Illustration from Big by Vashti Harrison. 

The following books will receive starred reviews in the May/June 2023 Horn Book Magazine:

Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher (Harper/HarperCollins)

Big by Vashti Harrison (Little, Brown)

Bear with Me by Kerascoët (Random House Studio/Random House)

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley (Holt)

School Trip by Jerry Craft (HarperAlley/Quill Tree/HarperCollins)

Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes; illus. by Theodore Taylor III (Wordsong/Astra)

Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey (Norton)

Big Tree by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)

The Notorious Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud (Knopf)

Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang (Graphix/Scholastic)

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden; illus. by R. Gregory Christie (Harper/HarperCollins)

Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly; illus. by John Hendrix (Holt)

Sunshine by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Graphix/Scholastic)

A Is for Australian Reefs by Frané Lessac (Candlewick)