Welcome to Kansas City! 😁 We're excited to be offering a discount code for The Rabbit hOle, highlighting another book bundle, and featuring local professional development course speakers. Explore more: hubs.la/Q04q7t1v0 Discount available until August 22, 2026.

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: J/A #HBMag cover surprise, Table of Contents, Editorial, and our year in words and pictures article; #HBGuide Book Bundles for #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip; #HBFamilyReading; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: www.hbook.com/section/book... @harperkids.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

Who else is planning to attend Horn Book contributor Leonard S. Marcus's Mary Nagel Sweetser Lecture at @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social next Thursday at 7pm? Be sure to RSVP by tomorrow! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #kidlit #yalit @carlemuseum.bsky.social

#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek DEFYING CHINA: A MEMOIR by Tsultrim Dolma + @generalasian.bsky.social (Dial/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social ): "Her bravely shared coming-of-age story is empowering + informative + shines a light on an ongoing struggle." www.hbook.com/story/review...

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek THE SECOND LIFE OF SNAP by @erinentrada.bsky.social (Greenwillow/ @harperkids.bsky.social ): "[The setting] feels fully accessible whether or not readers are frequent sci-fi consumers, with easily recognizable connections to our world" www.hbook.com/story/review...

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek A DOOR IS TO OPEN by @kyomaclear.bsky.social ; illus. by Julie Morstad (Tundra): "The book encourages readers to open doors and see what awaits on the other side." www.hbook.com/story/review...

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: www.hbook.com/section/book... @randomhousekids.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek WHEN TWILIGHT COMES by @marciefatkins.bsky.social ; illus. by @michellemorin.bsky.social ( @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social ): "Atkins describes the habits and idiosyncrasies of Virginia’s crepuscular organisms in poetic text." www.hbook.com/story/review...

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek AS I DREAM OF YOU by Jennifer Lee + LeUyen Pham @01firstsecond.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social : "This heartfelt, haunting GN reinterprets the Orpheus + Eurydice myth, weaving an unforgettable contemporary tale of teenage love + loss" www.hbook.com/story/review...

Today on #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip peruse our latest location-themed recommendations in the new #HBGuide Book Bundles: Maryland sbee.link/8rht6cjygx AND Book Bundles: Baltimore (MD) sbee.link/uayjm4nv8k #HBBookBundles #kidlit #yalit

Happy 4th of July and 250th, America! Here are some #kidlit #picturebooks for this special holiday recommended by #HBGuide: sbee.link/g3tce4kau6 + dig into our 2026 #HBSummerReading recommendations: sbee.link/46rd9gk8ay

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: J/A #HBMag #Newbery #Caldecott #ChildrensLiteratureLegacy award acceptance speeches; #HBGuide Book Bundles for #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip; + more! sbee.link/nb8hwrvd3x

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: sbee.link/8y34mfrpwq @clarionbooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

Today on #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip peruse our latest location-themed recommendations in the new #HBGuide Book Bundles: Philadelphia (PA) sbee.link/9vagxuej4f #HBBookBundles #kidlit #yalit

Today on #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip peruse our latest location-themed recommendations in the new #HBGuide Book Bundles: Pennsylvania sbee.link/d98hyx7vpk #HBBookBundles #kidlit #yalit

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek WHEN BEAVERS MOVE IN by @alisonpstevens.bsky.social + Natasha Donovan (Godwin/ @alisonpstevens.bsky.social ): "While sympathizing w/ the humans...this engaging + effective book focuses on Indigenous solutions that benefit the ecosystem" sbee.link/pujw4gnxb8

Today on #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip peruse our latest location-themed recommendations in the new #HBGuide Book Bundles: Washington (DC) sbee.link/c4xywj7ahr #HBBookBundles #kidlit #yalit

#Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek SOUNDTRACK by @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social (Crown/ @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social ): "Reynolds’s writing sizzles and sings" sbee.link/xjewymt9vf

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek WHILE WE'RE HERE by @annewynter.bsky.social + Micha Archer @annewynter.bsky.social @annewynter.bsky.social : "This special ode to slowing down offers a visually stimulating opp to intentionally pause, reset, + appreciate the moment" sbee.link/g3rjb4pt8c

I spy…from way up high: #alaac26 Horn Book Booth 4615. Pick up July/Aug #YMA #Newbery #Caldecott #ChildrensLiteratureLegacy #HBMag issue Mon @ 9am!

We're loving this stop on The Great Reading Road Trip! Thank you to everyone who has already visited our booth to say hello. 🤗 Plus, for those of you not attending ALA, we've compiled some awesome Chicago literary resources: hubs.la/Q04mGN_Y0

We have more authors who will all be signing copies of their latest books in our booth today! 📖 Come see us at Booth #4615 to say hello.

+ books! #alaac26 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

These authors will all be signing copies of their latest books in our booth today! Come see us at Booth #4615 to say hello. 👋

Too tempting en route to @americanlibraryassociation Conference! #alaac26 #literatureonly (removed before takeoff)

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: sbee.link/6tm4ynphfe @candlewickpress.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

Today on #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip peruse our latest location-themed recommendations in the new #HBGuide Book Bundles: Chicago (IL) sbee.link/3tyna8dmbx #HBBookBundles #kidlit #yalit #alaac26

⭐ #Poetry #HBReviewoftheWeek BLACK HANDS by @caroleweatherford.bsky.social + R. Gregory Christie @randomhousekids.bsky.social "This powerful celebration of Black history + humanity invites readers to honor the work + accomplishments of Black Americans across centuries" www.hbook.com/story/review...

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek CHASING ERUPTIONS by Curtis Manley; illus. by Katherine Roy ( @clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social ): "This true story in verse is chock-full of info about their lives + relationship; their tools + processes; + volcanoes" www.hbook.com/story/review...