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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Translated Picture Books
So. Many. Translations!!! Here is a list of those titles I saw this year that I just thought were super. You probably won't see most of them winning the major awards. You probably won't even see most of them on the end of the year "Best of" lists. Even so, they're stellar and they deserve our love.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Children’s Books with Fabulous Photography
You'll find in this list that I have a fairly broad definition of what constitutes "photography". By my thinking, it doesn't matter if it's a Getty Image or Nonfiction or Photoshopped or of models and silhouettes. If the book relies on the art of photography in any manner, it has a home on today's list.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Books With a Message
here are, as it happens, a couple really good books with strong messages out each and every year. The trick is finding the best books with the right message. Consider the following books then.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Bilingual & Spanish Books for Kids
On 31 Days, 31 Lists I always include a day of celebration for "bilingual books". What do I mean by that? Well, either these are books that were originally in English and were translated to another language, or they feature both English and another language in their text. Now enjoy a list of books that are pretty much entirely Spanish, with one notable exception
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Unfortunately by Remy Charlip
Fortunately, I got Kate to read my favorite Remy Charlip book. Unfortunately, she had a take on it that I was not expecting. Take a deep dive into a book that defies logic repeatedly.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Math Books for Kids
In 2019, these were the math books that really made me sing. Whether you're dealing with shapes or number lines, it's all on display right here.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Picture Book Reprints
Nothing worse than seeing your pet favorite picture book disappear into the mists of time. Of course, every once in a while they get resurrected in some form. Today we celebrate the books that crawled their way back onto bookstore and library shelves in 2019. The few. The brave. The worthy.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Caldenotts
Every publisher that dares to bring into this world a book that either originated in another country or was illustrated by a person who is not a citizen of The United States of America knows, in their heart of hearts, that no matter how grand the book, it will never win the top award for […]
31 Days, 31 Books: 2019 Funny Picture Books
Judging a picture book based on humor alone really comes down to the sense of humor of the reader. On that note, let me state clearly that the books you'll see here were just the ones that highly amused ME this year.