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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/5/15
I am really slacking in the book reading department lately. But, I did get a chance to read Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley which is a beautiful storytime the belief in magic. It’s a truly wonderful story and I really enjoyed it. I also just finished Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tale: Underground…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books To Read If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid
My kids in the library are still clamoring over Diary of a Wimpy Kid, especially now that a new book is coming out on November 3rd. So without further ado, here’s my Top Ten Readalikes for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce Dork Diaries by Rachel…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/28/15
Over the course of the week, I finished Serafina and the Black Cloak and absolutely loved it! I also read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, which made me want the sequel immediately! And I started working on Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones. I didn’t get to any…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/21/15
This week I read Appleblossom the Possum written by Holly Goldberg Sloan which is a very different style from her previous work County By 7s. It’s an adorable story about a little possum who accidentally falls down a chimney and with the help of her brothers is able to escape. It’s an…
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2015 CYBILS Awards
Today the 10th Annual CYBILS judges have been announced and I’m so excited to be a Round 1 judge for the 2015 Elementary/Middle Grade Non-Fiction category! This is going to be a HUGE undertaking and I’m really happy to be a part of this amazing group of children’s book lovers! Here’s…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/14/15
I’m two weeks behind in my reading, but since I didn’t get to much this week this should work. Over the past two weeks, I finished Shadowshaper, which I absolutely loved. I also got my hands on a copy of Sunny Side Up and was blown away by the Holm’s take…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Finished Series I Have YET To Finish
A lot of times, I’ll try and read the first in a popular series so I can get a feel for the storyline, but I rarely have time to read the whole series, unless it’s something I really enjoy. I also have strong feelings about trilogies… I love the first…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/31/15
I got through a good number of books this week! I really enjoyed Currents by Jane Petrlik Smolik, a story interwoven between three young girls in the mid 1800s. I have always loved historical fiction and this book was really interesting! The next book I read was called The Education of Ivy Blake…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Would Be On Your Syllabus If You Taught EASY READERS 101
So rather than specific titles, I’m going to go ahead and focus on authors, many of who mainly focus on easy readers, but a few who are a little more widespread. I chose to go with Easy Readers because its a section of our library (and many others, I suspect)…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/24/15
I don’t know what happened this week, but I got very little reading accomplished. I was expecting to read a lot on Monday (I had the day off) but instead ended up at a pop-up concert with Stevie Wonder in Philadelphia. It was a lot of fun, very hot, and…