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If you’ve (beach-)combed through our 2024 Summer Reading Recommendations list and you’re still looking for more, maybe one of these five page-turning books for readers in middle and/or high school belongs in your beach bag. Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar High School Feiwel 336 pp....
Five Questions for Edel Rodriguez The Mango Tree / La mata de mango by Edel Rodriguez; Abrams. A buffet of books Dim Sum Palace by X. Fang; Tundra. Spaghetti Hunters by Morag Hood; Two Hoots/Pan Macmillan. A Crocodile Should Never Skip Breakfast by Colleen Larmour; Kids Can. Laolao’s Dumplings by Dane Liu, illus. by ShinYeon Moon; Godwin/Holt. How...
Edel Rodriguez has worked in formats and genres including adult graphic memoir, fiction and nonfiction picture books, and iconic covers for Time magazine. His fantastical wordless picture book The Mango Tree / La mata de mango (Abrams, 4–8 years) is inspired by his own story of migration from Cuba and...
I know I said May was my favorite month, but hello June! Earlier this week The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its 2024 Carle Honors Honorees — and, thrillingly, the Horn Book is among them, as MENTOR. Read the press release here; and, yes, we’re still pinching...
Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire (Norton, 12–18 years) by Paula Yoo provides a thoughtful, in-depth, and very compelling account of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath from...
Five Questions for Paula Yoo Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo; Norton. Stories for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi; Quill Tree/HarperCollins. Next Stop by Debbie Fong; RH...
I’m not one to pick favorites, but May (Mother’s Day! my birthday!) may be my favorite month. As may be the new May/June Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: Our Centennial, with foldout cover by April Harrison from Go Forth and Tell, written by Breanna J. McDaniel. The Horn Book’s May/June...
In these four books recommended for primary readers, some fiction and some nonfiction, you’ll find prehistoric creatures…and humans fascinated by them, as so many kids are! See also Danielle J. Ford’s May/June 2007 Horn Book Magazine article “Beyond Barney: What Makes a Good Dinosaur Book?” and the Guide Reviews/Database subject...
An engrossing story can help you see history in a new way. In these four novels for middle- and/or high-school readers — including realistic historical fiction as well as fantasy — moments in the past come alive. Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla by Alexandra Diaz Middle School Wiseman/Simon 336 pp. 9/23 ...
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