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    Saturday Storytime: Squirrels

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    Continuing our fall storytime themes, today it’s all about squirrels! If you missed last Saturday’s post, stop by and check out nine great spider books for storytime. Saturday Storytime: Squirrels Book List Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Schaefer, Adam R. Schaefer, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon The Busy Little…

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    Saturday Storytime: Spiders

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    Just in time for Halloween, or any time of year you want to explore creepy-crawlers, this is the perfect storytime! Spiders are really great at helping the environment and it’s important to teach kids about spider facts. Today, I’m sharing nine spider books both fiction and nonfiction that can work…

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    Bookroo’s Reader Profiles for the Whole Family

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    I am so excited to share Bookroo’s new adventure today – reader profiles for the whole family! Think Goodreads for kids, but WAY BETTER! Bookroo asked me to take a sneak peek into the system and let me tell you, I’ve become addicted. It’s so fun to set up your…

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    Middle Ground Book Fest

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    I love book festivals! It’s a chance to meet your favorite authors, sometimes you get a chance to hear them on a panel and of course, get your books signed! I’ve been to a number of book festivals over the years and enjoyed being around so many people who love…

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    Tune Into Funk & Friends!

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    Check out this new self-proclaimed “KidLit Late Night Show” hosted by a favorite author of mine, Josh Funk! I’m so excited to check it out! Tune into Funk & Friends beginning Monday, July 13 at 8pm EST! Josh Funk will be talking with friends in the kidlit world and answering…

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    Virtual Author Visit with Saadia Faruqi

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    Last night our library hosted a virtual author visit on Zoom with Saadia Faruqi! Saadia is the author of the easy reader series, Yasmin, about a second grade Pakistani-American girl living her best life! She’s also the co-author of the upcoming novel A Place At the Table with Laura Shovan being published on…

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    4th of July Books & Experiments

    Happy 4th of July to all of my American readers! I’m loving this long weekend, it’s nice to have a little bit of a break from the crazy day-to-day. Today I’m sharing just a few 4th of July Books & Experiments that you can read and do with your family.…

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    Storytime Theme: Food

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    It’s been radio silence on my blog for the past few days! We had a massive storm blow through southeastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday around lunchtime. We were one of the over 1 million people who lost power and we still haven’t gotten it back. We tried to get our generator…

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    Kidlit Rally for Black Lives

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    Kwame Alexander has organized a Kidlit Rally for Black Lives hosted by The Brown Bookshelf. As if I could love him anymore? Organized by Black authors and illustrators, the Brown Bookshelf was “designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers.” They have some amazing book…

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    Storytime Theme: Perspective

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    Perspective may not be an easy concept to teach toddlers and preschoolers, but what better audience? Toddlers and preschoolers have their own unique perspective based on where they are developmentally, they’re view of the world from how tall they are, it’s all perspective. So when I was having trouble gaining…