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Dragons, Fairies, and Magic: 10+ Fantasy Titles for Ages 3-7
Summer is here! And that means loads of time for kids to experience books in all their glory. This is also a great time to encourage kids to read the books they choose (without having to worry about school assignments) and to try out new genres that they might be…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/30/18
I’m getting back into the groove of reading more regularly again and I read two really great books this week – The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson and Forever or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter, plus I also started The Art of the Swap by Kristine Asselin and Jen Malon. This week, I’m…
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24 Must-Have Books for Babies (7-12 Months)
After talking briefly with a new momma/blogging friend, we brainstormed creating a list like this for new parents who may not have any idea where to start when creating a library for their little one. If you’re looking for Goodnight Moon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, you won’t find them on this…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Frequently Used Words To Describe Middle Grade Titles
This is a little something different, rather than rattling off a list of books, I spent some time really thinking about the words used in middle grade fiction and here are ten that are (I believe) fairly commmon: Family Friends Overcome Invisible School Diverse Coming-of-Age Hope Belonging Identity Middle grade…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/23/18
Short recap for the week – I finished up A Possibility of Whales by Karen Rivers and promptly didn’t get to any other books! My mom and good friend are in town for a long weekend which has been absolutely wonderful. We’ve had beautiful weather and spent a lot of time…
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24 Must Have Books for Babies (0-6 Months)
I love when my friends announce their pregnancies – it’s another excuse for me to love on their kids by buying them lots and lots of books. In fact, I’m really starting to regret that I didn’t create a spreadsheet with kids’ names and books gifted to them because I…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books for My Brother
This week is a FREEBIE week for Top Ten Tuesday, so with my brother’s birthday today, I decided to create a top ten list just for him. Growing up, my brother wasn’t much of a book reader, but he loved sports statistics and could rattle off stats for pretty much…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/16/18
I’m slowly getting back into the groove! I’m really trying to do some higher quality workouts when I’m at the gym which means that I’m not riding a stationary bike and reading a book because although I’m working out, I know I should be doing better. So, I’m back to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved But Will Never Re-read
I used to re-read books all the time when I was little, finding comfort in the stories that I knew from cover to cover. Now, working in the library and on this blog, I rarely feel as though I have the time to re-read books at all (which is why…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/9/18
This week was so weird and I’m completely blaming the weather with snow flurries, rain, sun, clouds, warm weather and cold which led me feeling sleepy, a little cranky and not in the mood to read… I’m hoping to finish up The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani Dasgupta today and over the weekend…