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    Review of the Day: The Lock-Eater by Zack Loran Clark

    Betsy Bird, March 21, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    The Lock-Eater is a marvelous example of how you may render old ideas new, if only you’ve the ability to combine smart, timely writing with the current zeitgeist. Our kids are lucky they get to tap into books like this. Let’s hope for more of the same.

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    Review of the Day: Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, ill. Daniel Minter

    Betsy Bird, March 11, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    “Maybe because blue has such a complicated history of pain, wealth, invention, and recovery, it’s become a symbol of possibility, as vast and deep as the bluest sea, and as wide open and high as the bluest sky.” I consider a truly gorgeous bit of picture book history in the magnificently written and illustrated BLUE.

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    Review of the Day: Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari, ill. Beatrice Alemagna, trans. Antony Shugaar

    Betsy Bird, March 4, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    An ideal book for a grandparent to read to their own offspring’s offspring. Especially if that kid can’t stand it when grown-ups get facts wrong. Here’s one fact that isn’t wrong: This book is delightful. A win of an import.

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    Review of the Day: It’s the End of the World and I’m In My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

    Betsy Bird, February 25, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    Utterly carefree and ridiculous, this is a book that never takes itself too seriously. Which, naturally, means that I’m about to.

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    Review of the Day: Kick Push by Frank Morrison

    Betsy Bird, February 18, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    Read the plot of Kick Push on paper and it sounds like something you’ve seen a hundred times before. Read the actual book and there’s nothing to compare.

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    Review of the Day: Marshmallow Clouds by Ted Kooser & Connie Wanek, ill. Richard Jones

    Betsy Bird, February 11, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    Marshmallow Clouds is one of those books that works so effectively for young readers that it feels as though the co-authors (co-poets?) had been honing their talents for kids, specifically, for years. One of those books that will subtly coil its way around your heart, even as you obliviously flip page after page after page.

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    Review of the Day: Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff

    Betsy Bird, February 3, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    I review the latest from Kyle Lukoff and, yes, there will be spoilers. A brave title for a time when we need brave books for kids more than ever.

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    Review of the Day: Kat Hats by Daniel Pinkwater, ill. Aaron Renier

    Betsy Bird, January 26, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    Today we consider a picture book that will convince you that while the state of the world may go up in flames shortly, at least the state of some contemporary and current picture books is just fine.

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    Review of the Day: Out of the Shadows by Fiona Robinson

    Betsy Bird, January 14, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Reviews, Reviews 2022

    It is the easiest thing in the world to write a mediocre picture book biography. Writing one that’s as good as Out of the Shadows, that knows precisely where to cut the story, how to present the art, and then allows you to fall in love with the subject? Such books are uncommon little gems.

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    31 Days, 31 Books: 2021 Transcendent Holiday Picture Books

    Betsy Bird, December 3, 2021 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Booklists, Reviews

    Eid, the Cherokee National Holiday, Chinese New Year, Nowruz, and more are front and center in this round-up of the best holiday books of 2021.

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