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Tag: Best Books of 2021

December 31, 2021 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Picture Books

Today's list represents just a handful of the titles published this year. This is some, but surely not all, of the finest. If you need a starting place where you can get a sense of what the year entailed, use this list.

December 30, 2021 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids

We don't go halfsies on the comics around here. Here is what may well be called an epic post of comics published for kids in the year 2021.

December 29, 2021 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Best Audiobooks for Kids

Today, I'm tipping a hat to the audiobooks I discovered in 2021 that really just knocked it out of the park. Each and every last one of them, a star.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Unique Biographies for Kids

December 26, 2021 by Betsy Bird

It's Biography Day! Here are the books that I feel did the greatest justice to their subjects. You'll see some familiar faces and some folks you've never even heard of. As it should be.

31 Days, 31 Posts: 2021 Autobiographies for Kids!

December 25, 2021 by Betsy Bird

2021 was a marvelous year for memoirs and we're splitting up today's list into picture books, graphic novels, and titles for older readers.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Science and Nature Books

December 24, 2021 by Betsy Bird

2021 turned out to be a remarkably strong year for Nonfiction in general and science/nature in particular. From biologists to topography to the life cycles of clouds and smoke, there's a little of someone for everyone here.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 American History Titles for Kids

December 23, 2021 by Betsy Bird

With books about American history for kids being challenged all over the country right now, here's a list that includes loads of titles that delve into the good AND the bad of this nation of ours.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Informational Fiction

December 22, 2021 by Betsy Bird

What is truth and what is fiction? And what happens when you stir the two together? You get today's list 31 Days, 31 Lists: Informational Fiction!

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Fantasy for Kids

December 21, 2021 by Betsy Bird

If you have a kid that loves fantasy, some of these books might fit the bill!

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Science Fiction Titles for Kids

December 20, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Today, I'm giving all my love to those quirky sci-fi (yes, I know science fiction fans hate that term) titles of 2021, both in picture book and older reader form. There weren't a ton, but what there was was magic.

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