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Some Trends to Love: In her annual review of children’s literature, Betsy Bird calls ’em as she sees ’em
Among the trends in kids' books, Betsy Bird finds "stories that hope against hope that our children will, with the help of these texts, grow up to be better people than ourselves."
25 Funny Books for Unfunny Times
Betsy Bird looks at new trends in humor and recommends 25 funny books for kids.
Of Race and Reprints
Publishers are revising children's classics, including racist ones. Should they be?
The Top 100 Board Books Poll Countdown: #60-51
I don’t like to pick favorites but the ten books featured on the list today might well be my favorite board book run of this series. I mean, where else are you going to find animals of the Native Northwest, imports, picture book adaptations, high contrast titles, and books with removable components? The list: […]
The Top 100 Board Books Poll Countdown: #70-61
It’s getting down to the wire, but we’ve still a ways to go until the Top 20. Today’s listing of contenders has a certain level of sophistication at work. New names appear on the list, like Lane Smith and Marla Frazee, while others solidify their status (Boynton, Katz, Oxenbury, etc.). The oldest book on today’s […]
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, ill. Kurt Wiese
Hope you like Kathleen Turner, because in this long delayed episode I’m clearly doing my best rendition of her. Apologies for the gap in the episodes. Fortunately, we’re back in style. This week we discuss a book that has a complicated history. It would be easier if this were a more straightforward case of racism. […]
The Top 100 Board Books Poll Countdown: #80-71
The overriding theme of today’s release of the Top 100 Board Books Poll results is currency. So many of the books on today’s list were published for the first time in the last five or so years). I myself have seen a distinct uptick during that time of quality (as well as quantity). Read your […]
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