November 12, 2024 by Betsy Bird
You want a plot that’s tight? World-building that manages to be both comprehensible and succinct? And heart too, right? You want to actually feel something as a result of the hero’s journey? Welp, here you go.
October 16, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Hope is hard to write in a book. Hope is particularly hard to write in a picture book. Still, when someone gets it right, there’s nothing else like it. Maybe it’s true. Hope? It really is a thing with feathers.
October 5, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Why, hello, funniest graphic novel of 2024 for kids!
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September 20, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Is Katherine Rundell our fantasy book savior or did she just write a perfectly decent and fun book? I review the title that has the critics ablaze in praise.
September 6, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Is this a future classic? The answer may lie in the goats.
August 18, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Add a great text and art from an illustrious artist and you’ve got on your hands a librarian biography that’s a cut above the rest. A book that surpasses its form. A tale worth telling.
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August 8, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Consider today's book for any kid who is ready to doubt everything they ever knew about narrators.
August 1, 2024 by Betsy Bird
The kids are going to come here for the kooky aliens, but the whole reason the book works is because at its core this is a picture book about a kind of kindness we should all strive for in our lives.
July 19, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Since poetry and comics make for a perfect match, this latest from Vikram Madan is the ideal way to lure kids into ingesting a little verse.
July 12, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Adept and fleet footed with nary a misstep, allow me to recommend a little something to wring your heart out and then pump it up all over again.
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