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    Review of the Day: Sylvie by Sylvie Kantorovitz

    Betsy Bird, April 7, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Early 70s France never looked so good. A new middle grade graphic memoir comes to us. A perfect new addition to every bookshelf looking for something familiar and odd all at once.

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    Review of the Day: Root Magic by Eden Royce

    Betsy Bird, March 31, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    A smartly plotted dip into the Gullah-Geechee culture of early 60s rural South Carolina, this book weaves family, history, and spooky stuff together like a braid.

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    Review of the Day: Wishes by Mượn Thị Văn, ill. Victo Ngai

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

    In all honesty, I don’t think I can do this book justice when I tell you about it, but I can at least give it my best shot. It deserves only the best.

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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: Jo Jo Makoons by Dawn Quigley, ill. Tara Audibert

    Betsy Bird, March 12, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Funny and smart, with a sly sense of humor that’s entirely its own, prepare for a series that you’ll want to see much more of in the future.

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    Review of the Day: The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer, ill. Mariachiara Di Giorgio

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

    This book is an utter joy. One of those titles that lives up to, and then proceeds to exceed, the hype. Heck, I’ll say it. One of the best wordless books I’ve ever read. Full stop. Period.

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    Review of the Day: niños: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile by María José Ferrada, ill. María Elena Valdez

    Betsy Bird, February 25, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Oddly sweet, melancholic, and peaceful, this is poetry as remembrance as well as healing. It is also very much one of a kind.

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    Review of the Day: Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

    Betsy Bird, February 18, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    The publisher sold this book to me as Doll Bones with a trans narrative and maybe that’s the best description you should hope for. Smart. Original. Necessary. Thank god we have this book now.

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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: Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña, ill. Christian Robinson

    Betsy Bird, February 3, 2021 | Best Books, Best Books of 2021, Reviews, Reviews 2021

    Read this book to a child when you yourself need to remember that the world is full of horrible, wonderful, complicated people and that there are millions of their stories out there just waiting to be learned.

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