Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird has served on Newbery, reviewed for Kirkus, written for Horn Book, writes books for kids, blogs for School Library Journal, and podcasts on picture books. Somnus est ad infirma.
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You know what? Ignore the title of this post. Yes, we’re going to do a publisher preview of three titles coming out from Tapioca Stories, but before we get to that we have some topics that warrant discussion.
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Heist + World Cup = “an unforgiving deadline”
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Puffins and Pufflings Without Puffery
It is a truth universally acknowledged that while children’s librarians do not argue about many things, there is one topic bound to be the subject of raucous debate whenever it arises. Mainly this: What is the picture book animal of the yea...
Just Your Average Cosmic Struggle with Humanity at Stake
So…. I don’t wanna brag… but I wanna brag. I’ve got this really killer writing group. It’s here in the Chicago area and it contains some stellar members. One of them may have missed her calling as an editor, actually. You know the kind of p...
Sheep in a Jeep and Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw, ill. Margot Apple
Rambunctious? Bumbling? It’s hard to typify the sheep in this Nancy Shaw series (though their publisher has certainly tried over the years). The darlings of the 80s and 90s, “Sheep” appreciation has depreciated significantly over the interv...
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Betsy Bird has served on Newbery, reviewed for Kirkus, written for Horn Book, writes books for kids, blogs for School Library Journal, and podcasts on picture books. Somnus est ad infirma.
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