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Tag: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

June 4, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Publisher Preview: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Preview (Fall 2026)

Oblivious bears, pumas, salamanders, Jesus, and the occasional cyclops populate today's jam-packed preview. Take a gander. You might see something you like.

October 8, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Preview (Spring 2026)

Today we consider a slew of Spring 2026 titles. Anti-fascism, myths, philosophical considerations of silence, seasons, and more! Some real beauties are in here!

June 20, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Publisher Preview: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (Fall 2025)

Another array of beautiful titles from this small Michigan publisher. Imports and homegrown books that are sure to entice kids everywhere (if you take a close look at them).

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Publisher Preview: Eerdmans Spring 2025 Sneak Peek!

September 25, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Take a dive into a fabulous list containing everything from conservation dogs to cunning cats.

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers: A Fall 2024 Preview

March 28, 2024 by Betsy Bird

A quick dip into the eight titles Eerdmans Books for Young Readers will have out this coming fall. See them first!

The Editorial Director and the Translator: A Talk About EBYR’s Stories from Latin America with Kathleen Merz and Lawrence Schimel

August 10, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Today, I've the very great pleasure to be talking with Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Editorial Director Kathleen Merz alongside the award-winning translator Lawrence Schimel about the EBYR Stories from Latin America series that's coming out this year.

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Review of the Day: niños: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile by María José Ferrada, ill. María Elena Valdez

February 25, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Oddly sweet, melancholic, and peaceful, this is poetry as remembrance as well as healing. It is also very much one of a kind.

Review of the Day: Sweet Dreamers by Isabelle Simler

March 6, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Simler has previously wowed American audience with such books as Plume and the magnificent The Blue Hour. Now, thanks in part to the elegant translation by Sarah Ardizzone, she has crafted a new kind of bedtime book. One rooted in poetry, dreams, seasons, fuzzy noses, lilting words, and a type of scratch art never before made possible.

Review of the Day: The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton

September 10, 2015 by Betsy Bird

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch By Chris Barton Illustrated by Don Tate Eerdmans Books for Young Readers $17.00 ISBN: 978-0-8028-5379-0 Ages 4-8 On shelves now “It’s the story of a guy who in ten years went from teenage field slave to U.S. Congressman.” Come again? That’s the pitch author Chris Barton pulled out […]

Review of the Day: A Pond Full of Ink by Annie M.G. Schmidt

May 22, 2014 by Betsy Bird

A Pond Full of Ink By Annie M.G. Schmidt Illustrated by Sieb Posthuma Translated by David Colmer Eerdmans Books for Young Readers $16.00 ISBN: 978-0-8028-5433-9 Ages 7 and up On shelves now International children’s authors are great. They’re just not particularly well known in America. There are various reasons for this. Some of it has […]

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