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April 28, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Being Home by Traci Sorell, ill. Michaela Goade

Look at the jaw-dropping art and stellar storytelling inside, and this book may serve to upend everything you thought you knew about moving day picture books.

March 22, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson, ill. Ekua Holmes

Funny, whipsmart, emotionally resonant, and quick. When I want to hand a book to kids, I want to hand them the best. I want to hand them this.

August 27, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day – The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renée Watson, ill. Nikkolas Smith

“Their story does not begin with whips and chains”. Today I review a marvelous testament to not just the power of reclaiming your own story, but the story of your ancestors as well.

Review of the Day: My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, ill. Zeke Peña

June 29, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Children are forever being picked up and taken to new locations without their input or consent. In today's book review, you can see a kid taking the initiative. A father/daughter tale unlike any other out there today.