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Horn Book Fanfare 2007

Horn Book Fanfare 2007 names 21 books across 5 categories. 11 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. A Darkling Plain by Philip Reevesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Becca at Sea by Deirdre Bakersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtissource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Red Spikes by Margo Lanagansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameronsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexiesource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznicksource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The New Policeman by Kate Thompsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Folklore

  1. Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold by James Rumfordsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm by Laura Amy Schlitzsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. May I Pet Your Dog? by Stephanie Calmensonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Síssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas by Russell Freedmansource (opens in a new tab)

Picture Books

  1. A Good Day by Kevin Henkessource (opens in a new tab)
  2. At Night by Jonathan Beansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seegersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkinssource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Arrival by Shaun Tansource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harringtonsource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Floriansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) by Linda Sue Parksource (opens in a new tab)

About the Horn Book Fanfare

The Horn Book Magazine's annual Fanfare list of the year's best children's and young adult books, chosen by its editors and reviewers. Read from hbook.com's own Fanfare pages through Wayback Machine snapshots, because hbook.com blocks automated fetches; each sourceUrl is the snapshot used. 2006-2018 come from the annotated Fanfare articles, 2019-2025 from the Fanfare booklist pages. Year is the year in the list's name (books of that year); it is announced in December. Category is Horn Book's own section (Picture Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Folklore). Every entry is a Selection. Author is the writer; for wordless or author-illustrated books it is the illustrator. Series names Horn Book prints in brackets after a title are dropped. Expected counts are the titles printed under each section on the cited page; for 2006-2018 they match the number of review citations on the page.

Organization: The Horn Book. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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