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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/27/17

    I finally finished Carmer and Grit: The Wingsnatchers by Sarah Jean Horowitz – it took me quite a while to finish and it wasn’t because I didn’t enjoy reading it, for whatever reason it just took me some time. It’s the perfect book if you have a middle grade reader who likes fairies…

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    24 Young Adult Books Featuring Black Protagonists

    My goal was to get this list out during Black History Month, but in all honesty, these are amazing books that can be read any time of the year. Like my chapter book list, this list includes historical fiction, realistic fiction, and fantasy novels with characters that are Black or…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books Read In One Sitting

    Granted, I probably didn’t read all of these in one setting, but most I read in large chunks and just couldn’t put down! Check out these awesome titles. Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban Wish by Barbara O’Connor Moo by Sharon Creech Ghost by…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/20/17

    Still didn’t get to a lot of reading this week – we had friends stay over during our snowstorm, which only led to a lot of shoveling and very little reading and then my mom came to visit for a long weekend which also lent itself to very little reading.…

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    Women’s History Month Booklist

    In honor of Women’s History Month, here are 20 picture book biographies about awesome women!  Enjoy! Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette ‘Daisy’ Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure by Shana Corey, illustrated by Hadley Hooper Frida by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Ana Juan Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True…

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    10 Titles for St. Patrick’s Day

    10 Titles for St. Patrick’s Day Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger A Fine St. Patrick’s Day by Susan Wojciechowski, illustrated by Tom Curry The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever by Teddy Slater, illustrated by Ethan Long Fiona’s Luck by Teresa Bateman, illustrated by Kelly Murphy Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk: An…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring TBR

    I’m so glad Top Ten Tuesday is back and I’m so looking forward to these new middle grade and young adult titles published during the first half of 2017! Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan Scar Island by Dan Gemienhart The Warden’s Daughter by Jerry Spinelli The Last Boy at St.…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/13/17

    I’ve had little to no time to read this week, but I did get a chance to crack open Carmer and Grit: The Wingsnatchers by Sarah Jean Horowitz which I’m enjoying already (but haven’t gotten too far into yet!). It’s about a faerie with one wing and a magician’s apprentice in…

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    30 Chapter Books Featuring Black Protagonists

    I started this just as a middle grade list, but didn’t want to ignore the littles who are just starting out in the chapter books world, so I featured books for kids from about 1st/2nd grade to 8th grade.  Of course, you don’t have to be in elementary or middle school…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/6/17

    I read two amazing young adult books this week. I finished up The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig – and fell completely in love with the story, the characters, the plot, absolutely everything. I definitely want to spend more time talking about this book, so I’ll be writing up a…