31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Great Board Books

It is time, as they say, to get this party started.

But before I get into the meat of the matter, let me tell you a thing or two about the children’s book releases of 2022. As with every year, I conduct a book committee at my library (Evanston Public) to determine 101 “Great Books for Kids” (notice that we never say “best”). And every year cutting the books down to a mere 101 is deeply painful. My own personal consolation, whenever a book is removed from the potential list, is to know that a...