#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: ALA Awards coverage; Jan/Feb #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Corey R. Tabor, @ashleybelote.bsky.social, @jencalonita.bsky.social, + @meerasub.bsky.social and Danica Novgorodoff; Mar/Apr #HBMag #HBStars; #CallingCaldecott x2; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

March/April 2026 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews The following books will receive starred reviews in the March/April 2026Horn Book Magazine.

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#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Nov/Dec #HBMag #HolidayHighNotes + Jan/Feb #HBStars; Nov #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for Laura Amy Schlitz; #CallingCaldecott x2; @taekeller.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2026Horn Book Magazine.

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TROUBLED WATERS: A RIVER’S JOURNEY TOWARD JUSTICE (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social‬‬) by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Bryan Collier will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

GLASS: LOOKING IN, LOOKING OUT (@candlewickpress.bsky.social) by @larissatheule.bsky.social; illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

BLUES BOY: THE B. B. KING STORY (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social‬ @harperstacks.bsky.social) by @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social; illus. by Carl Joe Williams will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

MELODIES OF THE WEARY BLUES (Harper/ @harperkids.bsky.social‬ @harperstacks.bsky.social‬‬) by Langston Hughes; compiled by Shamar Knight-Justice; illus. by various artists will receive a starred review in the Jan/Feb 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congrats! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

THE ROSE FIELD (Knopf‬/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social) by Philip Pullman‬‬ will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

THE LIONS’ RUN (Balzer + Bray/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social‬ @mackidssl.bsky.social‬‬) by @sarapennypacker.bsky.social; illus. by Jon Klassen will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

THE TEACHER OF NOMAD LAND: A WORLD WAR II STORY (Levine/ @levinequerido.bsky.social) by Daniel Nayeri will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

THE MOON WITHOUT STARS (Philomel/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social‬) by Chanel Miller will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

LING & TING’S LUNAR NEW YEAR: TWO TIMES LUCKY (@littlebrownyr.bsky.social‬) by @authorgracelin.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

THE LIONHARTS (Abrams Fanfare‬) by @mikelawred.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

THE GRIMMELINGS (McElderry/ @simonkids.bsky.social‬) by @rachaelking70.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

A SPOONFUL OF THE SEA (@wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social) by Hyewon Yum will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

IS IT SPRING? (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social‬ @harperstacks.bsky.social) by Kevin Henkes will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

THE RARE BIRD (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social‬ @mackidssl.bsky.social) by Elisha Cooper will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

IF THIS WERE THE WORLD (Porter/Holiday) by Stephen Barr; illus. by A. G. Ford will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews The following books will receive starred reviews in the January/February 2026Horn Book Magazine.

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November/December 2025 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews The following books will receive starred reviews in the November/December 2025Horn Book Magazine.

The following books will receive starred reviews in the Nov/Dec #HornBookMagazine www.hbook.com/story/novemb... (Illustration from "Nunu and the Sea" by Isabella Kung) #HBMag #HBStars

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Jul/Aug #HBMag Special Issue #ALA Awards profiles of #CSK Author winner Jason Reynolds + CSK Illustrator winner C. G. Esperanza + 2025 Mind the Gap Awards; Sep/Oct #HBStars; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

September/October 2025 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews The following books will receive starred reviews in the September/October 2025 Horn Book Magazine.

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I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS (@candlewickpress.bsky.social) by Eugene Yelchin will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

IMOGEN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (Viking‬/ @penguinkids.bsky.social‬) by @epartridge.bsky.social‬; illus. by @yukoart.bsky.social‬ will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

IN THE WORLD OF WHALES (Porter/Holiday) by @mcusolito.bsky.social‬; illus. by @jessicalanan.bsky.social‬ will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

WHITE LIES: HOW THE SOUTH LOST THE CIVIL WAR, THEN REWROTE THE HISTORY (Roaring Brook‬/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social‬) by Ann Bausum will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

DEAR ACORN (LOVE, OAK): LETTER POEMS TO FRIENDS (@clarionbooks.bsky.social‬ / @harperkids.bsky.social‬) by @joycesidman.bsky.social‬; illus. by Melissa Sweet will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE (@candlewickpress.bsky.social) by Laura Amy Schlitz will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

THE MIDWATCH INSTITUTE FOR WAYWARD GIRLS (Dial/ @penguinkids.bsky.social‬‬) by Judith Rossell will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...