Book Reviews
The following books will receive starred reviews in the November/December issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Wolf in the Snow; written and illus. by Matthew Cordell (Feiwel/Macmillan)Sleep Tight Farm; by Eugenie Doyle; illus. by Becca Stadtlander (Chronicle)The Bossier Baby; written and illus. by Marla Frazee (Beach Lane/Simon)The Sleeping Gypsy; written and illus. by Mordicai Gerstein (Holiday)I...
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoesby Duncan Tonatiuh;
illus. by the authorPrimary Abrams 40 pp.10/16 978-1-4197-2130-4 $16.95After a string of award-winning picture-book biographies (Separate Is Never Equal, rev. 7/14; Funny Bones, rev. 11/15), Tonatiuh turns to folklore for this adapted pourquoi story that explains the origins...
Or don’t beware. Be excited. Picture books with made-up words that make complete sense are my new favorite trend. There’s Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette “Kleebo” Portis (Roaring Brook, July 2016; received a starred review in the May/June 2016 Horn Book Magazine), about two residents of Boborp...
from GIANT SQUID; illus. by Eric RohmannThe following books will receive starred reviews in the September/October issue of the Horn Book Magazine.Rescue Squad No. 9; written and illustrated by Mike Austin (Random)Du Iz Tak?; written and illustrated by Carson Ellis (Candlewick)Owl Sees Owl; by Laura Godwin; illus. by Rob Dunlavey...
Full of Beansby Jennifer L. HolmIntermediate Random 196 pp.8/16 978-0-553-51036-2 $16.99Library ed. 978-553-51037-9 $19.99 ge-book ed. 978-0-553-51039-3 $10.99Beans Curry, first introduced in Turtle in Paradise (rev. 5/10), gets his own starring role in this standalone prequel set in 1934 Key West. With his dad out of work and his mom...
In our July/August 2016 issue, reviewer Betty Carter asks author Jennifer L. Holm about the inspiration for her new novel Full of Beans. Read the full starred review.Betty Carter: You have a knack of making a story so time-specific (the Great Depression in Full of Beans, for example), yet so...
Wolf Hollowby Lauren WolkIntermediate, Middle School Dutton 294 pp.4/16 978-1-101-99482-5 $16.99 gTwo story lines wind around each other in this novel set in rural Pennsylvania in the 1940s. The narrator, twelve-year-old Annabelle, is one of the objects of vicious attacks by new girl Betty, who has inexplicably but relentlessly taken...
The following books will receive starred reviews in the July-August issue of the Horn Book Magazine:Lion Lessons; written and illustrated by Jon Agee (Dial)Who Wants a Tortoise?; by Dave Keane; illustrated by K. G. Campbell (Knopf)Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn; written and illustrated by Kenard Pak (Holt)Before Morning; by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Beth Krommes...
illustration by R. Gregory Christie, from Freedom in Congo SquareThe following books will receive starred reviews in the May/June issue of The Horn Book Magazine. Note, too, that this is our annual special issue, this year on the theme of Collaboration. Join us! The Airport Book; written and illustrated by Lisa...
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