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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…
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Middle Grade Gets Real – 25 Titles About Tough Topics
There are arguments that kids shouldn’t read about tough topics – topics that include death, adoption/foster care, childhood illness, substance abuse, disability and more. But, how do kids learn about these topics if they don’t see them in their daily life? Or, how do kids feel less alone if they…
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(Unofficial) Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books for Vin & Leo… or Funny Picture Books
I get the chance to hang out with some pretty awesome kids at the library, but two of y favorites are Vin & Leo, brothers who come at least once a week to the library for storytime, playtime, or to check out some new books. So, on behalf of a…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/27/17
It was a super busy week with late hours at work and Saturday hours as well which left me close to no time to spend reading. I finally got a chance to start The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig this weekend and I’m already in love! The story reminds me…
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25 Titles about Underwear and the Bathroom
As I’ve said in the past, I’m not going to get political on my blog, but as situations arise, I’m using my blog to process my own thoughts and feelings, so by the suggestion of my boyfriend – here’s a booklist about the bathroom (and some underwear books thrown in…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved Less Than I Thought I Would
I chose to focus on series, either the first or subsequent books that I just couldn’t get into. Trilogies are m kryptonite – I’ll love the first one and then I’m usually disappointed with book two or three. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares Eragon by Christopher…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/20/17
I didn’t get to quite as many books this week, but I enjoyed the ones I did get to read! Wish is a sweet story about family and friendship found in unexpected places (and a small spoiler alert – although there is a dog on the cover of the book, the…