The September/October #HBMag cover features art from starred review SCRITCH! SCRATCH! by Teri Sloat; illus. by Zuzana Čupová ( @randomhousekids.bsky.social ), a #Halloween title highlighted in this year's #HornBOO! roundup: hbook.com/story/bookre... #kidlit

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag Field Notes by @friedawishinsky.bsky.social + Nov/Dec preview ; Scott Reintgen #TalkswithRoger; #CallingCaldecott x2; #BannedBooksWeek; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Preview N/D #HBMag + our BSC-inspired cover by Hodges Soileau to celebrate 40 years of Ann M. Martin's series (Scholastic) + #HolidayHighNotes + articles by @jerrycraft.bsky.social @erikaslong.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social @shoshanaflax.bsky.social + more! www.hbook.com/story/previe...

From Sep/Oct #HBMag writer + teacher @friedawishinsky.bsky.social 's Field Notes column abt writing letters to classic children's authors + their responses: "One of the ideas I had was to ask the authors whose work I loved what their fav bks were when they were kids" www.hbook.com/story/field-...

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag golden acrostic poem by @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social + Nov/Dec #HBStars ; #CallingCaldecott x2; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Congratulations to all on the #HBMag #HBStars list! Reviews to come in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine #HBOutoftheBox www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

EARTH: ONE PLANET’S EPIC STORY (Abrams) by @jenniferthermes.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

OCEANIC MANTA ADVENTURE: SAVING THE ANGELS OF THE SEA ( @clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social ) by Sy Montgomery; photos by Patrick Joyce will receive a starred review in the Nov/Dec26 #HornBookMagazine. Congrats! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

STEALING SAINT NICK: A LEGENDARY CORPSE, A NOTORIOUS THEFT, AND THE STORIES THAT SHAPE THE WORLD (Dutton/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social ) by @mt-anderson.bsky.social will receive a star review in the N/D26 #HornBookMagazine. Congrats! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

THE DUCK CAN’T SLEEP (Quill Tree/ @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social ) by E. B. White; illus. by Melissa Sweet will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

EVERYTHING NEW AGAIN ( @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social ) by Renée Watson will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

DASIA (FOREVER) (Crown/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) by Nic Stone will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

THE POOLS: A LOVE STORY (Delacorte/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) by @elockhartbooks.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

CHILDREN OF OWL (Levine/ @levinequerido.bsky.social ) by @littlebadger.bsky.social ; illus. by @abigailrajunov.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

POPPY (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social ) by Kevin Henkes will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

BEAN SUPREME (Tundra) by @steph-graegin.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

ANGER IS ONLY A SHADOW by @acevedowrite.bsky.social (Quill Tree/ @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social ) will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

THAT YOU ARE HERE IS NO SMALL THING (Viking/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) by Traci N. Todd; illus. by @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

KIKI & ME ( @geckopress.bsky.social ) by Leo Timmers; trans. by @davidcolmer.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

WHAT IS THE WIND? ( @clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social ) by Gideon Sterer; illus. by Guojing will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...