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Tag: Best Books of 2023

December 31, 2023 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Picture Books

Don't worry if you missed some of these picture books this year. Clocking at around 32 pages, you should be able to catch up quickly!

December 30, 2023 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Middle Grade Fiction

Today, I celebrate both the books that I loved and the books that my fellow, trusted librarians loved. It's not complete, but it is reliable.

December 28, 2023 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers

I love great nonfiction for kids, but I do miss stuff sometimes. Consider this a jumping off point for some of the best informational texts for older kids coming out in 2023.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Nonfiction Picture Books

December 27, 2023 by Betsy Bird

These are the nonfiction picture books closest to my heart. The ones that I truly feel did their jobs the best. Agree! Disagree! Debate! It's wide open.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Easy Books and Early Chapter books

December 18, 2023 by Betsy Bird

BOTH easy books and early chapter books are the hardest types of titles to write for kids. That's why it gives me so much pleasure to present you today with this incredible list of really and truly magnificent examples of the form.

31 Days, 31 Books: 2023 Wordless Picture Books

December 15, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Today I am saluting these little hero books. They not only took on the challenge of eschewing written communication, but they did so successfully and with aplomb. We should all be so talented.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Caldenotts

December 7, 2023 by Betsy Bird

They can't win Caldecotts since their artists weren't born in the States and don't live here currently. Even so, let's honor these beautiful books that hit U.S. shores in 2023.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Simple Picture Book Texts

December 3, 2023 by Betsy Bird

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.

Review of the Day: Maggie Lou, Firefox by Arnolda Dufour Bowes, ill. Karlene Harvey

November 25, 2023 by Betsy Bird

With more oomph and spit than a little book of this sort could possibly contain, Maggie represents the kind of slambang, fantastic personality you find only once in a blue moon. You’re not going to want to miss this one.

Announcing the Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids List: 2023 Edition!

October 30, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Evanston Public Library once again presents its 101 Great Books for Kids list, this time for 2023. Comes see the books we consider some of the best of the yar.

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