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A Nicholas Day/Corey Tabor Cover Reveal and Q&A? It’s Gotta Be a Look at A Riddle of Eels
"An irony of having so many excellent nonfiction books for children is that it can appear that we already know everything: that our world is all mapped, archived, indexed, sorted. That’s not true, of course. But it can feel that way."
Review of the Day: This is Orange by Rachel Poliquin, ill. Julie Morstad
The subtitle is spot on. This is a field trip through one color, and like every good field trip it leaves you seeing your world with new eyes once you’re done. Beautiful and necessary.
Review of the Day: Go Forth and Tell by Breanna J. McDaniel, ill. April Harrison
Add a great text and art from an illustrious artist and you’ve got on your hands a librarian biography that’s a cut above the rest. A book that surpasses its form. A tale worth telling.
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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: Monument Maker by Linda Booth Sweeney, ill. Shawn Fields
When a book is as funny, smart, beautiful, and interesting as Monument Maker, you have a chance to remember that old adage about judging a book by its cover.
Review of the Day: Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers
Her Right Foot By Dave Eggers Illustrated by Shawn Harris Chronicle Books $19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4521-6281-2 Ages 6 and up. Consider your country, America. Consider what our teachers have been charged to do. Facing a future where the children of America are inadequate in the realm of nonfiction, our educators have been told to get them […]
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31 Days, 31 Lists: Day 24 – 2016 Science and Nature Books for Kids
There were no science books on the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for 2016. Nor in 2015. Nor 2014. Bomb in 2013 was sort of a science book, so we’ll count that. And Moonbird that year certainly was. Yet it’s often surprising how consistently science and nature get overlooked when they’re handing out awards […]
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