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    Final Prediction Edition: Newbery / Caldecott 2023

    Betsy Bird, January 18, 2023 | Newbery / Caldecott Predictions

    Today, these are not the books I necessarily want to win (though, happily, that Venn Diagram does intersect pretty regularly) but rather the ones that I believe will win. Vive la difference.

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    Review of the Day: An American Story by Kwame Alexander, ill. Dare Coulter

    Betsy Bird, January 17, 2023 | Best Books, Best Books of 2023, Reviews, Reviews 2023

    In his latest book Kwame Alexander tackles the subject of slavery head on, providing a template not just for teachers, but for any adult wishing to give the kids of today a better grasp on material that so many have worked so hard to avoid for all these years.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: 2023 Caldecott Contenders

    Betsy Bird, January 16, 2023 | Best Books of 2022, Fuse 8 n' Kate, Newbery / Caldecott Predictions

    We've an annual tradition here at Fuse 8 n' Kate where I present Kate three potential winners and she considers which ones have the best chance. This year Kate feels that there is one clear cut winner . . . and a book that can only be called a complete and utter loser in comparison.

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    The Top Ten Most Disappointing Edibles and Potables of Children’s Literature

    Betsy Bird, January 12, 2023 | Uncategorized

    When you were a child, what food or drink sounded delicious in a book, but wildly disappointed you when you tried it? We count down the Top 10 contenders (as well as some Honorable Mentions).

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    Announcing the 2023 Newbery/Caldecott/YMA Pre-Game Show!

    Betsy Bird, January 11, 2023 | Uncategorized

    Join me for a live pre-show discussion of the Newbery and Caldecott contenders before they're announced on Monday, January 30th!

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    Review of the Day: Unraveller by Frances Hardinge

    Betsy Bird, January 10, 2023 | Best Books, Best Books of 2023, Reviews, Reviews 2023

    Folks, I don’t particularly care to sound like a broken record so I’ll just say this: If you would like to read a story you’ve never read before, one that flies by the light of an internal logic so straight and true that you never doubt for a moment that this is a real world, Unraveller is your next read.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel, ill. Janet Stevens

    Betsy Bird, January 9, 2023 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    It was a storytime staple for me back when I was a children's librarian. But how has this 1988 picture book stood up over the intervening years?

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    Review of the Day: My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder

    Betsy Bird, January 5, 2023 | Best Books, Best Books of 2023, Reviews, Reviews 2023

    My Strange Shrinking Parents is entirely its own creation, standing on its own two feet, with its own internal logic and rules. It is, in fact, one of the best takes on the experiences of children of immigrant parents I’ve ever seen in a picture book form. It stands, as I say, tall.

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    2023 Arrived and a Blog Is Still Here: What Does the Future Hold?

    Betsy Bird, January 4, 2023 | Uncategorized

    Is blogging dead? If so, where does that leave the children's literature bloggers that remain? I consider the future and realize that blogging, however diminished, continues to fill a vital need.

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    The Tycoon: Talking with Leonard Marcus About Abraham Lincoln, Our “Masterly Media Manipulator”

    Betsy Bird, January 3, 2023 | Interviews

    Today we speak with noted children's literature scholar Leonard Marcus about his latest informational title for kids about the man Kirkus called, "our presidential G.O.A.T."

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