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Tag: Enchanted Lion Books

June 17, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Publisher Preview: Enchanted Lion (Fall 2026)

We've another full crop of highly interesting and original titles coming to you today. Look for international bookstores, Mongolian dream crafters, errant watermelons, and more.

July 17, 2025 by Betsy Bird

A Foolish Interview for a Foolish Biography: Wolverton Hill (a.k.a. Barry Wolverton) Talks Lear

"He is everything in the shape of fun!" High praise for one of our first children's book creators. We discuss Edward Lear, and how he encouraged us to play. NOT to conform.

June 3, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Enchanted Lion Books Publisher Preview (Fall 2025 & Winter 2026)

A dive into some of the incredible books this small publishers is revealing in the coming year. Poisonous belladonna, hugging/besuited toads, and the interconnectedness of life itself are just some of the themes!

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Publisher Preview: Enchanted Lion (Spring 2025)

January 22, 2025 by Betsy Bird

We're having our very first publisher preview of books from Enchanted Lion. Be ready! These are some seriously gorgeous titles.

Review of the Day: The Book of Whys by Gianni Rodari, ill. JooHee Yoon, translated by Antony Shugaar

February 9, 2024 by Betsy Bird

A wild amalgamation of poetry, philosophy, science, and stellar art, this is a book just as eclectic, wild, and whimsical as its creator. It’s honestly not like anything out there.

Review of the Day: Book of Questions / Libro de las Preguntas by Pablo Neruda, ill. Paloma Valdivia

June 11, 2022 by Betsy Bird

A bilingual production, the book is as physically beautiful as it is mentally engaging. For the know-it-alls amongst us, turns out Mr. Neruda still has something to teach us, young and old.

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Review of the Day: Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari, ill. Beatrice Alemagna, trans. Antony Shugaar

March 4, 2022 by Betsy Bird

An ideal book for a grandparent to read to their own offspring’s offspring. Especially if that kid can’t stand it when grown-ups get facts wrong. Here’s one fact that isn’t wrong: This book is delightful. A win of an import.

Review of the Day: The Snail With the Right Heart by Maria Popova, ill. Ping Zhu

March 19, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Today we discuss a book that takes risks, makes mistakes, and comes out memorable in the end. The right snail with the right heart in the right book for the right reader.

Review of the Day: Drawing on Walls by Matthew Burgess, ill. Josh Cochran

August 20, 2020 by Betsy Bird

Drawing On Walls is the kind of book that you wish other writers of children’s nonfiction would read. A story that justifies its very existence by justifying the very existence of its subject.

Review of the Day: When You Look Up by Decur

June 17, 2020 by Betsy Bird

A picture book and a graphic novel and an early chapter book and a bedtime story all rolled into one impossible-to-define package. I'm not even kidding when I say that When You Look Up by Decur gives you a deep and abiding faith in 21st century storytelling. Now if only I could figure out where to shelve it...

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