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Quotable Kid Lit – Kate DiCamillo
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Fall TBR
I love middle grade fiction and I can’t wait for these ten novels to be published this fall! Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Fall TBR! Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Fall TBR The Lotterys More or Less by Emma Donoghue (September 25) The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Hidden Gems
Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar Elsie Mae Has Something to Say by Nancy J. Cavanaugh The List by Patricia Forde The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel A Nearer Moon…
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Students' Reading Rights
I think, for the most part, school has started across the country. And hopefully, for many students, this is the year they become excited and engaged in their own reading lives. Unfortunately, for so many, they are required to read designated titles and then regurgitate lessons in the form of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bingeworthy TV Shows
I watch way more tv than I should, but after a long day at work, sometimes my eyes are too tired to read text, instead I’ll sit in front of the tv, watching some of my favorite shows. These have been some of my favorites both on cable television and…
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New School Year, Fresh Start
I love the start of a new school year – I’m no longer in school as after my second graduate degree, my mom suggested that I probably don’t need to go back to school for awhile. But, I love back to school shopping, the crisp fall air that soon follows…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Back to School, Nonfiction I'd Love to Read
There are more books on my TBR than I care to admit, but the ones that most often get pushed to the back burner are nonfiction titles that seem so interesting and yet I just never pick up. So here’s to a new school year and maybe I’ll start whittling…
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Role Model or "Other"? How Windows & Mirrors Are Vital to Today’s Society
Actress Kelly Marie Tran, wrote a beautiful piece in The New York Times this week as a means of responding to horrible harassment online after becoming the first woman of color to be cast in a leading role in the Star Wars franchise. In the article, she discusses how she…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books To Pull You Out of a Reading Slump
The books that get me out of a reading slump are quick, easy and romantic young adult novels. I love stories that I can fall into easily and enjoy the world for a little while to escape my own – I don’t want to think too hard, get too stressed…
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Director’s Thoughts #17 – Library Card Sign-Up Month
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month and my library hasn’t really done anything specific to celebrate in the past. Usually, in September, my staff is exhausted from Summer Reading and then gearing up for the school year. So this year, I started planning for September in January, that way we…
