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Posts by Betsy Bird

September 23, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Apply for the Bechtel Fellowship, You Clever Librarians Out There!

Interested in studying in one of the finest children's literature libraries in the nation? Now's your chance!

September 22, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

If you think the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, the famine in Ukraine in the 1930s, and Brooklyn at that same time makes for an awkward tri-narrative, you are wrong. And if you also think that it would be highly difficult to weave three such perspectives together, there you are correct, but it can be done. The Lost Year proves as much.

September 21, 2023 by Betsy Bird

The Quadruple Collaboration: Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkney Discuss Jerry Pinkney and A Walk in the Woods

Poetry and friendship. Family and legacy. The story behind the collaboration of Jerry Pinkney, Nikki Grimes, Brian Pinkney, and Charnelle Pinkney may be one of the finest you read all year.

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The Bridge: Featuring Eva Lindström and Jon Klassen in Conversation

September 20, 2023 by Betsy Bird

One of my favorite parts of this job is talking to picture book creators about their art. But you know what's even better than that? Talking to picture book creators about other picture book creators.

Newbery/Caldecott 2024: Fall Prediction Edition

September 19, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Committees, I do not envy you your job this year. We just have too many award-worthy books. Someone needs to speak to management about this.

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, ill. Erik Blegvad

September 18, 2023 by Betsy Bird

It seemed only fitting to me that since last week's podcast episode dealt so directly with the beginnings of life, why not focus on the end this time around?

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Review of the Day: Big by Vashti Harrison

September 15, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Today we look at one of the latest National Book Award nominees, and the only picture book in the batch.

An Interview with the Newest National Book Award Nominee: Talking About More Than a Dream

September 14, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Fresh off of its National Book Award nomination, we're talking today with the authors behind a book about the 1963 March on Washington on the cusp of its 60th anniversary.

Guest Post: The Making of HOUR OF NEED – A Chicago Story by Ralph Shayne

September 13, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Today guest poster Ralph Shayne discusses the inspiration behind the brand new graphic novel HOUR OF NEED with a healthy dose of Blues Brothers.

“The best part of Humanity is the fluidity of it all.” An Eagle Drums Interview with Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

September 12, 2023 by Betsy Bird

"...we are better working together, but this in itself is a skill that needs to be practiced over and over again." We're talking Iñupiaq origin myths with author/illustrator Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson today!

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