2013 Favorites
Another year has flown by. I didn't post as much this year as in previous years, but a quick glance at my LibraryThing account tells me that I've read about the same number of books as usual (over 200). There are many outstanding books published in 2013 that I'm sure I've missed. However, of the books I've read, these are my favorites: (All book titles are linked to my reviews of same.) Picture Book Nonfiction Becoming Babe Ruth by Matt Tavares (Candlewick) Also wonderful: How Big Were Dinosaurs? by Lita Judge (Roaring Brook) Peace by Wendy Anderson Halperin (Atheneum) Picture Book Fiction The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt (Philomel) I have great respect for librarian, Betsy Bird, and her blog Fuse 8 (where she took issue with this book), but I just have to disagree with her on this one. Not only did I love it, I took it with me on numerous school visits where I read it to large and diverse groups of children; they loved it, too. Also wonde...