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    Review of the Day: Off-Limits by Helen Yoon

    Betsy Bird, June 24, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Writing, timing, art, and humor. What's not to love? One thing’s for certain, though. Kids absolutely adore it, and that’s not the kind of thing you can fake.

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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: Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider

    Betsy Bird, June 10, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    In an era of information overload, Mary Winn Heider is the author who will lead us through the pandemonium into the light. Hand this to the kid that wants something smart and funny with a side order of turmoil for spice.

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    Review of the Day: Ergo by Alexis Deacon, ill. Viviane Schwarz

    Betsy Bird, June 2, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    It’s a treatise on philosophy as it relates to young children. It’s about escaping the confines of yourself and reaching out to others. And, most importantly, it’s a cute baby chicken picture book where 95% of the action takes place inside an egg.

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    Review of the Day: Honey for You, Honey for Me, compiled by Michael Rosen, ill. Chris Riddell

    Betsy Bird, May 26, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    If you are looking for a book chock full of nursery rhymes, both familiar and un, you really can’t go wrong with what Rosen and Riddell have just cooked up.

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    Review of the Day: J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard, ill. Akeem S. Roberts

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

    The story of a boy subjected to an egregious home haircut and who takes that problem as an opportunity to not only learn new skills but also grow his own business . . . well, now that’s the kind of story I think we all need more of right now.

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    Review of the Day: Magic Candies by Heena Baek, translated by Sophie Bowman

    Betsy Bird, May 10, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Deeply touching, funny, and incredibly odd, this is the kind of picture book that gets you excited about picture books all over again.

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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 Raconteur’s Commonplace Book by Kate Milford

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

    Ms. Milford’s skills have at last come together to produce her magnum opus. I’ll tell you true – there’s not a soul alive I’ve handed this book to that didn’t get sucked into it. Every book has its reader. It just happens that this book’s reader is you.

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    Review of the Day: Opposites Abstract by Mo Willems

    Betsy Bird, April 15, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    No elephants. No piggies. No pigeons. And yet there's something about this abstracted concept book to lure me into reviewing it. I haven't reviewed Mo in 14 years. See why I've come around.

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