
Heavy Medal
December 23, 2022 by Betsy Bird
Precariously perched between fact and fiction, today's books ascribe themselves to neither world. Enjoy some "Informational Fiction" a.k.a. fiction with facts worked in or factual info with a healthy dollop of fiction.
December 22, 2021 by Betsy Bird
What is truth and what is fiction? And what happens when you stir the two together? You get today's list 31 Days, 31 Lists: Informational Fiction!
December 23, 2020 by Betsy Bird
Today's books are marvelous amalgamations of imagination and reality. They may not be easy to characterize under a Dewey Decimal Number, but they could potentially help kids better understand the state of the world today.
April 1, 2020 by Betsy Bird
A rip-roaring conversation (with only minimal bloodshed) between myself and author Amy Alznauer about the border between fiction and nonfiction in the realm of children’s books and how carefully it should be guarded.
December 22, 2019 by Betsy Bird
There are a lot of great books out there in a given year that mix and meld their fiction and nonfiction parts. Here's a list that nods to some of the more stellar titles.
Good Comics for Kids
by Lori Henderson
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