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Nov 22, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Cynthia K. Ritter |Marva Hinton
It’s Winter! [Celebrate the Seasons]by Renée Kurilla; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. 10/24 9780316570138 $18.99“Winter is a time of peace, / of patience, play, tradition, sleep. / A season full of things to do!” Kurilla’s pleasing follow-up to It’s Fall! (rev. 9/23) revels in the busyness of the winter months.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Cynthia K. Ritter |Marva Hinton
A Mouse Family Christmas by Deborah Underwood; illus. by Leah HongPrimary Little, Brown 40 pp. 10/24 9780316467186 $18.99In search of the Christmas spirit, young mouse Hugo sneaks downstairs on Christmas Eve to see the tree decorated by their house’s human resident, William. But it hasn’t been, because a snowstorm has left the elderly man alone for Christmas.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Cynthia K. Ritter |Marva Hinton
Elmore the Christmas Moose by Dev Petty; illus. by Mike BoldtPrimary Doubleday 40 pp. 10/24 9780593487167 $18.99Library ed. 9780593487174 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593487181 $10.99Elmore the moose applies for his dream job as one of Santa’s reindeer, but there’s one problem: he can’t fly. Santa eventually figures out a different job for Elmore that fits his skill set: Official Manager of Assorted Goodies, Treats, and Sugary Delights.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Elissa Gershowitz |Cynthia K. Ritter
Exactly when is it “all calm,” amidst a soon-to-be bustling fall and winter holiday season and a fraught and consequential national election? For me, for a moment, there’s great calm in looking at this issue’s peaceful cover art, by Kerilynn Wilson, from One Foggy Christmas Eve.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Elissa Gershowitz |Cynthia K. Ritter
For this centennial-year entry, with its mini-theme of middle grade, the Horn Book editors put our heads together to brainstorm cover art. We came up with a few ideas, in conjunction with our designers, and even mocked them up. And then came Shoshana Flax’s suggestion of Charlotte and friends — which spoiled us for all other options.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Kitty Flynn |Cynthia K. Ritter
Welcome to a brand-new season of Calling Caldecott — the Horn Book blog that looks at a year’s worth of Caldecott-eligible books through the lens of ALSC’s Caldecott Award criteria (more on that in a future post). First, there’s been a changing of the guard at Calling Caldecott. No Martha V. Parravano! That’s right, our beloved and brilliant MVP has stepped down after many dedicated years of blog stewardship.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Cynthia K. Ritter
Hooray, all the results are in for our Horn Book Cover Madness event! Congratulations to the six "winner" covers and artists... Hooray, all the results are in for our Horn Book Cover Madness event! Congratulations to the six "winner" covers and artists: January/February = Salley Mavor March/April = Paul O.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Cynthia K. Ritter |Jonathan Hunt |Michelle Lee |Pauletta Brown Bracy
Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis’ Secret Codes by Marissa Moss; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Abrams 224 pp. 3/24 9781419767319 $19.99e-book ed.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Adrienne L. Pettinelli |Julie Hakim Azzam |Elisa Gall |Cynthia K. Ritter
A New Car for Pickle [I Like to Read: Comics]by Sylvie Kantorovitz; illus. by the authorPrimary Holiday 40 pp. 6/24 9780823456208 $14.99Pickle (a dog) and a bird friend decide to drive to Clover Farm to get some strawberries and fresh cream, but soon after they set out, the car breaks down. Instead of listening to the bird’s advice (“check the engine”), Pickle exclaims, “This car is junk!” and starts a quest to purchase a new car.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Shelley Isaacson |Dean Schneider |Cynthia K. Ritter
The Pelican Can! by Toni Yuly; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp. 5/24 9780316497817 $18.99Yuly’s well-designed picture book presents a series of playful rhyming questions (“Who can soar down close to the shore?” “Who can fly up high in the sky?”) followed by the refrain, “The pelican can! The pelican can!” While young listeners and emerging readers will enjoy the predictability of the interactive format, Yuly delivers plenty of page-turning visual drama.
