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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…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/23/18
I’ll definitely be reviewing The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss. It was a book that surprised me in how much I ended up loving the quirky characters and crazy antics of Bicycle as she cycled from D.C. to San Francisco! I also read Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Short Story Anthologies
I’m not a huge short story fan, because as soon as I feel invested in the story, it’s over and I always want to know more! That being said, this list includes anthologies that I really enjoyed reading and some that are still on my TBR list! Meet Cute: Some…
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Genre Booklists for Summer 2018
I know we’re still in the middle of summer, but I’ve filled this blog with ten weeks of genre-focused booklists for toddlers to teens, hoping to give every kid something they’ll be interested in reading during this school break. There are over 500 titles in these lists and are available…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/16/18
This past week, my family went down the shore for a family reunion of sorts with almost my entire dad’s side of the family. That means at any given time there were about 15 people in a beach house! And even with two trips back and forth to work for…
