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    Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Facts About Me

    I’ve wanted to be a librarian since I was about 7.  There was really no other choice for me to pursue after I finished high school.  This is what I’ve always wanted and I’m so lucky to do what I love. My idea of “going outside to play” was picking…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/11/16

    I missed reporting last week as it was the 4th of July, so here’s a two-week update.  I’ve been trying to read fairly regularly as I can tell when I’m not reading enough – I get extra stressed out and cranky.  And with summer reading in full force, the less…

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    10 Books to Celebrate America’s Birthday

    One Nation: America By the Numbers by Devin Scillian A is for America: An American Alphabet by Devin Scillian Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck by Katie Clark This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie The Night Before the Fourth of July by Natasha Wing Hats Off for the Fourth of…

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    Level Up: Pairing Video Games with Books (Mario Bros.)

    Mario Bros. (Everyone – Everyone 10+) Mario is a video game franchise with a variety of games, most focused on Mario’s adventures saving Princess Peach with his younger brother Luigi from the evil grasps of Bowser. The books chosen for this game style include high fantasy, adventure stories for all…

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    Checking In: Newbery/Caldecott 2017

    Yep, you read that right.  Travis Jonker wrote up a great list of some Caldecott and Newbery suggestions for his blog 100 Scope Notes on  School Library Journal, granted we have no idea what the Committees will be talking about, but I’m in love with at least half of each of…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Quotations

    It’s a Top Ten Tuesday Freebie week, so I headed back into the archives to see what great topics I missed in the past and this one jumped out at me! I love book quotations and picked just a few of my favorites! Enjoy! Top Ten Tuesday is an original…

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    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/27/16

    Summer reading means being busy all week and this weekend was packed with birthday parties, barbeques and graduation parties. That being said, I did get to do some reading – and some great stories at that! I read The Gallery by Laura Marx Fitzgerald, who also wrote Under the Egg. I love art…