100 Scope Notes
December 5, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Today we celebrate the successful rhymers! These are the books that scan beautifully and give us good reasons for loving that particular type of tricky verse.
December 4, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Today on this list you're going to see titles about Eid, Mexican Independence Day, Día de Muertos, Passover, and more.
December 3, 2024 by Betsy Bird
It can be difficult to understand how truly praiseworthy simple picture books and their basic texts are, and how much good they do for the youngest of readers. Today, we celebrate those rarities.
December 1, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Board books for the youngest of young. We've the greatest 2024 titles for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers on display. Be the star of the next baby shower you attend and give some of THESE!
November 30, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Each year I dedicate the 31 days of December to a different list of children’s books released in America in the current publishing year. Find new favorites!
November 19, 2024 by Betsy Bird
If you want to have a good time, invite a parasitologist onto your site. Chelsea Wood astounds and entrances, not simply in her new book, but in this interview as well (come for the tapeworms, stay for the lice video).
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November 12, 2024 by Betsy Bird
You want a plot that’s tight? World-building that manages to be both comprehensible and succinct? And heart too, right? You want to actually feel something as a result of the hero’s journey? Welp, here you go.
October 22, 2024 by Betsy Bird
It took all year but Evanston Public Library has released their 101 Great Books for Kids list for 2024. Are your favorites present? Come see!
October 16, 2024 by Betsy Bird
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.
October 5, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Why, hello, funniest graphic novel of 2024 for kids!
Heavy Medal
by Steven Engelfried
Good Comics for Kids
by Lori Henderson
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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