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Tag: Best Books of 2022

May 20, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

The Last Mapmaker offers readers proof positive that you can write succinctly, sacrificing nothing, while showing your readers absolutely everything.

May 18, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Some of the Best Graphic Novels for Kids of 2022 (so far)

A list of SOME of my favorite comics of the year. Whether your looking for Anne of Green Gables updates, Ted Lasso-esque robots, or space cats, there's something for everyone here.

May 11, 2022 by Betsy Bird

ACTION!: How Books About Movies Get Made – A Meghan McCarthy Interview

Process junkies, have I got a post for you today! A remarkable interview in which Meghan McCarthy breaks down how she created the epic and wonderful ACTION! about the birth of cinema.

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Review of the Day – Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

May 6, 2022 by Betsy Bird

With care, grace, and not a little cleverness, Zoboi doesn’t just introduce Butler to kids in the book Star Child. She makes it very clear from the get go that young Octavia was one of us. A supremely relatable person with a drive and output that far outstripped her times.

Halloween in May: A Witch Hazel Interview with Molly Idle

May 5, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Good news, process junkies. We're talking about how Molly Idle created her upcoming smash hit (at least I hope it is) Witch Hazel.

Review of the Day: Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe

April 26, 2022 by Betsy Bird

An accounting of a family and a tight knit community dealing with the repercussions of a hate crime, this book expertly navigates between taking into account the seriousness of the content while also punctuating it periodically with joy, laughter, and light.

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Fracturing Fairytales Left and Right: A Talk with Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat About Endlessly Ever After

April 19, 2022 by Betsy Bird

The picture book Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder (out everywhere today!!) not only combines the Choose Your Own Adventure format and applies it to fairy tales, but it is also sumptuously illustrated by Caldecott Award winner and general nice fellow Dan Santat. Come listen to the creators discuss it!

Review of the Day: Odd Birds by Laura Gehl, ill. Gareth Lucas

April 15, 2022 by Betsy Bird

I don’t do it very often, but sometimes, when the right one comes along, I’ll even review board books. Today I have discovered the wonder and beauty of Laura Gehl and Gareth Lucas’s Odd Birds.

Review of the Day: Red Scare by Liam Francis Walsh

April 8, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Beware the mobs. Beware joining them. Beware and aware of what they’re capable of, and don’t disregard them either. But beware your worst instincts most of all.

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.

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