#HBOutoftheBox: #HBGuide recommended #picturebooks, #middlegrade, and #YA books for #WorldRefugeeDay sbee.link/q6cw7kftpn
June 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: #HBGuide recommended #picturebooks, #middlegrade, and #YA books for #WorldRefugeeDay sbee.link/q6cw7kftpn
#HBOutoftheBox: We're celebrating good books news with the signing of the Massachusetts Freedom to Read bill on Monday www.hbook.com/story/good-b... #MassFreedomtoRead #kidlit #yalit @massaabb.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social
Good Books News from the Massachusetts State Legislature
On August 10, 2026, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healeysignedinto law
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August 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: We're celebrating good books news with the signing of the Massachusetts Freedom to Read bill on Monday www.hbook.com/story/good-b... #MassFreedomtoRead #kidlit #yalit @massaabb.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag article by Dean Schneider about Ashley Bryan exhibit at @rabbitholekc.bsky.social ; #CallingCaldecott x2; August #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
September 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag article by Dean Schneider about Ashley Bryan exhibit at @rabbitholekc.bsky.social ; #CallingCaldecott x2; August #HBHerald; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag article by @carolelindstrom.bsky.social ; #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for @lisaanchin.bsky.social ; @kylelukoff.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #CallingCaldecott x2; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
September 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: Sep/Oct #HBMag article by @carolelindstrom.bsky.social ; #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for @lisaanchin.bsky.social ; @kylelukoff.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #CallingCaldecott x2; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#HBOutoftheBox: #kidlit + #yalit reviews, articles, interviews + more for #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth #JAHM: www.hbook.com/story/jewish...
@jewishlibraries.bsky.social #MyJAHM @weitzmanmuseum.bsky.social
@jewishlibraries.bsky.social #MyJAHM @weitzmanmuseum.bsky.social
Jewish American Heritage Month
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time for
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May 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: #kidlit + #yalit reviews, articles, interviews + more for #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth #JAHM: www.hbook.com/story/jewish...
@jewishlibraries.bsky.social #MyJAHM @weitzmanmuseum.bsky.social
@jewishlibraries.bsky.social #MyJAHM @weitzmanmuseum.bsky.social
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: THE GREAT ESCAPE (Putnam/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) by @deborahmarcero.com received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
April 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: THE GREAT ESCAPE (Putnam/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) by @deborahmarcero.com received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
International Jazz Day
Today is International Jazz Day.
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April 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: The seven living past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature have just released a letter in support of the recently dismissed Dr. Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress www.hbook.com/story/letter...
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@librarycongress.bsky.social @geneluenyang.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: The seven living past National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature have just released a letter in support of the recently dismissed Dr. Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress www.hbook.com/story/letter...
@librarycongress.bsky.social @geneluenyang.bsky.social
@librarycongress.bsky.social @geneluenyang.bsky.social
International Jazz Day
Today is International Jazz Day.
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April 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: #HBWomensHistoryMonth Week 4 roundup www.hbook.com/story/blogs/... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #yalit
Women's History Month 2026, Week 4
March is Women's History Month. To celebrate the accomplishments of women and female-identifying people, we will be highlighting recent recommended books
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March 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: Committee member @shoshanaflax.bsky.social reports back from @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #StoriesSaveLives and #WalterAwards events in DC last week www.hbook.com/story/storie...
Stories Save Lives and Walter Awards recap
We Need Diverse Books, Stories Save Lives, and Walter Award events 2025
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April 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: Committee member @shoshanaflax.bsky.social reports back from @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #StoriesSaveLives and #WalterAwards events in DC last week www.hbook.com/story/storie...
International Dance Day
Today is International Dance Day, a day
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April 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: Our office is closed today in celebration of #Juneteenth. Learn more about this federal holiday in Zetta Elliott + Noa Denmon's new
#picturebook A SONG FOR JUNETEENTH ( @littlebrownyr.bsky.social ) + several other recent books sbee.link/gkt8a9rub6
#picturebook A SONG FOR JUNETEENTH ( @littlebrownyr.bsky.social ) + several other recent books sbee.link/gkt8a9rub6
June 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: Our office is closed today in celebration of #Juneteenth. Learn more about this federal holiday in Zetta Elliott + Noa Denmon's new
#picturebook A SONG FOR JUNETEENTH ( @littlebrownyr.bsky.social ) + several other recent books sbee.link/gkt8a9rub6
#picturebook A SONG FOR JUNETEENTH ( @littlebrownyr.bsky.social ) + several other recent books sbee.link/gkt8a9rub6
#HBOutoftheBox: Today is #WorldReadAloudDay — but #LibrariansWithSuperpowers are hard at work every day! www.hbook.com/story/happy-...
February 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: Today is #WorldReadAloudDay — but #LibrariansWithSuperpowers are hard at work every day! www.hbook.com/story/happy-...
#HBOutoftheBox: Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz reports back from @halseanderson.bsky.social "salon" with @portersqbooks.bsky.social on April 1 www.hbook.com/story/laurie...
