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Kick off your summer with the Horn Book Summer Reading List!
The 2024 list for beginning readers and primary grades includes Bábo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day, by Astrid Kamalyan with illustrations by Anait Semirdzhyan.
Come splash in the suds with Tato and her family as they wash their treasured rugs on a beautiful summer day!
Congratulations to the winners of this year's NatGen Green Earth Book Awards! Announced on Earth Day, this is the first environmental stewardship book award established in the US, recognizing books that inspire children and young adults to grow a deeper understanding, respect, and responsibility for the natural environment.
No World Too Big is a winner in the Intermediate Picture Book category.
Top Picks this Season
Glowing Reviews for New Books...
The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow
★ "Use your milkweed: Read this!"
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "[An] intimately voiced, community-centered novel . . ."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "A marvelous reminder of the power in stories and the thrill in determining one’s own destiny."
—Booklist, starred review
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An eighth-grade class project spirals into a town-wide debate in this gripping novel in verse by award-winning authors Charles Waters and Traci Sorell.
★ "A brilliant story not to be missed; deeply engaging from the first page."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ ". . . a well-rounded discussion about classism and racism, as well as effective allyship, with compassion and understanding."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review