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MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2022

    Guest Post: Kids and Nature Preschool Teachers Weigh In on the Blueberry Award by Martha Meyer

    Betsy Bird, July 13, 2022 | Guest Posts

    Special guest poster Martha Meyer joins us to talk about connecting kids and teachers to books about science, nature, and the environment itself.

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    Bringing Back the Mean People: Jewell Parker Rhodes Discusses a One-of-a-Kind Toni Morrison Reprint

    Betsy Bird, July 12, 2022 | Interviews

    Toni Morrison wrote a fair share of picture books, none quite as shocking and original as The Book of Mean People. With a reprint in November, I speak to Jewell Parker Rhodes, who wrote the Afterward.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say

    Betsy Bird, July 11, 2022 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    We go a little serious this week with a deep dive into Allen Say's Caldecott Award winner.

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    Review of the Day: My Parents Won’t Stop Talking! by Emma Hunsinger and Tillie Walden

    Betsy Bird, July 7, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    There is a place in this world for good, meaningful picture books, and there is a place in this world for funny stuff. And this stuff? Some of the funniest I’ve seen in a long time.

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    Publisher Preview: Ellen Myrick Presents Small Presses (Part Four!)

    Betsy Bird, July 6, 2022 | Publisher Previews

    Today we examine Fall 2022 books coming out from Diamond Book Distributors, Floris Books, and Flowerpot Press.

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    Press Release: Picture Book Summit Line-Up Confirmed

    Betsy Bird, July 5, 2022 | Press Release Fun

    A run-down on who wll be presenting at the Picture Book Summit this year, with benefits going to the San Juan Community Library of Puerto Rico.

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    Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Amazing Bone by William Steig

    Betsy Bird, July 4, 2022 | Fuse 8 n' Kate

    We've done a lot of Steig before and yet somehow managed to miss this Caldecott Honor. All that comes to an end! We dive deep into a delightful book that could NOT be published today.

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    Review of the Day: Listen to the Language of the Trees by Tera Kelley, ill. Marie Hermansson

    Betsy Bird, July 1, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    With exquisitely clever art, this isn’t the first book I’ve seen on the subject of tree communication, but what I can say is that it’s the best written with the most useful illustrations to date.

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