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#PB10for10 Wordless Picture Books
Flora & the Flamingo by Molly Idle A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka Wolf In the Snow by Matthew Cordell Where’s Walrus? by Stephen Savage Boat of Dreams by Rogério Coelho Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin Mr. Wuffles! by Davide Wiesner Wave by Suzy Lee Professional Crocodile by Giovanna…
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25 Star Reviewed Middle Grade Titles
It’s been a busy week here on the blog – Wednesday I posted about the detriments of assigning books as “boy” or “girl” books and on Thursday I gave some great tips about booktalking/reader’s advisory and today I’m offering a list of titles that have receive at least one star…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’d Mash Together
American Panda by Gloria Chao and When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Two young women searching for where they fit into the world and not seeing the future their parents want for them. I can completely see these characters fitting together in the same college setting and maybe even being…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/6/18
I did read The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller – a realistic fiction story about a girl trying to manage the expectations of school with a mom suffering from debilitating depression at home and a therapist dad who’s trying to make everything okay. I also read Sunny by Jason Reynolds…
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Three On a Theme: Wordless Picture Books
I’m a huge fan of wordless picture books, but I know many adults are extremely nervous to read these books because they don’t know what to say or do. These are the easiest to read – add as much or as little detail as you want to the story, ask…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Popular Books that Lived Up to the Hype
All of these books are ones that I’ve loved and have read multiple times and all are extremely popular and that popularity is well-warranted. If you haven’t gotten a chance to read any on my list, definitely do yourself a favor and pick up a title or two at your…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/30/18
This was a fun week of reading as I was able to finish The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast by Samantha M. Clark – and even though I kind of figured out the premise of the story it still held enough surprise for me at the end. I also read The…
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2018 Eisner Awards
In it’s 30th year, the Eisner Awards were announced at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20th. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, or Eisner Awards for short are given for creative achievement in American comics in 31 categories ranging from design to genre and everything in between! As I’ve said…
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Project LIT Community
There are so many children and young adult literature champions in our world and I’ve got to spend a few minutes here to share another one that, although I’ve heard a lot about, never got a chance to really understand his project until now – Jarred Amato. Jared Amato is…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Sensory Reading Memories
Special Delivery by Valjean McLenighan I have clear memories of my dad reading this book to us (all three of my siblings and myself) night, after night, after night when he would finally try to change the story and we’d all start yelling that it wasn’t right. I’ve asked my…
