Book Reviews
Perhaps now more than ever, Martin Luther King Jr. Day provides an opportunity to reflect not only on the life of the great civil rights leader, but also on how far we've come — and how very far we still have to go. Below is an updated list of recommended...
February is Black History Month! These seven picture-book biographies, recommended for primary and/or intermediate readers, highlight accomplished Black figures in a variety of fields. For more, see the Black History Month tag on hbook.com, and the African Americans tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. The Purple One: A Story of Prince by...
Lunar New Year begins January 29 and is featured in a selection of the recommended titles below, all eight of which star real-life, fictional, or fantastical characters from diverse Asian heritages. See also the Asian Americans tag on hbook.com, the Asian Americans tag in the Guide/Reviews Database, and for older...
With Valentine’s Day approaching, here are eight books featuring love, recommended for high-school readers — whether you’re looking for realistic or fantastical, happy or not-so-happy love stories, or even tales about self-love. See also our Five Questions interview with Jason Reynolds about Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…: A Love Story and...
These seven nonfiction books, recommended for middle- and /or high school readers, highlight individuals and groups who have led the way in their fields or for their causes. The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom by Neal Bascomb; illus. by Mithil Thaker Middle School, High School Focus/Scholastic 272 pp....
These five novels, recommended for intermediate and/or middle school readers, are set in imaginative fantasy worlds. For more, see the Fantasy tag on hbook.com, and the Fantasy tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson Intermediate Candlewick 256 pp. 7/24 9781536230499 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781536237573 $17.99 Eleven-year-old Princess...
In these seven books recommended for preschool and/or primary readers, families, friends, and communities assemble to celebrate, to help one another, or simply to eat! See also our Five Questions interview with author Kusum Mepani and illustrator Yasmeen Ismail about Meena’s Saturday. Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea...
We wish you a loaded bookshelf with snowflake, with dreidel, with elf for gift-giving, or your own self. Some ideas are right here. Here’s our annual list of recommended new and reissued picture books of seasonal and holiday interest. Season’s greetings from the Horn Book staff! Uri and the King...
In honor of the Festival of Lights, here are some books about the celebration of Diwali along with picture books, fiction, and nonfiction by and about South Asian and South Asian American people. These books for young readers — all recommended at the time of their publication by The Horn...
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