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Top Ten Tuesday: The Big, Bad Wolf
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is all about villains. While I could have gone for epic villains in children’s literature like The Trunchbull in Matilda or Severine from The Jumbies. I decided to go in a little bit of a different direction and share the fractured fairy tales of the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Occupations in the Title
This was a fun list to pull together and I’ll be honest to say I started with a completely different list of books before pivoting to the list I pulled together below. Rather than choose ten different occupations, I decided to share ten books with the word “librarian” in the…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Happy
I’m beginning a new series of blog posts that will take place over the course of the next few weeks with a focus on emotional intelligence and identifying feelings. Little Kids, Big Emotions will work through different feelings, one by one with a book list that can help parents teach…
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Top Ten Tuesday: How I Spend My Time When I’m Not Blogging
While I spend a good deal of time on my blog, it’s only a small part of who I am. So for today’s “Non-bookish freebie” I decided to share a little bit about who I am outside of this blog! How else do you spend your time? How I Spend…
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Nonfiction Poetry for Kids
Nonfiction and poetry probably aren’t the two words that you would put together for a book list, but you might be surprised by the number of nonfiction poetry collections that exist! And honestly, it’s a really fun way to share facts in a format that is both surprising and accessible…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count
This theme could also be labeled, “Books that would make great doorstops” because these titles are quite hefty! Almost all of the books I’ve selected are over 1,000 pages and are chunky. And I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve only actually read one of the books on this list…
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Read Alouds for Fifth Graders
I believe that one of the biggest disservices to children when it comes to literacy is that many caregivers stop reading aloud once a child has learned to read. Reading aloud is extremely beneficial to children of all ages and should continue long after they are reading independently. My niece…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Guaranteed to Put an End to Your Book Slump
I love when a Top Ten Tuesday theme brings together books from different genres because you most likely wouldn’t find all of these books on the same list otherwise! But, with today’s focus of pulling you out of a book slump, I selected titles that were some of my favorites…
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16 Modern Picture Books That Feel Like Classics
I’m really excited about this list today! I spend a lot of time on this blog sharing books that are silly, brightly colored, and interactive, anything to catch a little one’s eye, for them to take just a moment to open it up and discover the power of a story.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Fantasy Middle Grade for a Non-Fantasy Reader
Please let me explain this very extensive title for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday blog post! Today was a genre freebie for the theme which means I could pick any genre to explore. While I typically choose genres I absolutely adore (like historical fiction!), I decided to go a different…
