The Fisherman & the Whaleby Jessica Lanan; illus. by the authorPrimary Simon 48 pp.5/19 978-1-5344-1574-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1575-1 $10.99In this dramatic wordless tale, a commercial fisherman and what appears to be his son collect fish in the large net thrown from their boat. They sail on — that is, until...
The Iliadadapted by Gareth Hinds; illus. by the adapterMiddle School, High School Candlewick 264 pp.3/19 978-0-7636-8113-5 $27.99Paper ed. 978-0-7636-9663-4 $16.99As with his treatment of The Odyssey (rev. 11/10), Hinds offers an ambitious and compelling comics adaptation of a Homerian epic. This complex, winding tale picks up in the tenth year...
To Night Owl from Dogfishby Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg WolitzerIntermediate, Middle School Dial/Dutton 311 pp. g2/19 978-0-5255-5323-6 $17.99At the start of this epistolary (via email) novel, twelve-year-olds Bett Devlin, an adventure-loving California girl of African American and Brazilian descent, and Avery Bloom, a tightly wound New Yorker whose single...
Helloby Fiona Woodcock; illus. by the authorPreschool Greenwillow 40 pp.5/19 978-0-06-264456-6 $17.99In Look (rev. 7/18), Woodcock strung together a series of words with double os, more or less one per page, to tell a story of a brother and sister visiting the zoo. In this companion, double ls get the...
Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life & Workby Victoria OrtizMiddle School, High School Clarion 184 pp. g6/19 978-0-544-97364-0 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-328-63990-5 $9.99Since her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a hero to many Americans for her progressive positions on cases involving free...
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Meby Mariko Tamaki; illus. by Rosemary Valero-O’ConnellHigh School First Second/Roaring Brook 298 pp.5/19 978-1-250-31284-6 $24.99Paper ed. 978-1-62672-259-0 $17.99This relatable, heart-wrenching, and often funny graphic novel opens with seventeen-year-old Frederica (“Freddy”) Riley’s email to advice columnist Anna Vice. “For almost the past year I’ve been...
Ogilvyby Deborah Underwood; illus. by T. L. McBethPreschool, Primary Godwin/Holt 40 pp.5/19 978-1-250-15176-6 $17.99Ogilvy, a wide-eyed, line-drawn bunny, is excited to make friends in a new town. But upon arrival, the rabbit’s sartorial choices are challenged; Ogilvy, clad in a knit article of clothing, is asked: “Is it a sweater...
Roger Sutton, editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., announced the 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners on May 29th, 2019, at School Library Journal's Day of Dialog in New York City. You can watch the announcement video here and read the press release here.Read reviews of all of the...