Betsy Bird
@fuse8.bsky.social
Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Five. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
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have a merry Christmas or else
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
have a merry Christmas or else
Reposted by Betsy Bird
I’m in a movie! The BEST movie about picture books ever made. And now you can finally see it!
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Day #26: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Unique Biographies for Kids. If you're looking for proof that we are in a Golden Age of Children's Literature, look no further than this list. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/26/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Unique Biographies for Kids
If you're looking for proof that we are in a Golden Age of Children's Literature, look no further than this list.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Day #26: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Unique Biographies for Kids. If you're looking for proof that we are in a Golden Age of Children's Literature, look no further than this list. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/26/3...
Day #25: 31 Days, 31 Lists: Science and Nature Books for Kids. Merry Christmas! How about celebrating the season with science? I mean... it's good for what ails ya. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/25/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Science & Nature Books for Kids
Merry Christmas! How about celebrating the season with science? I mean... it's good for what ails ya.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Day #25: 31 Days, 31 Lists: Science and Nature Books for Kids. Merry Christmas! How about celebrating the season with science? I mean... it's good for what ails ya. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/25/3...
Day #24: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 American History Books for Kids. The truth can always be presented to children. You just need to have the brains and the guts to know how to do it well. These books have both. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/24/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 American History Books for Kids
The truth can always be presented to children. You just need to have the brains and the guts to know how to do it well. These books have both.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Day #24: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 American History Books for Kids. The truth can always be presented to children. You just need to have the brains and the guts to know how to do it well. These books have both. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/24/3...
Day #23: 31 Days, 31 Lists - Informational Fiction for Kids. Today, I honor those books that are unafraid to use the best of both the fictional and nonfictional world together in one glorious mix. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/23/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Informational Fiction for Kids
Today, I honor those books that are unafraid to use the best of both the fictional and nonfictional world together in one glorious mix.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Day #23: 31 Days, 31 Lists - Informational Fiction for Kids. Today, I honor those books that are unafraid to use the best of both the fictional and nonfictional world together in one glorious mix. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/23/3...
On the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast, it's a Christmas book! It's a Hanukkah book! It's a Christmas AND a Hanukkah book! But how does it stand up after all these years? #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/22/f...
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco
It's a Christmas book! It's a Hanukkah book! It's a Christmas AND a Hanukkah book! But how does it stand up after all these years?
afuse8production.slj.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast, it's a Christmas book! It's a Hanukkah book! It's a Christmas AND a Hanukkah book! But how does it stand up after all these years? #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/22/f...
Day #22: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Fantasies for Kids. A fine and fancy list of fantastical tales of all ages and stripes. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/22/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Fantasy Books for Kids
A fine and fancy list of fantasies of all ages and stripes
afuse8production.slj.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Day #22: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Fantasies for Kids. A fine and fancy list of fantastical tales of all ages and stripes. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/22/3...
Day #21: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Science Fiction Books for Kids. If you're a fan of robots, post-apocalyptic floods, aliens, and more, then you've come to the right place. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/21/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Science Fiction Books for Kids
If you're a fan of robots, post-apocalyptic floods, aliens, and more, you've come to the right place.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Day #21: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Science Fiction Books for Kids. If you're a fan of robots, post-apocalyptic floods, aliens, and more, then you've come to the right place. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/21/3...
Hey, folks! My teen wants to enter writing competitions. Any you would recommend?
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hey, folks! My teen wants to enter writing competitions. Any you would recommend?
Day #20: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Funny Books for Older Kids. Hijinks ensue. You have been warned. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/20/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Funny Books for Older Kids
Hijinks ensue. You have been warned.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Day #20: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Funny Books for Older Kids. Hijinks ensue. You have been warned. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/20/3...
Day #19: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids. I may have gone a bit overboard... #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/19/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids
I may have gone a bit overboard...
afuse8production.slj.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Day #19: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids. I may have gone a bit overboard... #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/19/3...
Day #18: 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Early Chapter Books. Meet the titles that linger in that liminal space between novels and easy books. The sheer variety here may surprise you. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/18/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Early Chapter Books
Meet the titles that linger in that liminal space between novels and easy books.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Day #18: 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Early Chapter Books. Meet the titles that linger in that liminal space between novels and easy books. The sheer variety here may surprise you. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/18/3...
Day #17: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Unconventional Children's Books. Oh yeah, AI? Here are the books for kids that will crush your creations with their sheer unpredictability. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/17/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Unconventional Children’s Books
Oh yeah, AI? Here are the books for kids that will crush your creations with their sheer unpredictability.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Day #17: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Unconventional Children's Books. Oh yeah, AI? Here are the books for kids that will crush your creations with their sheer unpredictability. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/17/3...
