31 Days, 31 Lists of Great Books for Kids

by SLJ staff
Dec 29, 2019 | Filed in News & Features

Betsy Bird’s annual marathon of standout titles in children’s literature, from the unconventional to the informational. 

Betsy Bird is running an end-of-year marathon on her blog, “A Fuse #8 Production.”
In what has become an annual tradition, Bird—collection development manager at Evanston (IL) Public Library—posts a booklist a day in December, representing her accounting of the year in children’s literature, in categories ranging from American history and funny books to picture book readalouds and comics and graphic novels.

The series [now complete]:

31 Days, 31 Lists: Picture Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: Middle Grade Novels
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Older Reprints
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Nonfiction Picture Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Unique Biographies
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Unconventional Children’s Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Science and Nature Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 American History
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Informational Fiction
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Science Fiction
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Older Funny Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Comics & Graphic Novels
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Early Chapter Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Easy Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Poetry Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Wordless Picture Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Translated Picture Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Children’s Books with Fabulous Photography
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Books With a Message
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Bilingual & Spanish Books for Kids
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Math Books for Kids
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Picture Book Reprints
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Caldenotts
31 Days, 31 Books: 2019 Funny Picture Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Rhyming Picture Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Picture Book Readalouds
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Transcendent Holiday Picture Books
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Board Book Reprints & Adaptations
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Great Board Books
 

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