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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/13/17
Last week started out pretty rough – and before I re-live it, I’m not going to go into all the gory detail. Just know that there were patron problems, a presentation issue, a pet turtle scare and much more! But, thankfully, that all happened Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday really…
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25 Titles to Celebrate Valentine's Day
A great list of picture books about love, family, kindness, and friendship to share for Valentine’s Day (or any day of the year)!
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Nonfiction 10 for 10
I decided to go with books published in the last year – there are so many nonfiction titles available these days! I love how accessible nonfiction has become for kids. I also chose books that have won some type of award (CYBILS, Nerdies, etc.) and were not solely biographies (that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Wish Had More Magic
This Top Ten theme was sooooo hard for me to figure out! It took me a long time to not only figure out what direction I wanted to go but also finding books that fit the theme. I spent a long time trying to decide if the books I was…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/6/17
I was so proud of myself – I spent almost every night before I fell asleep, reading for at least 20 minutes and then spend a good majority of my Saturday and Sunday reading as well which means I was able to finish The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry, which…
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Black History Month: 25 Picture Books Featuring Black Characters
Don’t read these titles only during Black History Month – these are great books to read any time of the year! And if you like a lot of these authors, they have other material as well, I wanted to promote as many different authors as possible! So stop by your…
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25 Titles with Middle Eastern Characters
This is a post that I’ve been mulling over in my head for days if not weeks and months. I’ve used this blog in the past to sort through my thoughts and feelings of world events, of events happening in my own life and in the life of my library.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Visually Appealing Picture Books
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme was all about the visuals and since I just recently created a graphic novel list, I wanted to try my hand at something else – enter picture books. Picture book illustration is truly an art form and there are some amazing artists in the…
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10 Picture Books for Lunar New Year
I know that Lunar New Year is celebrated in more than just the Chinese culture, unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to find titles for Lunar New Year celebrations in other Asian countries (although I did find one). I will also note that some of these titles are most likely not…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Won an ALA Youth Media Award That I Haven't Read Yet
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Coretta Scott King Author Book Winner, Printz Award Winner, Sibert Award Winner, YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Winner) Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan by Ashley Bryan (Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King…
