Politics in Practice
Betsy Bird, December 5, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
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!
Betsy Bird, December 4, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
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.
Betsy Bird, December 3, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
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.
Betsy Bird, December 2, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
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.
Betsy Bird, December 1, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
Behold! A list of baby board books, preschooler board books, and board books that are either reprints or adapted picture books. Enjoy them all!
Betsy Bird, November 30, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists
Tomorrow we'll see the annual release of the 31 Days, 31 Lists titles. What will be included? Will you like the books? Hate them? It's all possible!
Betsy Bird, December 31, 2022 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2022
The final list of the 31 Days, 31 Lists series is here. These are the picture books that I loved particularly. Many you will have heard of. A couple will be new. But regardless, each and every one is a star.
Betsy Bird, December 30, 2022 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2022
Oo. The penultimate list! We've had a fun ride but it's almost over. So today, enjoy books for older child readers. Tomorrow? Picture Books!
Betsy Bird, December 29, 2022 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2022
Today, these were the audiobooks that impressed me the most over the year. It's not a huge list. It's just the folks that I think did a stellar job. These narrators deserve applause of their own.
Betsy Bird, December 28, 2022 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2022
One thing you will definitely find here today are my favorite reads for older kids in 2022, if those kids happen to be into nonfiction and informational books. These are lean, mean, fact-spouting machines and they are perfect for fact-loving kids.
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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