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Betsy Bird, January 2, 2017 | Best Books, Best Books of 2016
It has been a crazy December. So just in brief then, here are 100 of the books that showed up on my 31 Days, 31 Lists series that I personally enjoyed the most. I do this list each year as a kind of personal bookkeeping. Go about your business. We’ll be back to our regularly […]
Betsy Bird, January 1, 2016 | Best Books, Best Books of 2015, Uncategorized
Happy New Year!! As with each and every year, I like to make my own little list of 100 children’s book titles. These are pretty much for my own reference in the future, though you’re more than welcome to critique the choices as you prefer. Previous lists can be found for 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, […]
Betsy Bird, January 1, 2015 | Best Books, Best Books of 2014
If I’m going to be honest about it, this is a list I do every year strictly for myself. It sort of helps me get my head in order. Figure out what I liked. What I didn’t. What I reviewed. What I missed. I recommend you make your own sometime. The categories are from the […]
Betsy Bird, December 18, 2013 | Best Books, Best Books of 2013
Well, every year I like to put out my list of 100 Magnificent Children’s Books from the publishing year. So far I’ve done this in 2010 and 2011 and 2012. And every year the list looks suspiciously similar in some spots to the 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing list that NYPL produces. Little wonder, but I always like […]
Betsy Bird, January 1, 2013 | Best Books, Best Books of 2012
Happy 2013, everybody! *tweet!* And that officially marks the end of all my 2012 reviews. I’ll have an appropriate regret-filled post on the matter tomorrow, but for now let’s celebrate the year! Everyone has their own little lists, and I am no exception. In case you’re curious, I did similar ones for 2010 and 2011. […]
Betsy Bird, December 23, 2011 | Best Books of 2011
I had a good time coming up with this list last year, so I figured I’d give it a shot again. So here you go. If you had a horribly limited library budget and you could only buy 100 children’s books from the year 2011, here are the hundred I would insist you get. Cutting […]
Betsy Bird, December 3, 2010 | Best Books of 2010
Well, what the heck? I read a lot of books in a given year. I fall in love with at least 100 of them. Why not turn them into a list? With the understanding that I am just one person and I have not read everything published in a given year (which is why committee […]
Betsy Bird, July 17, 2018 | Top 100, Top 100 Board Books Poll
Now that we’ve crested the fifty-mark, I’m going to slow things down a spell and start counting down by fives. Keep your eyes open wide, folks. These next few books are doozies: #50 – Jamberry by Bruce Degen (1995) The legacy of Bruce Degen can be nicely sliced into two distinct categories. On the […]
Betsy Bird, June 28, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)
#2 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1962) 307 points The only book I’ve ever finished, turned over, and immediately started reading again. – Lauren Martino Magical. Thrilling. As a kid, I loved that it stretched my brain. Other dimensions! Time travel! Oh how I loved the “Aunt Beast” creatures — how in a […]
Betsy Bird, June 12, 2012 | Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012)
#16 Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (1975) 87 points Imagine coming upon a fountain of youth in a forest. To live forever–isn’t that everyone’s ideal? Babbitt asks profound questions about the meaning of life and death, and leaves the reader with a greater appreciation for the perfect cycle of nature. Intense and powerful, exciting and […]
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