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    Review of the Day: Race Against Time by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace

    Betsy Bird, September 17, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    A thoroughly rousing story, deserving of wider acclaim. The package may be lacking but the contents are gold.

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    Guest Post: Nonfiction for the Win! Choosing Books Kids Will Love by Melissa Stewart, Cynthia Levinson, and Jennifer Swanson

    Betsy Bird, September 15, 2021 | Guest Posts

    Melissa Stewart was kind enough to answer my questions about her book 5 Kinds of Nonfiction last week. Now she returns with Cynthia Levinson, and Jennifer Swanson to discuss a recent news article that had some real gaps.

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    Nonfiction on Display: Melissa Stewart Dishes on the 5 Kinds of Nonfiction

    Betsy Bird, September 7, 2021 | Interviews

    What is it about Melissa, author of more than 180 science books for children, and her work that taps so directly into where we are in 2021 and the current state of informational books for kids? Her new book, 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, seems to offer some answers. So too does this interview.

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    Review of the Day: How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner, photos by Ossi Saarinen

    Betsy Bird, August 6, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Deftly capturing the majesty, mystery, and downright good looks of foxes, this book is a rarity. Photographs galore highlight the mysterious world of the fox.

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    Review of the Day: Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies by D.K. Publishing

    Betsy Bird, June 22, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    This book is NOT the only book on the subject that will ever be written, but right now it appears to be the only book so far. And I’m just relieved that it was good to begin with. A beautifully designed supplement.

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    Review of the Day: Mars Is by Suzanne Slade

    Betsy Bird, May 4, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Want to instill Mars fever? Then you gotta catch this book.

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    Review of the Day: The Snail With the Right Heart by Maria Popova, ill. Ping Zhu

    Betsy Bird, March 19, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Today we discuss a book that takes risks, makes mistakes, and comes out memorable in the end. The right snail with the right heart in the right book for the right reader.

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    Review of the Day: 13 Ways to Eat a Fly by Sue Heavenrich, ill. David Clark

    Betsy Bird, February 11, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Funny and gross, this book is an honestly inventive way of spelling out how the simultaneously disgusting and delicious (eh?) fly is an integral part in not only the food chain but also the world as we currently know it.

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    Review of the Day: Escape at 10,000 Feet by Tom Sullivan

    Betsy Bird, January 14, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    From what I can tell, this title is going to make a lot of kids into fans of exciting works of history. That is, if they can wrench this book away from their grown-ups. Because if there’s one thing I know, an enticing unsolved mystery is good but a fantastically rendered unsolved mystery is irresistible.

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    31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Nonfiction for Older Readers

    Betsy Bird, December 28, 2020 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2020

    A sliver of the magnificent nonfiction for older readers on offer to kids in 2020.

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