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It's Monday What Are You Reading? 7/13/2015
i only got two books read this week… I was able to read The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz. I enjoyed this book, but it took me awhile to get through… Splendor and Glooms was faster to read I thought, but I have always enjoyed historical fiction which is exactly what…
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4th of July Books – Just to Get You Started!
Here are five books for the 4th of July! Some I’ve used for storytime, others are just really fun read alouds and still others make great resources with lots of quality information that is easily accessible for elementary school students. These are not by far, the best or only books…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/29/2015
This week I read, Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu, The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin, A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord and The Boys in the Boat:The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown (Young Reader’s Edition).…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/22/2015
After 20 solid hours of reading for this year’s 48 Hour Book Challenge, I’m thinking that I’ll be taking it easy this week with my reading, maybe picking up a book or two, but not as many as I usually do. Over the weekend, I knocked out nine books and…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/15/15
Today is our official Summer Reading Kickoff! It’s been pretty busy already, but I’m going to try and post now before I forget! I got a lot of reading done this past week – and it was amazing! This week, I finished: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson The Great Good Summer…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/8/2015
I got a lot read this past week and am excited about a few other books for this upcoming week! And then, next Monday, all heck breaks loose as Summer Reading officially begins! (I’m not quite ready yet!) Anyway, this week I read The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan – a historical…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/1/2015
Last week was madness as Memorial Day was Monday, I worked Tuesday and Wednesday, went up to BookExpo America on Thursday and traveled to an out-of-state wedding Friday-Sunday. Thankfully, sitting in airports and on airplanes leaves me with a lot of time to read! I read The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart,…
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It's Monday (*Tuesday), What Are You Reading? 5/26/2015
As I expected, I got very little reading done this weekend, but I got to spend a lot of time with family which was so nice, since my family lives about 5 hours away from me. I was able to finish Dangerous by Shannon Hale and ended up being a little…
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Memorial Day – Books for Kids
Although many people are excited about Memorial Day because they are off from school or work, spend time with family, have picnics, and more, it’s important to remember the reason we celebrate Memorial Day, so here are ten books for kids – fiction, nonfiction, picture books, middle grade and a…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 5/18/2015
As the weekend nears, I always think I’ll have a lot of time to just sit and relax and catch up on my reading, but that’s never the case! I ended up this weekend, hanging out with friends, planting vegetables in the garden and volunteering some time at a nature…