(image from Hike, by Pete Oswald)

The following books will receive starred reviews in the March-April 2020 issue of The Horn Book Magazine:

A Girl like Me; by Angela Johnson; illustrated by Nina Crews (Millbrook)

Goodnight, Veggies; by Diana Murray; illustrated by Zachariah OHora (Houghton)

Hike; written and illustrated by Pete Oswald (Candlewick)

The Old Truck; written and illustrated by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey (Norton)

Mama Baby; written and illustrated by Chris Raschka (Candlewick)

¡Vamos!: Let’s Go Eat; written and illustrated by Raúl the Third; color by Elaine Bay (Versify/Houghton)

Leaving Lymon; by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Holiday)

When Stars Are Scattered; by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed; illustrated by Victoria Jamieson (Dial)

Prairie Lotus; by Linda Sue Park (Clarion)

The Blossom and the Firefly; by Sherri L. Smith (Putnam)

The List of Things That Will Not Change; by Rebecca Stead (Lamb/Random)

In the Woods; by David Elliott; illustrated by Rob Dunlavey (Candlewick)

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera; by Candace Fleming; illustrated by Eric Rohmann (Porter/Holiday)

The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents; by Kate Messner; illustrated by Adam Rex (Chronicle)

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom; by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Michele Wood (Candlewick)