31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Books for Kids with a Message

One of my longer lists. I always feel I need to explain right off the bat what, precisely, I mean by “message”. As has been stated many times before, children’s books were conceived initially as ways of instructing the young. And while what we value most has changed over the years, picture books are often used as helpful conveyance systems of whatever it is we deem important. Now most picture books with a message are, and I mean this sincerely, complete crap. I’m not kidding. In the course o...