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The November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine has gone to press, with its hopeful, looking-ahead cover image (by Emily Mendoza from The Giving Flower, written by Alda P. Dobbs and reviewed in our Holiday High Notes column). And we’re looking ahead ourselves to a busy fall. On October 25, come see...
In these six nonfiction books, primary and/or intermediate readers can experience how people interact with, benefit from, study, and protect themselves from natural phenomena. For lots more, see the Science tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. A Gift of Dust: How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet by Martha Brockenbrough; illus. by...
Football! Soccer! Swimming! Skateboarding! These seven novels ranging from early-to-upper middle grade cover many bases. See the Sports tag in the Guide/Reviews Database for even more. The Big Splash [Julia on the Go!] by Angela Ahn; illus. by Julie Kim Primary, Intermediate Tundra 176 pp. 2/25 9781774882078 $12.99 e-book ed. ...
Here are four novels with fantastical elements for middle- and/or high-school readers (and for those looking for Halloween reads, see especially Defanged). You’ll find more at the Fantasy tag in the Guide/Reviews Database, and see also our Five Questions interview with Julie Berry about If Looks Could Kill. Chaos King by...
Meet Bean and Grandma, the heartwarming hedgehog protagonists of Stephanie Graegin’s Everyday Bean (Tundra, 4–7 years), the first book in the Tiny Bean’s Big Adventures series. With eleven brief stories, the book lives in a transitional space between beginning readers and younger chapter books — and is also great for...
These six novels (some in verse), recommended for intermediate and/or middle school readers, tell all kinds of stories set in and around school. See also the Schools--Elementary schools and Schools--Middle schools subject tags in the Guide/Reviews Database, and the July issue of Notes with its back-to-school focus. We Are Not...
Five questions for Stephanie Graegin Everyday Bean by Stephanie Graegin; Tundra. Reading: the fun starts here Dino Poet by Tom Angleberger; Abrams Fanfare. Bear and Bird: The Cave and Other Stories by Jarvis; Candlewick. I Want It! by Paul Meisel; Holiday. The Bad Idea and Other Stories by Greg Pizzoli; Knopf. Lone Wolf: Goes to the Library by Kiah Thomas, illus. by K-Fai Steele;...
These eight engaging novels (for a range of ages, from intermediate to high school) are recommended in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 through October 15 — and should be shared all year long! See also Tracey T. Flores and Carla España’s Field Notes...
For many, September is a time of new adventures — a new school year, learning to read. If you’re Bean, every day is an adventure; see our Five Questions interview with Stephanie Graegin. And see Five Questions for the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award winners for books about two very different kinds...
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