#HBFamilyReading: #kidlit + #yalit, articles, and links for #TransgenderDayofVisibility today: bit.ly/4c2AXGH #FamilyReading #TransDayofVisibility #TDOV #TransRightsAreHumanRights

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek THE MOON WITHOUT STARS by Chanel Miller (Philomel/ @penguinkids.bsky.social ): "Miller has crafted a sensitive, authentic voice for the protagonist" www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 21 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth featured CAN YOU IMAGINE?: THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by @lisatolin.bsky.social ; illus. by @yasimamura.bsky.social (Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

From March/April #HBMag Ann Dee Ellis's Books in the Home column on what the author learned from her mother about the joy of reading widely, and how she passed it on to her own children www.hbook.com/story/books-...

#PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek BECAUSE OF A SHOE by Julie Fogliano; illus. by @marlafrazee.bsky.social (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ): "Throughout, both text and art portray the situation with authenticity and understanding—and welcome flashes of humor." www.hbook.com/story/review...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Mar/Apr #HBMag @marjorieingall.bsky.social on the pleasures and pitfalls of picture-book biographies; @ebgoodale.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBWomensHistoryMonth; February #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

#HBOutoftheBox: #HBWomensHistoryMonth Week 4 roundup www.hbook.com/story/blogs/... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #yalit

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

3.) THE ENDLESS SEA by Chi Thai; illus. by Linh Dao ( @candlewickpress.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HBWomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

2.) OKCHUNDANG CANDY by Jung-soon Go; trans. from Korean by Aerin Park (Em Querido/ @levinequerido.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HBWomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit AND...

Day 20 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features 3 memoirs #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit: 1.) RUN HOME: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR by @bermudezbahama.bsky.social (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... AND...

March #NotesfromtheHornBook Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "It’s a particularly dynamic NOTES offering, if we do say so ourselves—and just wait for next month, which, through sun, rain, or even snow, debuts our annual #HBSummerReading list!" www.hbook.com/story/newsle...

March #NotesfromtheHornBook: 4 novels for #YA readers with creative narrative structures www.hbook.com/story/fluid-... @simonteen.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social @adibkhorram.bsky.social @metallowrites.bsky.social

March #NotesfromtheHornBook: 5 verse novels for intermediate/MS readers during #NationalPoetryMonth in April www.hbook.com/story/the-ve... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @victoriachang.bsky.social @marcellapixley.bsky.social

March #NotesfromtheHornBook: 5 #picturebooks that incorporate #poetry to read for #NationalPoetryMonth in April www.hbook.com/story/poetry... @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social

#TalkswithRoger: @ebgoodale.bsky.social talks with Roger Sutton about ROBIN AND THE STICK (Abrams): "It was important to me that readers should be able to have a direct emotional line to and relatability with Robin." www.hbook.com/story/e-b-go...

Day 19 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth featured MARY MORLAND IN THE TIME OF DINOSAUR DISCOVERY by @writerjane.bsky.social ; illus. by Giselle Potter (Beach Lane/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

#HBFamilyReading: Celebrating Major League #Baseball #OpeningDay with recommended #kidlit hbook.com/story/baseba... @mlb.com #unicorns

February #HBHerald featured Black main characters www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HBGuide #kidlit #HBBlackHistoryMonth @simonkids.bsky.social @simonteen.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

Day 18 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: THE HIDDEN DISCOVERIES OF EUNICE NEWTON FOOTE, THE FIRST CLIMATE SCIENTIST by Rebecca Donnelly; illus. by Mercè López (Holt/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek BASKET BALL: THE STORY OF THE ALL-AMERICAN GAME by @kadirnelson.bsky.social ( @littlebrownyr.bsky.social ): "Every spread of this dazzlingly illustrated work includes dynamic imagery—over sixty original paintings." www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 17 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features LOUDMOUTH: EMMA GOLDMAN VS. AMERICA (A LOVE STORY) by @dheiligman.bsky.social (Farrar/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek THE GRIMMELINGS by @rachaelking70.bsky.social (McElderry/ @simonkids.bsky.social ): "The writing is taut and intense, tackling high stakes with a memorable setting and a cast of believable characters...in the tradition of Susan Cooper." www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 16 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features DRAGONFLIES OF GLASS: THE STORY OF CLARA DRISCOLL AND THE TIFFANY GIRLS by Susan Goldman Rubin; illus. by @susannachap.bsky.social (Abrams) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

From Mar/Apr #HBMag @marjorieingall.bsky.social on the pleasures + pitfalls of picture-book biogs: "What do picture-book biogs owe their readers, + what do they owe the facts? Does a children’s book have the responsibility to tell the truth? (And what’s truth, anyway?)" www.hbook.com/story/the-pl...

