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Karen MacPherson THE WASHINGTON POST – My assignment: to choose the best 15 kids’ and teen books of 2022 in three categories – picture books, books for middle-grade readers ages eight to 12 and books for teens. My take: There’s an absolute bumper crop of great books last year, so I’ve chosen 15 that are […]

Through this program, thousands of copies of Christina Soontornvat’s The Last Mapmaker have been given to readers in underserved communities.

From the September/October 2022 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

From the August 2022 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.

New titles support and celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

From the January/February 2022 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

From the January/February 2022 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

The 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book Award for Nonfiction is presented to Christina Soontornvat for All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team published by Candlewick Press.

Yang Warriors. In this inspiring picture book, fierce and determined children confront the hardships of Ban Vinai refugee camp, where Kao Kalia Yang lived as a child. Accompanied by the evocative and rich cultural imagery of debut illustrator Billy Thao, the warriors’ secret mission shows what feats of compassion and courage children can perform, bringing more than foraged greens back to the younger children and to their elders. In this unforgiving place, with little to call their own, these...

Yang Warriors. In this inspiring picture book, fierce and determined children confront the hardships of Ban Vinai refugee camp, where Kao Kalia Yang lived as a child. Accompanied by the evocative and rich cultural imagery of debut illustrator Billy Thao, the warriors’ secret mission shows what feats of compassion and courage children can perform, bringing more than foraged greens back to the younger children and to their elders. In this unforgiving place, with little to call their own, these...