January #NotesfromtheHornBook Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "Earlier today, @thehornbook.bsky.social’s #CallingCaldecott blog announced the results of our MOCK #Caldecott vote. The voters chose a winner + 1 honoree—2 HB favorites, both on our annual #HBFanfare list" sbee.link/aj8xe6f43g
From the Editor — January 2026
From the January 2026 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
January #NotesfromtheHornBook Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "Earlier today, @thehornbook.bsky.social’s #CallingCaldecott blog announced the results of our MOCK #Caldecott vote. The voters chose a winner + 1 honoree—2 HB favorites, both on our annual #HBFanfare list" sbee.link/aj8xe6f43g
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December 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICYMI: Check out #Fanfare25 (a.k.a. the best #picturebooks, #fiction, #poetry, + #nonfiction #kidlit + #yalit of 2025) for last-minute #holiday gift ideas!
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS by Eugene Yelchin ( @candlewickpress.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/3vmy8cuaxj
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
THE ENDLESS SEA by Chi Thai, illus. by Linh Dao ( @candlewickpress.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/8w9agpfvxb
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
THE HISTORY OF WE by @4nikkolas.bsky.social (Kokila/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/ntvkpf96wa
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
THIS IS ORANGE by Rachel Poliquin, illus. by Julie Morstad ( @candlewickpress.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/ghkvw8tj4y
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
IMOGEN by @epartridge.bsky.social , illus. by @yukoart.bsky.social (Viking/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/upb6ma4wrf
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
WE CARRY THE SUN by @taekeller.bsky.social , illus. by Rachel Wada ( @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/qd8cwp6x4u
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
OUTSIDE IN AND THE INSIDE OUT by @emmykastner.bsky.social (Viking/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/7xrfeg3knb
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
DEATH IN THE JUNGLE by Candace Fleming (Schwartz/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/mhx843ywgu
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER by Nicholas Day + @yasimamura.bsky.social (Random House Studio/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congrats! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/yg3we76hxc
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
HURRICANE by @authorjasonchin.bsky.social (Porter/Holiday) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/bcu4dn8qga
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
WHITE LIES by Ann Bausum (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/vamx46cp3b
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HOW SWEET THE SOUND by Kwame Alexander, illus. by Charly Palmer (@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/p9chbe3jky
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
DEAR ACORN (LOVE, OAK) by @joycesidman.bsky.social, illus. by Melissa Sweet ( @clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congrats! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Poetry #HBFanfare sbee.link/d4e3vf9ra8
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
HOW ELEGANT THE ELEPHANT by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by @marlafrazee.bsky.social (Tingley/ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Poetry #HBFanfare sbee.link/6dpqmjyraw
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
SONG OF A BLACKBIRD by @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social ( @01firstsecond.bsky.social / @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Fiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/9w6vmfr4xc
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
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December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE by Laura Amy Schlitz ( @candlewickpress.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Fiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/p8w9dn3qry
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
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December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
EVERYTHING IS POISON by @joymccullough.bsky.social (Dutton/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Fiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/6k974gd8wr