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek IF THIS WERE THE WORLD by Stephen Barr; illus. by A. G. Ford (Porter/Holiday): "If the message is overt, it’s been given an innovative, fresh presentation here: unusually engaging, accessible, and aimed directly at its audience." www.hbook.com/story/review...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview March #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for Shamar Knight-Justice; @chrystaldgiles.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBWomensHistoryMonth; register for @jerrycraft.bsky.social 's #ZenaSutherland Lecture; #StPatricksDay; 1st day of #spring; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

#HBOutoftheBox: #HBWomensHistoryMonth Week 3 roundup www.hbook.com/story/blogs/... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #yalit

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

3.) BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER by Giselle Potter ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HBWomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

2.) IMOGEN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM by @epartridge.bsky.social ; illus. by @yukoart.bsky.social (Viking/ @penguinkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #HBWomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit AND...

Day 15 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features 3 authors paying tribute to their grandmothers #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit: 1.) ELSA'S CHESSBOARD by @jandrus.bsky.social ; illus. by Julie Downing (Porter/Holiday) www.hbook.com/.../review-o... AND...

#HBOutoftheBox: The first day of #spring has finally arrived! Celebrate the occasion with our updated #HBGuide booklist "Spring Books for Primary Readers" www.hbook.com/story/is-it-... #kidlit

#TalkswithRoger: @chrystaldgiles.bsky.social talks with Roger Sutton about LISTEN TO THE GIRLS ( @randomhousekids.bsky.social ): "I try my best in all of my work to bring the community into the heart of the story." www.hbook.com/story/chryst...

March #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for compiler Shamar Knight-Justice abt MELODIES OF THE WEARY BLUES: CLASSIC POEMS ILLUSTRATED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ( @harperkids.bsky.social ): "Hughes’s poems move in many diff directions, so bringing in a range of illus just made sense" www.hbook.com/story/five-q...

Day 14 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features ROCK STAR: HOW URSULA MARVIN MAPPED MOON ROCKS AND METEORITES by Sandra Neil Wallace; illus. by @nancycarpenterart.bsky.social (Wiseman/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

ICYMI in February #NotesfromtheHornBook managing editor Cynthia Ritter's editorial: "Here at the Horn Book, we advocate learning from history all year round." www.hbook.com/story/newsle...

@officialnickbrooks.bsky.social @erikjbrown.bsky.social @nicolegoux.bsky.social

ICYMI in February #NotesfromtheHornBook: 5 YA mystery and thriller novels www.hbook.com/story/newsle... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @sourcebooksfire.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social

ICYMI in Feb #NotesfromtheHornBook: 6 picture-book biographies celebrating women in arts professions, educators, + activists www.hbook.com/story/newsle... @simonkids.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @monicaclarkrob.bsky.social @senickel.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth

@jessixabagley.bsky.social @finneganbegin.bsky.social @rorylucey.bsky.social @taekeller.bsky.social @lancerubinparty.bsky.social

ICYMI: February #NotesfromtheHornBook: 6 intermediate and/or middle-school books dealing with friendship www.hbook.com/story/newsle... @simonkids.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

Day 13 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features FIREFLY SONG: LYNN FRIERSON FAUST AND THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISCOVERY by @colleenpaeff.bsky.social ; illus. by Ji-Hyuk Kim (McElderry/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek BLUES BOY: THE B. B. KING STORY by @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social ; illus. by Carl Joe Williams (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social ): "Williams’s art...amplifies the biography’s emotional resonance + brings King’s story vividly to life" www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 12 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features HICK: THE TRAILBLAZING JOURNALIST WHO CAPTURED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S HEART by Sarah Miller (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

#HBOutoftheBox: Céad míle fáilte to all those celebrating #StPatricksDay today! Here are 3 #HBGuide #kidlit + #yalit booklists about Ireland, its history, and/or starring Irish and Irish American protagonists bit.ly/3DOgPeo

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek THE ROSE FIELD by Philip Pullman (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ): "A timely and highly welcome achievement." www.hbook.com/story/review...

Day 11 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY: LA GRANDE VALLÉE SUITE by @lisaljrogers.bsky.social ; illus. by Stacy Innerst (Calkins/Astra) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

#HBOutoftheBox: Registration for @jerrycraft.bsky.social 's #ZenaSutherland Lecture on May 1 is now open! www.hbook.com/story/regist... @chipublib.bsky.social

#PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek NANI AND THE LION by Alicia D. Williams; illus. by Anna Cunha (Dlouhy/Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social ): "Williams’s text has the cadence of a folktale, with ear-pleasing sound effects and patterns and featuring a satisfying resolution" www.hbook.com/story/review...