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May your days be merry and bright...and may you enjoy our selection of new holiday books, with reviews written by the Horn Book staff.The Story of Hanukkahby David A. Adler; illus. by Jill WeberPrimary Holiday 32 pp.8/11 978-0-8234-2295-1 $14.95Adler’s straightforward, accessible retelling of the Hanukkah story begins in Judea at...
To view this email as a web page, click here.Hbook.com | Review of the Week | Interviews | Read Roger | Out of the Box | Calling Caldecott | Books in this issue | SubscribeOctober 12, 2011 Five questions for Claire A. Nivola Artist memoirs Finding home Boo to you!...
Five questions for Claire Nivola • Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola, Foster/Farrar, 4–8 years. • Elisabeth by Claire A. Nivola, Farrar, 4–8 years.Artist memoirs • I Will Come Back for You: A Family in Hiding During World War II by Marisabina Russo, Schwartz & Wade/Random, 5–8 years. •...
Martha Parravano’s reviews of superior supernaturals above reminds me that there will always be books that survive genre fatigue: just when you think you can’t look at another vampire (or dystopia, or fallen angel, or fantasy intrigue) story, one comes along to renew our understanding of just why these themes...
While much in the YA paranormal genre is formulaic, here are three novels that think outside the box.In Blood, the first installment in K. J. Wignall’s Mercian Trilogy, the eternally sixteen-year-old William, Earl of Mercia, has just awakened from one of his decades-long hibernations (he is of course undead), and...
Halloween’s not just for little boys and ghouls. Here are some funny, eerie, and downright creepy titles to scare up readers of all ages.The goofiest of the group is David LaRochelle’s picture book The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories. Ghost siblings Franny and Frankie demand a story before bed....
Three new picture books consider the meaning of home: an around-the-world house tour, a fantastic underwater exploration of coral reefs, and an intergalactic search for a safe haven.Kids will love choosing a favorite new home from Giles Laroche’s If You Lived Here: Houses of the World. Do you want to...
Three notable children’s-book illustrators bring their own histories to life.Marisabina Russo tells a story based on her mother’s experience in wartime Italy in I Will Come Back for You: A Family in Hiding During World War II. A young Jewish girl lives in Rome with her family until Italy joins...
Photo: Anther KileyAn earlier picture book by Claire A. Nivola, Elisabeth, told about the true experience of her mother, Ruth, a Jewish child whose family fled Nazi Germany. In Orani: My Father’s Village, author-illustrator Nivola takes readers along on a remembrance of her childhood visits to the small Sardinian town...
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