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How do you write a picture book with a message that isn't dull and preachy or didactic and poorly conceived? Let these books show the way.
While it may not win me any awards for literary excellence, here are the books that make you say, "UGH!!!" running a gamut of ages.
Scared of math? Let these books for kids win you over! Today we're talking unapologetically about math math math! Get it while it's hot!
While there's nothing sadder than a picture book out-of-print, by the same token there should be nothing happier than an old book brought back to life! Enjoy such books today!
They can't win Caldecotts since their artists weren't born in the States and don't live here currently. Even so, let's honor these beautiful books that hit U.S. shores in 2023.
Today we celebrate the picture books that take a chance and try to be funny. Humor may be subjective, but these are pretty darn good!
A fan of bouncy rhymes and cadences? If you know picture books then you know that rhyming can go real bad, real fast. Here are the books that did it well in 2023 then!
Today you'll get holidays like Three Kings Day, Ramadan, Halloween, Yom Kippur, Dia De Los Muertos, and even Christmas Eve alongside the usual suspects.
I am pleased to announce that today's list is for the simplest of picture books. Not books for kids first learning to read but that know how to put a minimal number of words on a page.
A truly great readaloud can work just as well for 400 kids as it can for one. It just has to have something about it that engages and interacts with its audience. Today we celebrate some great ones.