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The votes are in for the first round of July/August Cover Madness, and we move on to round 2! Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your choices in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here....
Cover Madness continues! Voting is over for the May/June covers. Next up are the July/August covers. Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your favorites in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here. Click on any...
Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. Our annual Mind the Gap Awards pay tribute to our favorite books that didn’t win. Here’s how we reviewed our 2022 winners. Wishes by Mượn Thị Văn; illus. by Victo Ngai Primary Orchard/Scholastic 40 pp. g 5/21 978-1-338-30589-0 $18.99 A little...
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell; illus. by Natasha Donovan Primary, Intermediate Millbrook 32 pp. g 3/21 978-1-5415-7914-9 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-7284-1901-5 $9.99 Sorell (We Are Still Here!, rev. 5/21) opens the book with a note on four “Cherokee values” that she...
Sarah and the Big Wave: The True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks by Bonnie Tsui; illus. by Sophie Diao Primary Holt 32 pp. g 5/21 978-1-250-23948-8 $18.99 Tsui’s picture-book debut introduces young readers to Sarah Gerhardt, a pioneering figure in modern women’s surfing. The text opens in...
In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, interviews, and reviews from The Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February. Last week's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement...
Winner The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson; illus. by Evan Turk Primary, Intermediate Abrams 48 pp. g 4/21 978-1-4197-4130-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64700-320-3 $15.54 Ben Shahn (1898–1969) was known as “the people’s painter” because his art told real stories about real people....
Winner Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Floyd Cooper Primary, Intermediate Carolrhoda 32 pp. g 2/21 978-1-5415-8120-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-7284-1738-7 $27.99 In 1921, over the course of sixteen hours, the Black community of Greenwood, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was all but destroyed, with most of...
Winner Watercress by Andrea Wang; illus. by Jason Chin Primary Porter/Holiday 32 pp. g 3/21 978-0-8234-4624-7 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5054-1 $11.99 Transcending space and time, memories bring a Chinese American family together. A girl in cutoffs and a T-shirt is embarrassed when her parents stop the car to pick wild...
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book About the Seasons by Brittany Luby; illus. by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley; trans. from Anishinaabemowin by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere Preschool, Primary Groundwood 40 pp. g 3/21 978-1-77306-326-3 $18.95 e-book...