Illustration from Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills and Donna Janell Bowman; illus. by S. D. Nelson.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the November/December 2024 Horn Book Magazine:

Santa’s First Christmas by Mac Barnett; illus. by Sydney Smith (Viking)

Tamales for Christmas by Stephen Briseño; illus. by Sonia Sánchez (Random House Studio/Random)

The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood (Random House Studio/Random)

A Sleepless Night by Micaela Chirif; illus. by Joaquín Camp (Transit)

Meena’s Saturday by Kusum Mepani; illus. by Yasmeen Ismail (Kokila/Penguin)

Puppet by David Almond; illus. by Lizzy Stewart (Candlewick)

Beti and the Little Round House by Atinuke; illus. by Emily Hughes (Candlewick)

Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste (Algonquin)

The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum (Philomel)

Still Sal by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson (HarperTeen)

Pick the Lock by A.S. King (Dutton)

Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better by Mylisa Larsen (Clarion/HarperCollins)

Every Story Ever Told by Ami Polonsky (Little, Brown)

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (Peachtree Teen)

Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar (Dial)

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic by Candace Fleming; illus. by Deena So’Oteh (Schwartz/Random)

Evidence!: How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera by Deborah Hopkinson; illus. by Nik Henderson (Knopf)

Dive, Dive into the Night Sea by Thea Lu (Candlewick Studio)

Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills and Donna Janell Bowman; illus. by S. D. Nelson (Little, Brown)

Love Is Hard Work: The Art and Heart of Corita Kent by Dan Paley; illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov (Candlewick)

A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer—and Beyond by Elizabeth Rusch (Greenwillow)

A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story by Nadia Salomon; illus. by London Ladd (Philomel)

Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda; illus. by Yuko Shimizu (Clarion/HarperCollins)