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Tag: biographies

December 26, 2025 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Unique Biographies for Kids

If you're looking for proof that we are in a Golden Age of Children's Literature, look no further than this list.

November 14, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Palestinian. American. Comedian. Disabled. A Talk with Seema Yasmin About Maysoon Zayid: The Girl Who Can Can

How does an able-bodied person write about a person with disabilities and do it without their own assumptions and discomfort getting in the way? A talk with the author of an incredible new chapter book bio.

August 13, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Cover Reveal & Q&A: Books Good Enough For You – A Talk with Nancy Hudgins about Ursula Nordstrom

“Anything less is not good enough for a child.” Those would be the words of the irascible editor, Ursula Nordstrom. Now she's getting a middle grade nonfiction book on her life, and author Nancy Hudgins is here to tell us more.

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Review of the Day: The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice by Amy Alznauer, ill. Anna Bron

February 7, 2025 by Betsy Bird

“Even if you haven’t studied art or math, even if you’ve never gone to college, you can make shapes yourself and change how the world looks.” A math-centric tale of discovery.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Biographies for Kids

December 26, 2024 by Betsy Bird

This may look like an ample list, and it is, but all thirty of these individuals are just a small slice of the pie that was biography in 2024. Read them in good health.

Review of the Day: Go Forth and Tell by Breanna J. McDaniel, ill. April Harrison

August 18, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Add a great text and art from an illustrious artist and you’ve got on your hands a librarian biography that’s a cut above the rest. A book that surpasses its form. A tale worth telling.

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Review of the Day: Outspoken Paul Robeson by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Eric Velasquez

February 16, 2024 by Betsy Bird

If you’re going to do a biography of a complicated subject, and bring any kind of nuance to the telling, then you better saddle up and pour your heart and soul into the effort. You’re going to have to make a book like this one.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Unique Biographies for Kids

December 26, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Today, I'm celebrating those biographies that focus on their subjects with a bit of creativity. The ones that could only tell their tales their own particular ways. Biographies for the masses! Biographies for the kids.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Unique Biographies for Kids

December 26, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Today, we're giving lesser known people their place in the sun while also acknowledging people with famous names who finally have picture book bios worthy of their fame.

Best Picture Book Bios of 2022 (So Far)

July 21, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Today I present to you a slew of 2022 picture book bios, some out already and some yet to come, that are not blerg. They are not boring. They are boffo. Fantastic. Memorable. Cool.

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