100 Scope Notes
Betsy Bird, December 29, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists
I couldn't hear everything this year, but these were the audiobooks that struck me as particularly remarkable in 2023. Got a road trip coming up? Check one out!
Betsy Bird, December 28, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
I love great nonfiction for kids, but I do miss stuff sometimes. Consider this a jumping off point for some of the best informational texts for older kids coming out in 2023.
Betsy Bird, December 27, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
These are the nonfiction picture books closest to my heart. The ones that I truly feel did their jobs the best. Agree! Disagree! Debate! It's wide open.
Betsy Bird, December 26, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
Today, I'm celebrating those biographies that focus on their subjects with a bit of creativity. The ones that could only tell their tales their own particular ways. Biographies for the masses! Biographies for the kids.
Betsy Bird, December 25, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
I hope you're ready for A LOT of science and nature books today, because this is definitely my longest list to date. Full of incredible titles!
Betsy Bird, December 23, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2024
Today's titles may do a lot of things, but bore you? Never but ever. And for fun, I'm just putting it all together here. The picture books, the older fiction, the nonfiction, the comics, you name it.
Betsy Bird, December 23, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists
You won't see me putting these books on any of the straight-up Nonfiction lists for 2023, but I want you to acknowledge how nicely they do the job of making their subject matter bright, fun, and always always interesting.
Betsy Bird, December 21, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
These days, kids say "comics" and "graphic novels" interchangeably and maybe it's time for adult to do the same. Today, we look at those comics and gns that stood out this year.
Betsy Bird, December 21, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
Today there are creepy novels, high fantasy world-building titles, comics, early chapter books, and even the odd spate of magical realism thrown in for spice. Every last one? Worth a kid's time.
Betsy Bird, December 20, 2023 | 31 Days 31 Lists, Best Books, Best Books of 2023
We see so little science fiction in a given year that I just feel an overwhelming urge to sing its praises. And today I'm getting ready to belt one out.
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by Amanda MacGregor
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