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25 Children's Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
I’ll be honest, I had to do some research to really understand what countries, heritages, cultures, and religions Asian Pacific American included. The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month website created in part by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim
Most of the books I read, I learn about through various blogs, Twitter mentions, and talking with colleagues, but every once in a while I’ll just pick something up as I ‘m assigning a call number to it. Some of these are also ARCs that I received at ac conference…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/16/16
I spent last week participating in Bout of Books and although I didn’t hit my goal (by one book), it was a great week of prioritizing reading and I got to read a number of great books! This week, I’ve read: Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg School of…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/9/16
This week I got back into the reading game and read a bunch of middle grade novels, which felt great! Here’s what I read this week: The Best Man by Richard Peck Wishing Day by Lauren Myracle Just My Luck by Cammie McGovern Me and Miranda Mullaly by Jake Gerhardt…
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Teacher Appreciation Week
I’ve been lucky to have some amazing teachers in my lifetime, specifically my parents who along with raising four kids are both professors at a university. My favorite school teachers (and the ones I can remember the best) are the ones who read aloud to us – a few even…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Childhood Characters I'd Love to Revisit as Adults
The Best Worst Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst From…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/2/16
I have a lot of reading to do! Especially since I picked up a bunch of ARCs at PLA in Denver a few weeks ago! I try and read each one before it’s actually published and then either pass it on to a reader at work or send them…
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SLJ's Battle of the Books
The School Library Journal’s (SLJ) Battle of Books pits middle grade books against each other and for each battle there is a judge (and each judge is a children’s author) who gets to choose who will move on in the tournament. My favorite part of this Battle is the way…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/28/16
I feel like I’ve been in a reading rut, but I finally got some quality reading done this week and have a few books to hit up before PLA next week! This week I read – Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi, a crazy story about zombie cows, small town life,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Love
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday official title is: Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven’t Talked About Enough/In A While. I decided to head over to Young Adult (since I don’t get to talk about these books as much as I’d like!) Not If I See You First by…