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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Children’s books to look forward to in October 2019
October is another great month for children’s books, and below are some of our very favourites. Jen’s favourite books coming[…]
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Baby book review: Five Minutes’ Peace by Jill Murphy
Baby librarian Tilly and her mum Jen review the classic picture book Five Minutes’ Peace by Jill Murphy. Tilly reviews[…]
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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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Baby book review: Black Bird Yellow Sun by Steve Light
Baby librarian Tilly and her mum Jen review the colours board book Black Bird Yellow Sun by Steve Light. Tilly[…]
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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: Ciao, Baby! In the Park by Carole Lexa Schaefer, illustrated by Lauren Tobia
Baby librarian Tilly and her mum Jen review the board book Ciao, Baby! In the Park by Carole Lexa Schaefer,[…]
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If you give a newborn a book…
This post first ran on Book Riot. *** So you’ve been invited to a baby shower, or your best friend[…]
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Books on a theme: romance books for children and adults
In this ‘books on a theme‘ post, I discuss some great romance books I recently read. One of my favourite[…]
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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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20 Children’s books to look forward to in September 2019
September is a huge month for new release children’s books, and there are heaps of great new titles coming out,[…]
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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 of our favorite board book classics for babies and toddlers
A lot of fantastic children’s books are being published now, and it seems that every week and every month we[…]
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Baby book review: Up, Up, Up, Down! by Kimberly Gee
Baby librarian Tilly and her mum Jen review the funny picture book Up, Up, Up, Down! by Kimberly Gee. Tilly[…]
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Baby book review: A B See by Elizabeth Doyle
Baby librarian Tilly and her mum Jen review the alphabet board book A B See by Elizabeth Doyle. Tilly reviews[…]
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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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Baby book review: Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
Baby librarian Tilly and her mum Jen review the colourful board book Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni.[…]
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2019 Children’s books to look forward to in August
Another month, and another month of new book releases! These are some of our favourite 2019 children’s books coming out[…]
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Baby book club: Bigger Than You by Hyewon Kyung
Welcome to another baby book club! This month, Tilly and Marian chat about the fun picture book, Bigger Than You[…]
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