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Baby Book Review: Rum Pum Pum by David L. Harrison, Jane Yolen, and Anjan Sarkar

December 19, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book reviews, Diverse Characters, Diverse illustrators, early elementary (4-7)

Rum Pum Pum by David L. Harrison and Jane Yolen, and illustrated by Anjan Sarkar is a fantastic read-aloud. It’s[…]

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11 Great Children’s Books About Voting And Elections

October 5, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury American, Babies and toddlers (0-3), Book lists

I’ve taken my toddler to just about every election since her birth. We both get “I Voted” stickers, then I[…]

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13 Children’s Books About The U.S. Women’s Suffrage Movement

August 18, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury American, Book lists, Feminist

I don’t remember reading any children’s books about the U.S. Women’s Suffrage Movement until I was well into adulthood. It[…]

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11 Indigenous Canadian Children’s Books To Read To Your Children

June 29, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book lists, Canadian, Native / Indigenous American

In honor of National Indigenous Canadian History Month, we’ve gathered these eleven children’s books by Indigenous creators to celebrate the[…]

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9 Free Children’s Books About The Coronavirus / COVID-19

May 7, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book lists, Book reviews

Lots of children’s book writers, illustrators, and publishers have seen the need to explain COVID-19 to children and stepped up[…]

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An Interview With Ross Burach, Writer And Illustrator

April 23, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury American, Babies and toddlers (0-3), Board Book, early elementary (4-7), Interviews

Ross Burach is the author of many funny books for toddlers and children. Marian’s favorite right now is Potty All-Star,[…]

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What’s Hot in Kid Lit: March 2020

March 30, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury kid lit news

Okay, this month has been SOOO stressful. If you or a member of your family is directly affected by Covid-19,[…]

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Help Children Live Their Best Bookish Life

March 12, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Uncategorized

This post originally appeared on Book Riot. Every child deserves to live their best bookish life, and here are some[…]

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Baby book review: Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang & Charlene Chua

March 5, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book reviews, cooking and food, Diverse Authors, Diverse Characters, Diverse illustrators

Baby librarian Marian and her mommy Margaret review the yummy and adorable picture book Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao.[…]

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What’s Hot in Kid Lit: February 2020 Edition

February 27, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury kid lit news

Welcome to our new monthly installment of kid lit news and happenings and just general stuff we liked this month![…]

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Baby book review: The Paper Kingdom by Helena Ku Rhee and Pascal Campion

February 14, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury American, Diverse Authors, Diverse Characters, Diverse illustrators, early elementary (4-7)

Baby librarian Marian and her mommy Margaret review the night adventure The Paper Kingdom by Helena Ku Rhee, illustrated by[…]

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Check Out This Kickstarter For A Fantastic LGBTQ Children’s Book

February 6, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury LGBTQ+

I’m going to admit, usually, I don’t enjoy self-published books, but there are always exceptions, and Mighty May Won’t Cry[…]

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What’s Hot In Kid Lit, January 2020 Edition

January 30, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury kid lit news

Welcome to a new addition to Baby Librarians! I thought it would be neat to collect some of the most[…]

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In Praise of Dolly Parton and the Imagination Library

January 17, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury American, Babies and toddlers (0-3), nonprofits/charities

January 19th is Dolly Parton’s birthday, and as a fellow Tennessean, I consider her a book hero. She founded the[…]

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2020 Children’s Board Books From The First Half Of The Year

January 9, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Babies and toddlers (0-3), Board Book, Book lists, Books to look forward to

Last week we previewed thirteen 2020 picture books, and this week we have twelve 2020 board books! All of these[…]

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2020 Children’s Picture Books From The First Half Of The Year

January 2, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book lists, Books to look forward to

It looks like 2020 children’s picture books will cover a lot of topics, from the women’s suffrage movement to grandmothers[…]

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A Year in Review: 2019 Reflections on Reviewing Children’s Books

December 30, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury year in review

2019 marks a full year of reviewing books at Baby Librarians. Here are Jen and Margaret’s reflections, and their year[…]

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12 Children’s Books About Art To Inspire Imaginations

December 12, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Board Book, Book lists, early elementary (4-7), Later elementary (9-12)

This post by me originally appeared on Book Riot, but I added a couple of board books here. Studies show[…]

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Baby Book Review: Little Robin’s Christmas by Jan Fearnley

December 9, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Babies and toddlers (0-3), christmas, early elementary (4-7), holidays, Winter

Baby librarian Marian and her mama Margaret review the shareable holiday picture book Little Robin’s Christmas. Marian reviews Little Robin’s[…]

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20 Must-Read Children’s Books about Family

November 11, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Babies and toddlers (0-3), Board Book, Book lists, Diverse Authors, Diverse Characters, Diverse illustrators, early elementary (4-7), Later elementary (9-12)

This post originally appeared on Book Riot. Families can look like many things. When I was a child, children’s books[…]

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