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Tag: 2024 picture books

December 31, 2024 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: Best Picture Books of 2024

Our final list! Enjoy what is inarguably a lovely list of books. And thank you for reading my lists this month!

October 16, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: A Terrible Place for a Nest by Sara Levine, ill. Erika Meza

Hope is hard to write in a book. Hope is particularly hard to write in a picture book. Still, when someone gets it right, there’s nothing else like it. Maybe it’s true. Hope? It really is a thing with feathers.

September 6, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The Yellow Bus by Loren Long

Is this a future classic? The answer may lie in the goats.

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Review of the Day: We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang

August 1, 2024 by Betsy Bird

The kids are going to come here for the kooky aliens, but the whole reason the book works is because at its core this is a picture book about a kind of kindness we should all strive for in our lives.

Review of the Day: The Spaceman by Randy Cecil

May 31, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Quiet, unassuming, delightful, funny, and with just enough science fiction in there, I’m just gonna say it: I love this book. You know who else is going to love this book? Kids.

Review of the Day: Being Home by Traci Sorell, ill. Michaela Goade

April 28, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Look at the jaw-dropping art and stellar storytelling inside, and this book may serve to upend everything you thought you knew about moving day picture books.

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Review of the Day: Jump for Joy by Karen Gray Ruelle, ill. Hadley Hooper

April 6, 2024 by Betsy Bird

The dog book that none of us knew we needed, has arrived.

Review of the Day: Touch The Sky by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic WITH Bonus Q&A

February 22, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Today I review a book that truly exemplifies one of those key moments in a child’s life, fated to be forgotten. I also interview its author.

Review of the Day: Two Together by Brendan Wenzel

February 2, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Gathering together all his skill, Wenzel brings to this simple little picture book an artistry and talent bound to blow you away. This is the cat/dog narrative we’ve all been waiting for.

Review of the Day: Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris, ill. Ian Falconer

January 9, 2024 by Betsy Bird

I could have picked any picture book to kick off my reviewing in 2024. I have selected this one. For me, this is everything I hope and fear for this year.

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