Laurie Halse Anderson
A salon event for Laurie Halse Anderson and her new book, Rebellion 1776, hosted by Porter Square Books.
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April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz reports back from @halseanderson.bsky.social "salon" with @portersqbooks.bsky.social on April 1 www.hbook.com/story/laurie...
#HBOutoftheBox: @sdovel.bsky.social reports from Evanston Public Library's fourth annual Blueberry Awards announcement party last week "[T]he Blueberry Awards genuinely inspire hope" www.hbook.com/story/the-bl... @fuse8.bsky.social
The Blueberry Awards: Celebrating the Best Nature Books that Promote Climate Stewardship for Kids
Horn Book reviewer Susan Dove Lempke on the Evanston Public Library's announcement party for the award's fourth year.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: @sdovel.bsky.social reports from Evanston Public Library's fourth annual Blueberry Awards announcement party last week "[T]he Blueberry Awards genuinely inspire hope" www.hbook.com/story/the-bl... @fuse8.bsky.social
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview March #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for Shamar Knight-Justice; @chrystaldgiles.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBWomensHistoryMonth; register for @jerrycraft.bsky.social 's #ZenaSutherland Lecture; #StPatricksDay; 1st day of #spring; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
March 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview March #NotesfromtheHornBook w/ #5Qs for Shamar Knight-Justice; @chrystaldgiles.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; #HBWomensHistoryMonth; register for @jerrycraft.bsky.social 's #ZenaSutherland Lecture; #StPatricksDay; 1st day of #spring; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#HBOutoftheBox: How are YOU celebrating #NationalLibraryWeek?
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#ILoveLibraries #ThankYouLibraries #LibrarianswithSuperpowers #TakeActionForLibraries #kidlit #yalit
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @mychal3ts.bsky.social
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#ILoveLibraries #ThankYouLibraries #LibrarianswithSuperpowers #TakeActionForLibraries #kidlit #yalit
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @mychal3ts.bsky.social
National Library Week
It's National Library Week, the American Library Association's celebration of all things library. This year's theme is
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April 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: #Purim begins today at sundown! @shoshanaflax.bsky.social celebrates the Jewish holiday—which also occurs this year on our founder's birthday(!)—with #hamantaschen and #kidlit recommendations www.hbook.com/story/auspic... @jewishlibraries.bsky.social #BerthaMahonyMiller
Auspicious occasions
Purim begins tonight! For more on this Jewish holiday of disguises and deliciousness, see the Holidays--Purim tag in the Guide/Reviews Database.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: #Purim begins today at sundown! @shoshanaflax.bsky.social celebrates the Jewish holiday—which also occurs this year on our founder's birthday(!)—with #hamantaschen and #kidlit recommendations www.hbook.com/story/auspic... @jewishlibraries.bsky.social #BerthaMahonyMiller
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: HAIRSTORY (Dlouhy/Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social ) by Sope Martins; illus. by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
April 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: HAIRSTORY (Dlouhy/Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social ) by Sope Martins; illus. by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN: A BEDTIME BOOK (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) by @gregpizzoli.bsky.social received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
April 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN: A BEDTIME BOOK (Knopf/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) by @gregpizzoli.bsky.social received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: M/A #HBMag HB & the ampersand + M/J Preview w/ @edelrodriguez.bsky.social cover; @goraina.bsky.social + @scottmccloud.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; @halseanderson.bsky.social w/ @portersqbooks.bsky.social; #NationalLibraryWeek; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
Week in Review, April 7th-11th
This week on hbook.com...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: M/A #HBMag HB & the ampersand + M/J Preview w/ @edelrodriguez.bsky.social cover; @goraina.bsky.social + @scottmccloud.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; @halseanderson.bsky.social w/ @portersqbooks.bsky.social; #NationalLibraryWeek; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: WHEN TOMORROW BURNS ( @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) by @taekeller.bsky.social received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: WHEN TOMORROW BURNS ( @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) by @taekeller.bsky.social received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...
#HBOutoftheBox: This is "Our Power, Our Planet" on #EarthDay + every day! Check out these #kidlit recommendations to inspire us to appreciate + preserve our planet www.hbook.com/story/earth-...
@earthdayorg.bsky.social #EarthDay2025 #OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthActionDay #climatechange #conservation
@earthdayorg.bsky.social #EarthDay2025 #OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthActionDay #climatechange #conservation
Earth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet
Today, April 22, is Earth Day, with the theme being
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April 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: This is "Our Power, Our Planet" on #EarthDay + every day! Check out these #kidlit recommendations to inspire us to appreciate + preserve our planet www.hbook.com/story/earth-...
@earthdayorg.bsky.social #EarthDay2025 #OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthActionDay #climatechange #conservation
@earthdayorg.bsky.social #EarthDay2025 #OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthActionDay #climatechange #conservation
#HBOutoftheBox: It's #ChildrensBookWeek! You may get a kick out of these early ads: hbook.com/story/its-ch... @cbcbooks.bsky.social #kidlit
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#HBOutoftheBox: It's #ChildrensBookWeek! You may get a kick out of these early ads: hbook.com/story/its-ch... @cbcbooks.bsky.social #kidlit