Book Reviews
Mendel’s Hanukkah Mess Up by Chana Stiefel and Larry Stiefel; illus. by Daphna Awadish Primary Kalaniot/Endless Mountains 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-7350875-7-3 $19.99 Mendel loves Hanukkah but is prone to, and known for, making mistakes. He over-onions the latkes, for example, and uses sparklers in place...
The Perfect Tree by Corinne Demas; illus. by Penelope Dullaghan Preschool, Primary Cameron/Abrams 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-951836-42-9 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-647007-95-9 $15.54 It’s the day before Christmas, and Bunny is searching for the perfect tree, one that is just her size. Along the way...
When Santa Came to Stay by Billy Sharff; illus. by Eda Kaban Primary Dial 40 pp. g 10/22 978-0-593-32523-0 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-32524-7 $10.99 “Each meal was full of Christmas cheer, / With treats and sweets to spare.” What happens when Santa returns to one family’s house on New...
Twinkle, Twinkle, Winter Night by Megan Litwin; illus. by Nneka Myers Preschool, Primary Clarion/HarperCollins 40 pp. g 9/22 978-0-358-57204-6 $18.99 A gentle text inspired by “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” notes the qualities of a winter evening. From the peaceful snow-covered woods, to a decorated town, to...
Randy, the Badly Drawn Reindeer by T. L. McBeth ; illus. by the author Primary Godwin/Holt 40 pp. g 11/22 978-1-250-26384-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-250-90590-1 $10.99 Back in his third book, (not-so-badly-drawn) horse Randy dreams of flying with Santa’s reindeer on Christmas Eve, “But alas, I’m just a beautiful...
Eight Nights, Eight Lights by Natalie Barnes; illus. by Andrea Stegmaier Preschool, Primary Kane Miller 32 pp. g 12/22 978-1-68464-441-4 $14.99 As the families in one city neighborhood celebrate Chanukah, readers get a night-by-night glimpse into their homes and practices. Young Max, his grandparents, and his...
Season’s greetings from the Horn Book staff! Here’s our annual list of recommended holiday books. (See also the reviews of Hanukkah/Christmas story Red and Green and Blue and White and The People Remember for Kwanzaa in the November/December 2021 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.) Leah’s Star by Margaret Bateson-Hill;...
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore; illus. by Loren Long Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. g 9/20 978-0-06-286946-3 $18.99 Long’s inclusive take on Moore’s poem focuses on four different families in four diverse dwellings: a country farmhouse, a city apartment, a trailer home, and a house in the tropics....
Dear friends: I’m so sorry to have missed you last week but the close of the January/February book review section, not to mention the events of the nation, kept me otherwise occupied. Is it too soon to anticipate opening my January/February Magazine editorial with Phew? If you’re feeling at all...
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