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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Rhyming Picture Books
Today we celebrate the successful rhymers! These are the books that scan beautifully and give us good reasons for loving things that rhyme.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Transcendent Holiday Picture Books
Today on this list you're going to see titles about Eid, Mexican Independence Day, Día de Muertos, Passover, and more.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Simple Picture Books
It can be difficult to understand how truly praiseworthy simple picture books and their basic texts are, and how much good they do for the youngest of readers. Today, we celebrate those rarities.
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Picture Book Readalouds
Today, we celebrate the books that can enrapture in mere moments thanks to the power of words and images (and your own vocal chords) alone.
31 Days, 31 Lists: Best Board Books of 2024
Board books for the youngest of young. We've the greatest 2024 titles for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers on display. Be the star of the next baby shower you attend and give some of THESE!
It’s Here! 31 Days, 31 Lists 2024!
Each year I dedicate the 31 days of December to a different list of children’s books released in America in the current publishing year. Find new favorites!
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Free to Be You and Me: Curator Margi Hofer on This Once In a Lifetime Exhibit
Why on earth would the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art do an exhibit on a musical revue? I talk with its guest curator and discover the kidlit connection.
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer – A Talk with Quartez Harris and Gordon C. James
Is Go Tell It our first picture book bio of James Baldwin? Not at this point (though it was when it was written). But trust me when I say that this is one of those books you'll be thinking about long after you put it down.
MORE 2025 ALA YMA Predictions! American Indian Youth, Asian/Pacific American Awards, and Schneider Family
I just can't keep myself from making more predictions on what might win the upcoming ALA Youth Media Awards. I already did my Fall Prediction list of Newbery and Caldecott titles. But lest we forget, those are hardly all the awards out there.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Hard Scrabble Harvest by Dahlov Ipcar
"Put a box over them! This is not rocket science!" For Thanksgiving we enjoy the bad choices made by the characters in today's book. Will this make the book a classic? Find out!
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