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The Horn Book | Review of Lost

Dec 9, 2024 | hbook.com | Lindsay Bayer |Marva Hinton |Michelle Lee

Lost by Bob Staake; illus. by the authorPrimary Schwartz/Random 48 pp. 10/24 9780593707029 $18.99Library ed. 9780593707036 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593707043 $10.99Many people can relate to the worry that strikes when a pet goes missing. Staake (Bluebird, rev. 3/13) brings empathy, camaraderie, and humor to a familiar experience in this wordless picture book.
Review of Too Small Tola Makes It Count

Nov 19, 2024 | hbook.com | Megan Lambert |Lindsay Bayer |Jennifer Hubert Swan

Too Small Tola Makes It Count by Atinuke; illus. by Onyinye IwuPrimary, Intermediate Candlewick 96 pp. 9/24 9781536238150 $16.99e-book ed. 9781536240030 $16.99Atinuke returns for a fourth time (Too Small Tola, rev. 3/21, and sequels) to her diminutive, high-spirited, mathematically gifted protagonist’s “run-down block of apartments in the megacity of Lagos, in the country of Nigeria,” with its close-knit and quirky neighbors.
Review of Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings

Nov 12, 2024 | hbook.com | Eboni Njoku |Lindsay Bayer |Jennifer Hubert Swan

Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings by Dionna L. MannIntermediate Ferguson/Holiday 208 pp. 8/24 9780823455553 $17.99e-book ed. 9780823459261 $10.99Mann sets this amiable story in 1930s Vinegar Hill, “a thriving African American business and residential community” outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Allie Lewis wants the best for her mama and thinks she needs a husband to help with financial worries and repairs.
Review of How It All Ends

Nov 5, 2024 | hbook.com | Lindsay Bayer |Jennifer Hubert Swan |Jessica MacDonald

How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School Greenwillow 304 pp. 8/24 9780063158153 $25.99Paper ed. 9780063158146 $15.99e-book ed. 9780063158160 $9.99In this quick-paced graphic novel, Tara’s runaway thoughts are great when she plays pretend with her baby brother but not so great when she feels anxious about skipping eighth grade to go directly to high school.
Review of Hearing Things

Oct 29, 2024 | hbook.com | Lindsay Bayer |Jennifer Hubert Swan |Jessica MacDonald |Martha V. Parravano

Hearing Things by Ben Sears; illus. by the authorIntermediate TOON 40 pp. 9/24 9781662665431 $12.99This story combines apprehension about moving to a new town, the determination of one sibling to help another, the spine-tingling fear of a haunted house, and the cunning of a resolute cat—all in one brief, absorbing graphic novel. While Tim enjoys exploring his new town with his faithful cat, Frankie, his older sister, Martha, is having a harder time adjusting.
Review of The Brightwood Code

Oct 22, 2024 | hbook.com | Jennifer Hubert Swan |Lindsay Bayer |Jessica MacDonald |Martha V. Parravano

The Brightwood Code by Monica HesseHigh School Little, Brown 336 pp. 5/24 9780316045650 $18.99e-book ed. 9780316045711 $10.99In 1918 Washington, DC, eighteen-year-old Edda St. James is working as a switchboard operator for the Bell telephone company while living in her aunt’s boarding house.
Review of Emma Full of Wonders

Aug 26, 2024 | hbook.com | Jennifer M. Brabander |Joan Yolleck |Lindsay Bayer

Emma Full of Wonders by Elisha Cooper; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Roaring Brook 40 pp. 4/24 9781250884763 $18.99e-book ed. 9781250375889 $11.99“Emma was a large dog with many small dreams.” She dreams about her favorite things, such as rolling in the grass and splashing in water. In Cooper’s (most recently Yes & No, rev. 5/21) cheerful black-outlined watercolors, Emma’s dreams are pictured as small bluish-gray dogs frolicking vision-like above her.
Review of A Big Day for Bike

Aug 19, 2024 | hbook.com | Joan Yolleck |Lindsay Bayer |Patrick Gall

A Big Day for Bike by Emily Jenkins; illus. by G. Brian KarasPreschool, Primary Ottaviano/Little, Brown 32 pp. 6/24 9780316340175 $18.99On her first day as a rental bicycle for Beep Beep Bicycles, Bike worries she might not be able to live up to riders’ expectations.
Review of I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear

Aug 9, 2024 | hbook.com | Patrick Gall |Jennifer M. Brabander |Lindsay Bayer

I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy; illus. by Erin KraanPreschool, Primary Farrar 40 pp. 5/24 9780374391188 $18.99e-book ed. 9780374393526 $11.99Tracy and Kraan provide humorous (faux) insight into the thoughts of one of nature’s more formidable creatures: the brown bear. Our protagonist begins the story’s narration with reassurances that, rather than being ferocious, “I am friendly.