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Deborah’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Deborah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Deborah Freedman’s Followers (209)
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Blue Chicken
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2011
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5 editions
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The Story of Fish and Snail
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2013
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7 editions
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Carl and the Meaning of Life
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2019
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10 editions
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Shy
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2016
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8 editions
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This House, Once
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2017
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3 editions
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By Mouse and Frog
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2015
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3 editions
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Is Was
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2021
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3 editions
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Tiny Dino
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2022
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2 editions
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Partly Cloudy
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Scribble
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2007
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2 editions
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Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers
Endpapers are the unsung glory of contemporary children’s publishing. Once a purely functional form—sturdy pages glued to the inside of a book’s cardboard covers—endpapers today are often full of wit, surprise, and deep emotion. As one of the first (and last!) visual elements readers encounter when interacting with a book, endpapers set the mood for the story inside…
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| I can't resist piling onto the raves about this book by emphasizing how Dan Santat has really nailed the humor here—the expression of the fish on the cover says it all. Deadpan illustration. Perfect. ...more | |
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| You can tell this was written by an elementary educator... he's been watching those kids and knows this character. Very funny text & illustrations. ...more | |
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So you think you've read enough books about [spoiler alert!]... We don't even know this one features a garbage truck until its reveal at the end, because it's truly about its main character, Mabel, and her singular focus on the excitement of every Mo ...more |
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“This door was once a colossal oak tree about three hugs around and as high as the blue.”
― This House, Once
― This House, Once
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| Mock Caldecott 2026: May Reads - 2016 | 9 | 100 | Jul 02, 2015 10:11AM | |
| Mock Caldecott 2026: May -2018 | 25 | 167 | Aug 29, 2017 12:26PM | |
| Mock Caldecott 2026: June Reads - 2020 | 7 | 139 | Sep 30, 2019 10:26AM | |
| Ultimate Popsugar...: Week 45: 10/31 - 11/7 | 78 | 194 | Nov 16, 2019 08:04AM | |
| Around the Year i...: [2020] The Wild Discussion | 1434 | 734 | Dec 31, 2019 02:07PM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2019 | 1051 | 1086 | Jan 02, 2020 08:49AM | |
| 2025 & 2026 Readi...: TBR Jar - 2019 | 510 | 1626 | Jan 02, 2020 07:24PM | |
| Ultimate Popsugar...: Week 43: 10/21 - 10/28 | 66 | 147 | Nov 07, 2021 10:25PM | |
| Children's Books: metafiction / breaking the fourth wall | 31 | 81 | Oct 30, 2024 08:19AM | |
| Around the Year i...: Misty's ATY 2025 Challenge | 166 | 165 | Nov 29, 2025 11:22AM |
“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
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“I had hardly begun to read
I asked how can you ever be sure
that what you write is really
any good at all and he said you can't
you can't you can never be sure
you die without knowing
whether anything you wrote was any good
if you have to be sure don't write”
― Opening the Hand
I asked how can you ever be sure
that what you write is really
any good at all and he said you can't
you can't you can never be sure
you die without knowing
whether anything you wrote was any good
if you have to be sure don't write”
― Opening the Hand
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Thanks for friending me! I feel so honored! I'm so glad I found you on Twitter and I can't wait to read Blue Chicken and Scribble! :)
Sandra wrote: "Thanks for friending me! I feel so honored! I'm so glad I found you on Twitter and I can't wait to read Blue Chicken and Scribble! :)"