In Praise of Dolly Parton and the Imagination Library
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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Author: Margaret Kingsbury
2020 Children’s Board Books From The First Half Of The Year
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
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
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
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
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
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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Baby book review: Saturday by Oge Mora
Baby librarian Marian and her mommy Margaret review the very special and splendid picture book Saturday by Oge Mora. Marian[…]
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Children’s Books To Look Forward To In November 2019
While fewer November 2019 children’s books are coming out than in previous months, we still have some great books to[…]
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Books on a theme: Horror books for children and adults
While horror might not be the first genre you think of in terms of children’s literature, lots of ‘light’ horror[…]
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Baby book review: My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith, Illustrated by Julie Flett
Baby librarian Marian and her mommy Margaret review the happy happy board book My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique[…]
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It’s Time to Get Spooky: 10 Halloween Board Books for Babies and Toddlers
Halloween is such an amazing experience for children and my favorite holiday. But how to explain what in the world’s[…]
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Happy Birthday to Baby Librarians! Our Favorite Posts from the First Year
It’s been a year since Margaret, Jen, and their babies Marian and Tilly started Baby Librarians! And what a year[…]
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Baby book club: Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Welcome to another baby book club! Today, Marian and Tilly will discuss the not so spooky modern classic Room on[…]
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11 of My Favorite Fairytale Board Books for Babies and Toddlers
I’m a fairytale fiend. I have an extensive collection of fairy tales, I studied fairy tales in college and wrote[…]
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Baby book review: A Stick is an Excellent Thing by Marilyn Singer, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Baby librarian Marian and her mommy Margaret review the poetic picture book A Stick Is an Excellent Thing: Poems Celebrating[…]
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Sunny Days are Reading Days: The Joys of Sesame Street Books
A recent study published in the American Economic Journal found that children who watched Sesame Street in 1969 typically performed[…]
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Baby book club: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Welcome to another baby book club! Today, Marian and Tilly discuss the cranky and colorful crayons in The Day the[…]
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10 #OWNVOICES NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Indigenous People’s Day celebrates the native populations of North America in protest against the celebration of Christopher Columbus—a genocidal racist—on Columbus Day. So[…]
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Books on a theme: 2019 Comics for children and adults
I love reading comics, from graphic novels to memoirs, and I enjoy reading children’s comics as much as the adult[…]
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