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Thriller nights
If you like a little scare with your fiction fare, check out these six books recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers. For a thriller with a sci-fi bent, see our Five Questions interview with Tracey Baptiste about Boy 2.0. And for Halloween recommendations for the younger set, see Horn BOO!...
Horn BOO! 2024
Looking for a scare — or Halloween-themed book that’s more silly than scary? Look no further. (But don’t look behind you!) Welcome to our roundup of preschool and primary Halloween books: Horn BOO! Things That Go Bump in the Day by Melinda Beatty; illus. by Charlene Chua Primary Dial 32...
Not for the faint of heart
As Halloween nears, check out these six pulse-pounding, often horror-inflected tales of the supernatural, recommended for young adult readers…if you dare. For more, see the YA Horror tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Before the Devil Knows You’re Here by Autumn Krause High School Peachtree Teen 227 pp. 10/23 9781682636473 $18.99...
Horn BOO! 2023
What do wombats, narwhals, and mac and cheese have in common? They appear alongside zombies, vampires, werewolves, and more in this year's roundup of eighteen recommended new preschool and primary books for the season. For more spooktacular reads, visit hbook.com/HalloweenBooks. Happy Halloween from the Horn Booooook! Witch & Wombat by...
Board Book Roundup: Baby Horn BOO! 2022 Edition
This column is part of a series of recommended board book roundups, published seasonally. You can find the previous installments here. Don’t miss Viki Ash’s primer “What Makes a Good Board Book?” from the March/April 2010 Horn Book Magazine. Familiar songs, finger puppets and holes, counting, and flaps galore make...
Horn BOO! 2022
Witches, monsters, ghosts, and even creepy crayons (yes, you read that right!) are among the stars of this year's roundup of thirteen (gasp!) recommended new and reissued picture books for the season. For more spooktacular reads, visit hbook.com/HalloweenBooks. Happy Halloween from the Horn Booooook! A Wee Boo by Jessica Boyd;...
Horn BOO! 2021
Cows that go boo? Vampenguins? Poultrygeist? While our annual roundup of recommended picture books for the season features some unusual characters, we’ve also got plenty of pumpkins, ghouls, and treats to set the eerie mood. For more spooktacular reads, visit hbook.com/HalloweenBooks. Trick or Treat, Crankenstein by Samantha Berger; illus. by...
From the Editor - October 2020
We hope you’ve been enjoying attending our first-ever virtual Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, with coverage of this year’s BGHB winners — videos, interviews, articles, and more — each week in October. It’s all archived, and everything is free — find the full schedule here. In this issue of Notes and...
Horn BOO! 2020
Are you going on a (virtual) book hunt this Halloween? Our annual roundup has you covered, whether your treat of choice is spooky squids, not-so-spooky spiders, or anything in between. The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell; illus. by Raymond McGrath Preschool Philomel 32 pp. g 8/20 ...
A Spooky Surprise
Happy Halloween! To help myself get into the festive holiday spirit on a recent trip to New York's picturesque Hudson Valley for a friend's wedding, I embraced the local literary love for a certain spooky tale: Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The scene was set listening to the...
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