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Debut YA Authors: April – June 2021
There are so many debut YA authors publishing their first book this year! If you missed the first quarter list, check out my post from yesterday. Just in the first half of the year, there is over 60 debut titles being published. Hence the reason for breaking up my list…
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Debut YA Authors: January – March 2021
Don’t miss the many debut middle grade authors I shared yesterday. But for today, I’m going to try something a little different with the debut YA authors. I’m highlighting just the books planned on being released by debut YA authors: January – March. With a list of over 88 titles,…
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61 Debut Middle Grade Authors in 2021
It’s already extremely difficult to promote a newly published title. There are thousands of books published every year, and authors, illustrators, and publishers get their books into the hands of readers? And what happens when it’s your first book you’ve ever published? Book tours, school visits, and social media posts…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021
Okay, there are way too many amazing middle grade novels being published in 2021, how can I pick my most anticipated releases for the first half of 2021? To just scratch the surface, check out Afoma Umesi’s list of 91 titles. I didn’t even get past March release dates and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2020
Here’s the list of my favorite middle grade novels for 2020. It’s somewhat similar to my Middle Grade Gift Guide that I posted a couple of weeks ago. Ten titles aren’t enough for all the great books that were published this year. But, these are the ones that stood out…
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2020 Nerdies – Picture Books
The 10th Annual Nerdies kick off today with the announcement of the Picture Book Awards. If you’re unfamiliar with the Nerdies, they are announced every year by a group of librarians, teachers, and kid lit lovers. What I love most about awards like these is celebrating the books I discovered…
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Run, Run As Fast As You Can! Gingerbread Books
I was spending some time looking back at all the holiday-themed lists I’ve created – Santa, reindeer, elves, Twas the Night Before Christmas, etc. But, I’ve never pulled together a list of gingerbread books! We didn’t often make gingerbread houses or gingerbread men growing up, so it wasn’t something I’ve…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings
I pulled together a list of books that I haven’t read from middle grade, young adult, and contemporary romance books for adults too! If I didn’t already have a list of 15+ books for the holidays, these would be next up on my list. If anyone’s read some of these,…
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Christmas Tree Picture Books
Picking out our Christmas tree was always an event we looked forward to growing up. My mom would make hot chocolate to fill up a thermos, we’d pack up Christmas cookies, and then meet some friends at the Christmas tree farm. We trudged through the snow with our snow boots…
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6 Books To Warm You Up
It’s about 25 degrees (Farenheit) right now and we ended up with at least six inches of snow last night. Plus, there was sleet and rain too, so it’s pretty gross out today! Since I’ve written posts about winter and snowmen, I decided to highlight my favorite part of snow…
