January/February 2021 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews

Illustration by Brian Pinkney, from Time for Kenny.

 

The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2021 Horn Book Magazine:

 

Sato the Rabbit; written and illustrated by Yuki Ainoya (Enchanted Lion).

Cave Paintings; by Jairo Buitrago; illus. by Rafael Yockteng (Groundwood).

Me & Mama; written and illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Millner/Simon).

Your House, My House; written and illustrated by Marianne Dubuc (Kids Can).

Out the Door; written and illustrated by Christy Hale (Porter/Holiday).

Time for Kenny; written and illustrated by Brian Pinkney (Greenwillow).

On Account of the Gum; written and illustrated by Adam Rex (Chronicle).

Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds; written and illustrated by Elise Gravel (HarperAlley/HarperCollins).

Pity Party; by Kathleen Lane (Little, Brown).

Red Stars: The Case of Viktor and Nadya’s Notebooks; by Davide Morosinotto (Delacorte).

The Magic Fish; written and illustrated by Trung Le Nguyen (RH Graphic/Random).

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel; by Jason Reynolds; illus. by Danica Novgorodoff (Dlouhy/Atheneum).

Return of the Thief; by Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow).

The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy; by Kekla Magoon; illus. by Laura Freeman (Quill Tree/HarperCollins).

Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat; by Mara Rockliff; illus. by Giselle Potter (Beach Lane/Simon).

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre; by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Floyd Cooper (Carolrhoda).

Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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