The following books will receive starred reviews in the March/April issue of the Horn Book Magazine. Incidentally, this is also our annual special issue; the theme this year is “Different Drummers” with a ground-breaking (for us, anyway) cover by Paul Zelinsky (whose absence from the recent Caldecott announcement marks a Dark Day in that award’s history).

One Gorilla; by Anthony Browne (Candlewick)

Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?; by Eve Bunting; illus. by Sergio Ruzzier  (Clarion)

My Father’s Arms Are a Boat by Stein Erik Lunde; trans. from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson; illus. by Øyvind Torseter (Enchanted Lion)

The Dark; by Lemony Snicket; illus. by Jon Klassen (Little, Brown)

Benjamin Bear in “Bright Ideas!”; by Philippe Coudray; trans. from the French by Leigh Stein (Toon/Candlewick)

Maggot Moon; by Sally Gardner; illus. by Julian Crouch (Candlewick)

Penny and Her Marble; by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass; by Meg Medina (Candlewick)

Midwinterblood; by Marcus Sedgwick (Roaring Brook)

Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball; by John Coy; illus. by Joe Morse (Carolrhoda)

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