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Introducing Emily’s Library. Part 1: 62 Great Books for the Very Young
Welcome to a new feature on Nine Kinds of Pie: “Emily’s Library.” It’s named for my eight-month-old niece, and it will highlight only the very best children’s books. When I learned that my sister was...
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Emily’s Library, Part 2: Wordless Picture Books
As mentioned in Emily’s Library, Part 1, one reason for including these is that they’re multi-lingual, but another is that they’re compelling works of narrative art. They highlight art’s centrality to...
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Emily’s Library, Part 3: En Français
Here are a few en français. For each, I also provide the title as translated into English. As noted in Emily’s Library, Part 1, I read the books in English (since I don’t speak French) and then send...
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Emily’s Library, Part 4: Ten Alphabet Books
Continuing my series on building the “perfect” children’s library (for criteria, see first post), here are some great alphabet books. The first post listed Dr. Seuss’s ABC (1963), Crockett Johnson’s...
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Emily’s Library, Part 5: 29 More Books for the Very Young
Welcome to the fifth installment of “Emily’s Library,” in which I list books bought for my 13-month-old niece. As noted in the first entry in this series, my aim is to build for her a kind of “ideal”...
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Emily’s Library, Part 6: 35 More Books for the Very Young
This is the latest installment in my ongoing series of The Best Books for Young Readers. As I noted in the first post, I’m trying to assemble the ideal library for my niece, who turns 2 this month. I...
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Emily’s Library, Part 7: 31 Good Books for Small Humans
Welcome to another installment in my ongoing list of the Best Books for Young Readers. Admittedly, any such list will reflect the list-maker’s (in this case, my) idiosyncracies. But, since people...
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Emily’s Library, Part 8: 25 Fine Books for Small People; or, Further...
In this installment of my Emily’s Library series, I notice there are more contemporary books than usual. I didn’t plan it that way – there are certainly more classics I’d like her to have! But, as...
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Emily’s Library, Part 9: 14 More Books for Young Readers
Welcome to another installment in my attempts to build the perfect children’s library for my niece and, in so doing, guide others to great books for young people. Indeed, this post is being published...
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Emily’s Library, Part 10: In Which I Recommend 27 More Good Books for Young...
Just in time for the holidays, it’s another edition of Emily’s Library – in which I display the books I’ve given to my now 5-year-old niece, and answer the frequently asked question, “What children’s...
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