Children’s Literature Supplement

The WRB Children’s Literature Supplement is published on the third Monday of every month and is edited by

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The Washington Review of Books
WRB—Jan. 2023 Children’s Literature Supplement
The holiday festivities may be over, but fear not: The CLS is here to keep these gray, cold January days at bay. Sarah started out this Supplement in fine form, ready to tell all the good people her picks for President’s Day reading . . . only to discover that President’s Day is, in fact, not January 16th. Indeed, it’s in a completely different month, and she nearly did Martin Luther King Jr. a dreadful disservice. To satisfy all parties, she’s included recommendations below for both the civil-rights activist and a few titles if you feel the need to plan ahead for February 20th…
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WRB—Dec. 2022 Children’s Literature Supplement
Christmastime is (basically) here! If you’ve been waiting with bated breath for Sarah’s Christmas picture-book review, well, you’ll have to hold on just a bit longer. The NR gods have decreed it shall appear no later than Christmas Day in the morning. Wait, our intrepid author had Christmas book suggestions? Indeed. Seven, to be precise…
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WRB—Nov. 2022 Children’s Literature Supplement
Halloween has come and gone, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and Christmas looms. Eager as we all may be to crank up Josh Groban’s “Silent Night,” shower the mailman with cookies, and slowly dehydrate our $20 poinsettias, let’s remember which season actually comes after we’ve polished off the cranberry sauce: Advent…
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WRB—Oct. 2022 Children’s Literature Supplement
[Readers with children (I assume they have children) have been asking us to do this for months—the problem is Nic and I don’t know so much about the topic. Sarah does, though, know quite a bit, and we’re delighted to have her on board for this new monthly feature…
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