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Four on Friday: Wiggly Worms
I picked up What About Worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins at the PLA Conference and instantly fell in love which is what inspired this Four On Friday: Wiggly Worms book list. I love Ryan’s sense of humor and adorable drawings. If you’re not familiar with Ryan’s, definitely check out Mother…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Single-Word Titles
I love it when a Top Ten Tuesday theme makes me look at books a little differently! Books With Single-Word Titles had me thinking about the power of words and how much of the story you glean just from the title of a book. I love that these single-word titles…
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12 Titles to Celebrate Leap Year
We’re celebrating leap year today! Each year is actually 365.25 days long, so every four years we tack on an extra in February! Learn more about Leap Year from Wonderopolis. Did you know that there aren’t that many leap year books for kids? So I pulled together 12 Titles to…
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Four on Friday: Country Music
Inspired by Nashville and its title as Music City, USA I’m sharing country music picture books today for Four on Friday! Although not my favorite genre of music, I think it’s important to expose kids to all sorts of styles of music and instruments. These books are a fun way…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Follow On Social Media
This was such a fun topic to think about! I wanted to really look at some young adult characters as I thought many of the middle school characters probably shouldn’t be on social media quite yet. Plus, young adult novels have a lot of great characters that I’d love to…
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2020 CLEL Bell Award Winners
In the midst of January changing over to February, I missed the announcement of the 2020 CLEL Bell Award Winners! Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) is an amazing resource for librarians, teachers, parents, and caregivers with great book suggestions and tips and tricks for storytimes. I’m a huge proponent…
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Illustrator Spotlight: Jerry Pinkney
Jerry Pinkney is an award-winning illustrator of over 100 books for children. He’s also a native to Philadelphia which is always a neat fact to share with kids! Although an artist from the time he was a young child, he also suffered from dyslexia at a time when little was…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Gave Me a Book Hangover
A book hangover, for those who aren’t familiar, is when you finish reading a title and you just can’t bring yourself to pick up another book. The book you just finished sticks with you as you mull over characters, plot, setting, etc. I’m a pretty fast reader, so when a…
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2019 CYBILS Award Winners
Today is the day, after a long process with two rounds of judging, today is the day the 2019 CYBILS Award Winners are announced. I waited a little longer than usual this morning so that I could post the awards today! If you want to learn more about the CYBILS,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Chapter Books I Love
Today was a love freebie for today’s Top Ten Tuesday post, so rather than go with the love feeling, I decided to share some chapter books that I love! Chapter books are not middle grade novels. Chapter books are the perfect books for kids who are successfully reading easy readers…
