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    31 Days, 31 Lists: Day 24 – 2016 Science and Nature Books for Kids

    Betsy Bird, December 24, 2016 | Best Books, Best Books of 2016

    There were no science books on the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for 2016.  Nor in 2015.  Nor 2014.  Bomb in 2013 was sort of a science book, so we’ll count that.  And Moonbird that year certainly was.  Yet it’s often surprising how consistently science and nature get overlooked when they’re handing out awards […]

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    Review of the Day: Presenting Buffalo Bill by Candace Fleming

    Betsy Bird, September 12, 2016 | Best Books, Best Books of 2016, Reviews, Reviews 2016

    Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West By Candace Fleming A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Book Press (a division of Macmillan) $19.99 ISBN: 9781596437630 Ages 9-12 On shelves September 20th I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we present history to our kids. Specifically I was thinking about picture book biographies […]

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    Review of the Day: Samurai Rising by Pamela S. Turner

    Betsy Bird, April 20, 2016 | Best Books, Best Books of 2016, Reviews, Reviews 2016

    Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune By Pamela S. Turner Illustrated by Gareth Hinds Charlesbridge $16.95 ISBN: 9781580895842 Ages 10 and up On shelves now When you read enough children’s books published in a single year, folks tend to believe that you’ve an ability to spot trends in the general literature. Trend-spotting is […]

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