31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Picture Book Reprints
While there's nothing sadder than a picture book out-of-print, by the same token there should be nothing happier than an old book brought back to life! Enjoy such books today!
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Caldenotts
They can't win Caldecotts since their artists weren't born in the States and don't live here currently. Even so, let's honor these beautiful books that hit U.S. shores in 2023.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Funny Picture Books
Today we celebrate the picture books that take a chance and try to be funny. Humor may be subjective, but these are pretty darn good!
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Review of the Day: Maggie Lou, Firefox by Arnolda Dufour Bowes, ill. Karlene Harvey
With more oomph and spit than a little book of this sort could possibly contain, Maggie represents the kind of slambang, fantastic personality you find only once in a blue moon. You’re not going to want to miss this one.
Review of the Day: Oh, Olive! by Lian Cho
Amusing, sweet, and strange. A wondrous mix of the familiar with the utterly original. Meet Olive for yourself.
Review of the Day: Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, ill. Boulet
“Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here.” Attend the tale of Bea Wolf, and a better comic for kids you're unlikely to find anywhere.
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Rhyming Picture Books
A fan of bouncy rhymes and cadences? If you know picture books then you know that rhyming can go real bad, real fast. Here are the books that did it well in 2023 then!
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Transcendent Holiday Picture Books
Today you'll get holidays like Three Kings Day, Ramadan, Halloween, Yom Kippur, Dia De Los Muertos, and even Christmas Eve alongside the usual suspects.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Mushroom Man by Ethel Pochocki, ill. Barry Moser
"Weird with heart!" Kate warms up to the 30th anniversary edition release of a little cult classic, entirely befitting of the name. Prepare your heartstrings to be tugged.
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Simple Picture Book Texts
I am pleased to announce that today's list is for the simplest of picture books. Not books for kids first learning to read but that know how to put a minimal number of words on a page.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Picture Book Readalouds
A truly great readaloud can work just as well for 400 kids as it can for one. It just has to have something about it that engages and interacts with its audience. Today we celebrate some great ones.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Great Board Books
Behold! A list of baby board books, preschooler board books, and board books that are either reprints or adapted picture books. Enjoy them all!
Tomorrow, It Begins! 31 Days, 31 Lists Is Nigh!
Tomorrow we'll see the annual release of the 31 Days, 31 Lists titles. What will be included? Will you like the books? Hate them? It's all possible!
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"Ah, my co-workers at my library were CRAZY about that book this year. Couldn't talk it up enough! Absolutely adored it. ..."
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"Came here to mention My First Day, which is just as breathtaking as My Grandfather's Song. It was a huge hit with my stu ..."
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"I came here to see what you'd say about When You Can Swim by Jack Wong BUT it did not make your cut?! I do not think my ..."
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