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Review of the Day: Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, ill. Daniel Minter
“Maybe because blue has such a complicated history of pain, wealth, invention, and recovery, it’s become a symbol of possibility, as vast and deep as the bluest sea, and as wide open and high as the bluest sky.” I consider a truly gorgeous bit of picture book history in the magnificently written and illustrated BLUE.
Review of the Day: Out of the Shadows by Fiona Robinson
It is the easiest thing in the world to write a mediocre picture book biography. Writing one that’s as good as Out of the Shadows, that knows precisely where to cut the story, how to present the art, and then allows you to fall in love with the subject? Such books are uncommon little gems.
31 Days, 31 Books: 2021 Nonfiction Picture Books
These are the Nonfiction Picture Books of the year that I just feel went above and beyond the call of duty. Many you've seen on previous lists. Some will be entirely new to you.
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Review of the Day – Rosie the Riveter: The Legacy of an American Icon by Sarah Dvojack
How do you write a bio of someone who was never actually alive? An impressive bio of a symbol that retains her importance even today.
Review of the Day: How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner, photos by Ossi Saarinen
Deftly capturing the majesty, mystery, and downright good looks of foxes, this book is a rarity. Photographs galore highlight the mysterious world of the fox.
Review of the Day: Mars Is by Suzanne Slade
Want to instill Mars fever? Then you gotta catch this book.
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Review of the Day: The Snail With the Right Heart by Maria Popova, ill. Ping Zhu
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: 13 Ways to Eat a Fly by Sue Heavenrich, ill. David Clark
Funny and gross, this book is an honestly inventive way of spelling out how the simultaneously disgusting and delicious (eh?) fly is an integral part in not only the food chain but also the world as we currently know it.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Nonfiction Picture Books
In some ways, these are the books I'm the most excited about. Welcome to the end of 2020! And welcome to a list of truly wonderful books.
Review of the Day: Drawing on Walls by Matthew Burgess, ill. Josh Cochran
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.
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