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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Religious Tales
Today's list combines the best parts of traditional storytelling and modern mores. Come and enjoy the old and the new together.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Translated Children’s Books
Today we're giving a shout out not simply to the translated books that make to American shelves, but also to the hardworking translators who are so good at what they do.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Fabulous Photography Books for Kids
I LOVE photography. I feel it's the great unsung, untapped genre of children's books and is vastly deserving of more attention. 2024 had some true photographic beauties and we're going to experience them firsthand, right now!
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Message / SEL Books for Kids
This year, we're going to talk about the usual slew of "message" books, while also taking some time to consider those titles that look at social and emotional learning.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Math Books for Kids
Math! It's beautiful, isn't it? The perfection of it. Its logic. Cadences. Sublime applications. Today we celebrate it when it's put into children's books brilliantly. Don't be scared. Math is for everyone.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway
What do you do when four million wasps invade your town? Make 'em a sandwich, of course! Kate and I discuss this 1972 publication and determine whether it ranks as a "classic".
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Bilingual Books for Kids
Enjoy both books where two different languages appear in the same title, and books of translation from one language to another. It's a celebration of all things bilingual today!
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Picture Book Reprints
While from a sales perspective picture book reprints are risky things, today we are highlighting those rare titles that get a second chance at life.
31 Days, 31 lists: 2024 Caldenotts
What precisely is a "Caldenott"? Any book where the illustrator is inconveniently from a country other than America. Today, we look beyond rigid classifications to celebrate artists deserving in every possible way save location.
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