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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/8/16

    February 8, 2016 /

    I read exactly what I had planned this week, plus a few picture books thrown in!  I got the chance to read On the Run by Tristan Bancks, check out my review.  I also read The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate and The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate both by Jacqueline Kelly a turn of…

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    2016 CLEL Bell Awards Winners

    February 5, 2016 /

    The CLEL Bell Awards were announced this morning by the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) inititave.  There are five books selected, each focusing on one of the early literacy practices.  So, without further ado…. Read – Sloth Slept On by Frann Preston-Gannon Write – Inside This Book: (are three books) by…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Historical Settings I Love

    February 2, 2016 /

    I love historical fiction (always have!) and these are some (keyword: some) of my favorite historical fiction I’ve read!  I’ve tried to include a diverse selection of books and a variety of time periods, but I will literally read about any time period.  I read all the American Girl books…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/1/16

    February 1, 2016 /

    I have the best intentions to get a lot of reading done each week and then my week gets filled up with programs and meetings and dinners out and parties… and I haven’t read as much as I would have liked!Oh well, what I did get to read this week…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Snow Books

    January 26, 2016 /

    Since we got over two feet of snow, that’s all that is on anyone’s mind!  That being said, here are some of my favorite snow books to share in storytime. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Snow by Manya Stojic The Mitten by Jan Brett The Story of Snopw:…

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    It’s Monday, What Are Your Reading? 1/25/16

    January 25, 2016 /

    I had all the plans in the world to do a TON of reading this weekend as we got hit by Winter Storm Jonas which dumped over two feet of snow on us in 24 hours.  But, shoveling takes a lot of time and we’re not even done yet.  So…

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    National Hug Day

    January 21, 2016 /

    These are just a few of the hundreds of picture books about sharing a hug, but I thought it most appropriate to share them with you today since it’s National Hug Day!  One of my favorites is Won’t You Be My Hugaroo? by Joanne Ryder and illustrated by Melissa Sweet – great…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/18/16

    January 18, 2016 /

    Over the past week I finally got to read I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – a world that I was so intrigued by, with two protagonists sharing the same story from two time periods with two points of view. I think John Green, Sarah Dessen and the like…

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