I think of the #Caldecott terms + criteria, I think of all the ways Cátia Chien’s explosive + evocative visuals in FIREWORKS more than honors them" www.hbook.com/story/firewo... @bribop.bsky.social @matthewburgessj.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

FYI: Join Dorchester bookstore Just Book-ish for upcoming family literacy workshops. The first session takes place this Saturday at 11am with Dr. Kim Parker and Dr. Nicholl Montgomery! RSVP here: www.wordsasworlds.org/events

Day 6 of #13BooksofHalloween features #graphicnovel JAZZY THE WITCH IN BROOM DOOM by @jessixabagley.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBMag

From Sep/Oct #HBMag Cadenza "Crayon Drawing" by Shawn Harris www.hbook.com/story/cadenz...

#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek A ROCK IS BORN: AN EPIC JOURNEY THROUGH TIME by Richard Ho + @lwbean.bsky.social (RB/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social): "Minimalist text distills the complex scientific geological processes of the more-than-100,000,000-year life cycle of a rock" www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 5 of #13BooksofHalloween features #picturebook THE MONSTER IN THE LAKE by Leo Timmers (@geckopress.bsky.social) www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBGuide

#CallingCaldecott: Erica Marks on EVERY MONDAY MABEL by @jashar.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social): "You could remove the words completely, and the story would still shine—that’s how strong the visual storytelling is." www.hbook.com/story/every-...

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek THE MIDWATCH INSTITUTE FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Judith Rossell @penguinkids.bsky.social: "Oppressed orphans, a boarding school, a 1920s setting, a determined heroine, + an exuberant mystery...but this entertaining romp has surprises in store" www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 4 of #13BooksofHalloween features #comic PUMPKIN AND BEETLE: TWO VAMPIRE CATS by @jannieho.bsky.social (Holiday) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBMag

#HBOutoftheBox: In honor of the #FestivalofLights, here are some books about #Diwali along w/ #picturebooks, #fiction, and #nonfiction by + about South Asian + South Asian American people ow.ly/jmoL50TXBCu

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek DAWN by Marc Martin (Candlewick Studio/ @candlewickpress.bsky.social): "With a spare, lyrical text and luminous illustrations, Martin immerses readers in the meditative moments of dawn." www.hbook.com/story/review...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: October #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for @julieberrybooks.bsky.social; @malindalo.bsky.social's #5Qs for @mikecurato.bsky.social; #CallingCaldecott x2; #IndigenousPeoplesDay; Sep #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book... @enchantedlion.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

Day 3 of #13BooksofHalloween features #chapterbook THE UNLIKELY AVENTURAS OF RAMÓN AND EL CUCUY by Donna Barba Higuera; illus. by @julianaperdomo.bsky.social (Amulet/Abrams) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #kidlit #HBMag

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: sbee.link/9ynrvqk87t @enchantedlion.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit