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Tag: 2022 picture books

December 31, 2022 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Picture Books

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.

September 23, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Pina by Elif Yemenici, translated by Sydney Wade

Pina is a balm and a comfort. A gentle reminder that no matter how bad things may seem, there is room in this world for both the snugness of home, and the beauty of the wider world.

July 29, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson, ill. Leo Espinosa

Take a trip in a little time machine mixed with a heavy dose of the best kind of nostalgia. An explosion on the page. Sublime.

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Review of the Day: Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall

June 3, 2022 by Betsy Bird

The heart of this book isn’t walls or floors or windows but the people that lived alongside them. Speculation yields a carefully, even meticulously rendered story of an average white farm family, living life in a home, until time takes its toll and we all have to wrestle with what that means.

Review of the Day: The Legend of Gravity by Charly Palmer

April 1, 2022 by Betsy Bird

What happens when a book takes tall tales and liar’s tales and then ties all of that into some of the finer examples of trash talk and blacktop exaggeration? The Legend of Gravity by Charly Palmer is that link.

Review of the Day: Kick Push by Frank Morrison

February 18, 2022 by Betsy Bird

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: Kat Hats by Daniel Pinkwater, ill. Aaron Renier

January 26, 2022 by Betsy Bird

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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