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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2019
I get two feelings when I look at new release lists and catalogs – I can’t wait to read all these amazing titles and OH MY GOSH when am I going to read all these amazing title!?!?!? This year I’d really like to stretch outside my comfort zone of realistic…
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2018 Nerdy Book Club Awards
I didn’t forget to post – I was waiting for all the categories to be announced to promote the 2018 Nerdy Book Club Awards! I’d love to explain the Nerdies in my own words, but Donalyn Miller, one of the founders of the awards says it so much better! “The…
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Three on a Theme: World Braille Day
Happy World Braille Day! Celebrated every year on Louis Braille’s birthday, the inventor of Braille, World Braille Day promotes the accessibility and independence for people who are blind or visually impaired. Diversity reaches beyond skin color and religious beliefs and I’m always interested in promoting books that share the experience of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2018
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2018 The best books I read in 2018 is not an easy theme for me to create! This was such a great year for kid lit! I chose twelve titles to highlight (although I could have probably picked another twelve at least!)…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope I Find Under My Christmas Tree This Morning
Dear Girl by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel by Mariah Marsden Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart Top…
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Three on a Theme: Christmas
I just had to share my three favorite Christmas books with you today! These three books hold some amazing memories for me. My parents read aloud to us all the time growing up, in fact my mom read aloud to us through high school (which I still think is pretty…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR
I love getting a jump start on my TBR (to be read) list for the next season! If you take a look at MG Book Village and Mr. Schu’s website, you’ll find a book release calendar which are my go-to places to find out what’s coming out soon! The Unsung…
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Disney Princess Readalikes
The better part of the fall was spent curating some really great lists of books based on Disney Princess Readalikes, specifically looking at character traits. So many young girls absolutely adore Disney princesses, so I wanted to help families find books with characters that exhibit the same character traits whether…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Movie Adaptations
This week was a freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday and since I’ve actually been posting regularly each week, I din’t have any topics to go back to and cover. So I decide to focus on (mostly) YA books that have movie adaptations out currently or that are coming out…
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Disney Princess Readalikes: Moana’s Courage
I love Moana, as a film and as a character. Moana is not willing to accept the status quo – she wants to be brave and courageous and help her family and her people as the up-and-coming chief. When she learns that her ancestors were travelers and were called to…
