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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/25/18

    It was definitely a strange week – I was at work Monday & Tuesday, we had a snow day on Wednesday, I was at the PLA conference Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and we had a friend’s wedding Friday night. Plus, with friends in town this weekend, we had dinner plans…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring TBR List

    I chose to focus just on middle grade titles, because if I looked at everything being published this spring, I’d get a little stressed out! It’s enough just thinking about middle grade titles. If you want to know when titles are coming out you can easily check Amazon or GoodReads,…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/19/18

    This week I finished up Saint Philomene’s Infirmary for Magical Creatures  by Bill Cotter, read A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi which was very well-written, but hard to read as it’s the story of Syrian refugees trying to find a safe and welcoming place to start a new life, Checked by…

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    60 STEM Titles for 3-6 Year Olds

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    We often are asked by parents for “science books for preschoolers” and after a reference interview, we find that they are looking to teach their kids a variety of science concepts at a young age and finding books that are academic enough to satisfy the parents can be difficult. I…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Quotes

    I jumped the gun last week and did Books That Surprised Me, but I missed Favorite Book Quotes, so I’m backtracking to make up for it! Enjoy! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/12/18

    It’s been a rough week – we finally got power back on Monday night after 75 hours without electricity and heat – it was a welcome relief. Tuesday I was back at work after taking Monday off and then we had a snow day on Wednesday where I think I…

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    14 Picture Books to Introduce Math Concepts

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    We are often asked at our library for science and math books for young children and while we keep a few workbook style options that families can copy pages from for practice, I much prefer being able to use a great story to introduce math concepts to young children and…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me

    I love when books surprise me (in a good way). Most likely I’m surprised because I’ve either heard SO MUCH about a book and I just don’t expect it to live up to it’s hype or it’s such an out-there book that I don’t expect to like and I enjoy…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/5/18

    Well, I had every intention of spending most of my weekend reading, I was able to read during the week and felt great going into the weekend and then we got hit by the nor’easter on Friday leaving us without power. As, I’m writing this on Sunday evening at 8:30pm…

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    Mathical Book Prize Announced!

    “The Mathical Book Prize aims to inspire a love of mathematics in the everyday world in children of all ages. Each year’s winners and honor books join a selective and ever-growing list of new and previously published fiction and non-fiction titles for youth. These titles are as varied as the intersection between…