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Author Spotlight: Ame Dyckman
Today’s featured author is Ame Dyckman, an author of some of the cutest and funniest books on the market today and one of nicest authors I’ve met online and in person! I first fell in love with Ame’s work with her book – Boy + Bot and reviewed it here on my blog and…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/27/18
Personally, life’s been getting back on track – still have a lot of remodeling that needs to happen because of the flooding, but other than we’re getting back to “normal.” Work’s been busy as the summer winds down and Summer Reading will be officially done on Friday. I’m hoping that…
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Three on a Theme: Back to School
If school hasn’t started yet in your neck of the woods, then the first day is right around the corner! Start the first day off with these three picture books that celebrate diversity and teach kids that perspective changes everything! All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold “Follow a group of…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/20/18
What a week it’s been! Have you ever had a week that just can’t seem to get much worse? That was my week. We had a massive storm hit our area last Monday which resulted in a manhole cover being dislodged on the street next to the house and water…
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Author Spotlight: Josh Funk
A new feature on my blog, the author spotlight will highlight an author whose body of work I particularly like! Today’s featured author is Josh Funk, a writer of both Java and manuscripts, if you’ve never gotten a chance to check out his body of work, don’t wait – pick…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/13/18
I finished up Nightbooks by J.A. White and have to say that I really enjoyed it! It incorporated some folk and fairy tales in a really unique way and was just creepy enough – a great fall booktalk for middle grade readers! I started The Train to Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery…
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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…
