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Four on Friday: National Candy Corn Day
It’s National Candy Corn Day! Just in time for Halloween and whether you love or hate the sugary treat, you can’t seem to escape it during this time of year! Personally, I don’t love it, but if I start eating it, it’s hard to stop. Today for Four on Friday,…
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Which Halloween Witch? 9 Witch Picture Books
If you loved the monster and ghost book lists, check out this list of picture books about Halloween witches. You won’t find fantasy world witches, Salem Witch Trial witches, or actual witches among these pages! Just in time for Halloween! 9 Witch Picture Books Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, illustrated…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ghostly Picture Books
It’s a Halloween freebie this week! And as a self-proclaimed scaredy-cat, this wasn’t an easy list to create! But, after realizing that I’ve already created a really fun monster book list, I thought it would be fun to take a look at ghosts in picture books. So here are today’s…
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Spring 2021 Sneak Preview – Little, Brown & Co.
There’s nothing more exciting than getting a BIG box of books delivered to your doorstep from a publisher. Last week, I received a box from Hachette, specifically the Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The box is filled with spring 2021 titles and I get a chance to read and…
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Four on Friday: Public Speaking & Debate
With all eyes in the U.S. on the 2020 presidential election, I felt that I should probably offer up some different titles than the typical “election” books that are available. (Although, I do have a list of those titles too!) Today’s Four on Friday: Public Speaking & Debate focuses more…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Read Because Someone Recommended Them to Me
Being a librarian and book blogger means getting book recommendations ALL. THE. TIME. It also means I don’t get to all of them – there are so many books out there! Today, I’m sharing just a few titles that were recommended to me by coworkers, other book bloggers, and a…
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Four on Friday: Nuts & Seeds
I love the fall when you starting seeing acorns on the ground! I think they’re so cute with their little caps! Today on Four on Friday: Nuts & Seeds I’m sharing a couple of books that are poetic, informational, and fun! It’s the perfect time of year to talk about…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Super Long Book Titles
What I love is that some books just have crazy, long titles like all of the Captain Underpants books. And others like No More Naps! looks like a short title, until you read the complete title all together – No More Naps!: A Story for When You’re Wide-Awake and Definitely…
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9 Middle Grade Books for World Mental Health Day
It’s World Mental Health Day. Sadly, so many people struggle with mental health because there is not a lot of information widely available for people to turn toward. Mental health was (and still is) kept quiet about as if it’s a secret. Don’t get me wrong, the entire world doesn’t…
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Four on Friday: Fire Prevention Week
Fire Prevention Week occurs every fall and it’s always important to go over your family’s safety plan and to practice it! Not only verbally discuss what your family would do, but to physically go through the plan. Make sure kids know where to meet you outside of the home. For…