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folks please call your congresspeople about this ASAP, this is draconian and evil
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
folks please call your congresspeople about this ASAP, this is draconian and evil
Day #16: 31 Days, 31 lists - 2025 Poetry for Kids. Feel like you should give kids the best of the best poetry coming out today? Well, aren't you in luck. I've gathered it all together for you here. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/16/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Poetry Books for Kids
Feel like you should give kids the best of the best poetry coming out today? Well, aren't you in luck. I've gathered it all together for you here.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Day #16: 31 Days, 31 lists - 2025 Poetry for Kids. Feel like you should give kids the best of the best poetry coming out today? Well, aren't you in luck. I've gathered it all together for you here. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/16/3...
Today on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast we talk about why anyone would put a wig on a bird, what "milk parties" might consist of, whether a "lord" needs to capitalize his title, and so much more. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/15/f...
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett
We talk about why anyone would put a wig on a bird, what
afuse8production.slj.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Today on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast we talk about why anyone would put a wig on a bird, what "milk parties" might consist of, whether a "lord" needs to capitalize his title, and so much more. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/15/f...
Day #15: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Gross Books for Kids. Includes everything from tiny head denizens (a.k.a. lice) to collectable "stones" to snot snot snot snot! #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/15/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Gross Books for Kids
Includes everything from tiny head denizens (a.k.a. lice) to collectable
afuse8production.slj.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Day #15: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Gross Books for Kids. Includes everything from tiny head denizens (a.k.a. lice) to collectable "stones" to snot snot snot snot! #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/15/3...
Day #14: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Religious Tales. I mean, who doesn't love a good myth or legend? #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/14/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Religious Tales
I mean, who doesn't love a good myth or legend?
afuse8production.slj.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Day #14: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Religious Tales. I mean, who doesn't love a good myth or legend? #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/14/3...
Day #13: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Translated Children's Books. So many incredible books hit our shores in a given year, that it only makes sense to write an entire post about them today. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/13/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Translated Children’s Books for Older and Younger Readers
So many incredible books hit our shores in a given year, that it only makes sense to write an entire post about them today.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Day #13: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Translated Children's Books. So many incredible books hit our shores in a given year, that it only makes sense to write an entire post about them today. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/13/3...
Day #12: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Easy Books. In fact, 2025 turned out to be a particularly good year for books for the newest of readers. Check out this array of talent! #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/12/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Easy Books
2025 turned out to be a particularly good year for books for the newest of readers. Check out this array of talent!
afuse8production.slj.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Day #12: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Easy Books. In fact, 2025 turned out to be a particularly good year for books for the newest of readers. Check out this array of talent! #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/12/3...
Day #11 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Message (SEL) Books. These titles have something to say to kids, and not only are they unafraid to say it, they do it in the best possible way. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/11/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Books with a Message (Social & Emotional Learning)
Possibly the most difficult books to typify in a given year. What, exactly is a “message” book for kids? What typifies SEL (Social & Emotional Learning) titles? No idea. To be frank with you, when I e...
afuse8production.slj.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Day #11 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Message (SEL) Books. These titles have something to say to kids, and not only are they unafraid to say it, they do it in the best possible way. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/11/3...
Day #10 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: Books to inspire a love of reading? Sure. That's a thing. But a little math along the way couldn't hurt either. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/10/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Math Books for Kids
Books to inspire a love of reading? Sure. That's a thing. But a little math along the way couldn't hurt either.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Day #10 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: Books to inspire a love of reading? Sure. That's a thing. But a little math along the way couldn't hurt either. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/10/3...
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A library's entire board of trustees was fired and replaced because they refused to ban one of my books. It's so terrible. www.randolphhub.com/article/news...
Commissioners vote 3-2 to dismiss Library Board of Trustees
<p>How the Library Board voted to handle a controversial children's book led to a majority decision by commissioners to dismiss the whole board.</p>
www.randolphhub.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A library's entire board of trustees was fired and replaced because they refused to ban one of my books. It's so terrible. www.randolphhub.com/article/news...
Day #9 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Bilingual Children's Books. Beautiful books simultaneously released in more than one language are deserving of their own separate list. Wouldn't you agree? #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/09/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Bilingual Children’s Books
Beautiful books simultaneously released in more than one language are deserving of their own separate list. Wouldn't you agree?
afuse8production.slj.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Day #9 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Bilingual Children's Books. Beautiful books simultaneously released in more than one language are deserving of their own separate list. Wouldn't you agree? #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/09/3...