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Betsy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Betsy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Betsy Bird
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It’s Our 400th Episode! Fuse 8 n’ Kate Welcomes Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker from The Yarn to Discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Can you believe it! Can this really be happening? It has taken years, but at long last Kate and I have hit our 400th episode of our podcast Fuse 8 n’ Kate!!! Our Quatercentenary! Now we’ve had a variety of special guests in the past. Jon Scieszka. Aaron Reynolds. Lucy Knisley. But today we’re bringing on our sister podcast (brother podcast?) here at SLJ. That’s right, the hosts of The Yarn, Tr
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Funny Girl
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The Great Santa Stakeout
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Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature
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Giant Dance Party
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Long Road to the Circus
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Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age -- From Picture Books to eBooks and Everything in Between
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The Winged Girl of Knossos
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Children's Literature Gems: Choosing and Using Them in Your Library Career
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| Poor publishers. Poor poor publishers. They’ve been put in an impossible position. 2026 marks the Semiquincentennial of the United States. Put another way, on July 4, 2026 we hit our 250th anniversary as a nation. Which wouldn’t be all that hard to c ...more | |
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| When I was a kid, my best friend loved difficult books. This was utterly baffling to me. For the most part they had previously liked a lot of what I liked. The Baby-Sitters Club series. Trixie Belden titles. Roald Dahl’s The Witches. But on occasion ...more | |
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| Children's Books: Martin Luther King Day | 4 | 68 | Dec 23, 2011 11:15AM | |
| Children's Books: December 2017: Short Stories | 18 | 25 | Dec 30, 2017 03:54PM | |
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| The Lost Challenges: Bands and Books (2.0) | 238 | 209 | May 16, 2023 05:19AM |
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Thanks for the friendship. Love your reviews!
Unfortunately it's a little late for Halloween reviews now. Do you still want to send it to me? Pretty much at this point I wouldn't be able to review it, though I could always suggest it to NYPL for their collection.Let me know what you prefer,
Elizabeth
Sure! We hope to sell copies before and after Halloween. I sent you a message but I'm not sure you received it. Would you like me to send you a copy? If so, could you give me an address? Sorry to sound a little dense. Since I've never asked anybody to review a book before, I'm not sure exactly what I do. Stella
Elizabeth wrote: "Well, my general rule is that I review things originally published in the current year for kids between 0-12. So your book would certainly count. However, I'm not sure at this point if I could get ..."
Well, my general rule is that I review things originally published in the current year for kids between 0-12. So your book would certainly count. However, I'm not sure at this point if I could get it in, in time for Halloween. If you're still interested, though, let me know.
Just wondered if you'd be interested in reviewing our book, An Eyeball In My Garden? It's an anthology of Halloween poems by 14 members of The Poets' Garage. I realize you probably already have enough to review so if you can't that's okay. Stella Michel
Oh! That usually means I've reviewed it for Kirkus or TimeOut Kids New York or The New York Times or MultiCultural Review. You can always ask me where a particular review is and I'll let you know.
Hi. When one of the books you post says that it has been professionally reviewed, how do we find the text of the review?
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for friending me. Have a wonderful holiday season. Victoria Simcox ") www.themagicwarble.com
Mighty kind of you to say, Daniel. I'm inclined in that direction, but I've a non-fiction library-related title to finish before I can delve completely into the fiction I love. Thanks for the compliment!
I've read the book reviews of over 1,500 people here at goodreads and your book reviews, Elizabeth, of children's books, are the most comprehensive that I have seen so far. You must write some books Elizabeth.
Yay, books! I'm much worse in person too. Poor up-and-coming children's picture book author Leeza Hernandez spent something like $175 when I visited a bookstore with her. I'm terrible that way. Thanks for taking my recommendations to heart.
Ha! Mine is named Basil and he's far more popular with the kids in my library than I am. Best damn puppet they make as far as I'm concerned.
I have that same mouse puppet! I named mine Franklin. ;)
Val
www.valeriemarchini.blogspot.com