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    Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf

    Top Ten Tuesday

    For today’s Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf, I’m providing a sneak peek at a few of the new books I’ll be reviewing in the next few weeks! From picture books to young adult titles, there’s a little something for everyone! Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2019

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I wasn’t really sure where I was going when I started thinking about this post, but I realized there were so many other books I loved this year that I didn’t get to promote, so here are just a few! I wanted to highlight a couple of picture books and…

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    6 Picture Books All About Shopping

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    Sundays are familiar days for me. Yes, they come around every week, but you can also find me at the grocery store most Sunday mornings. I usually spend some time putting together a menu for the week. And then making sure I have a grocery list that has everything I…

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    2020 Debut Young Adult Authors

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    Again, this week has been great as I’ve connected with tons of debut authors and illustrators! I even had a few debut creators reach out to me who I didn’t have on my list and I got the chance to add them to it! If you missed the picture book…

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    2020 Debut Middle Grade Authors

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    Yesterday’s post about 2020 debut picture book authors and illustrators was so fun and very popular, so I thought it might be a good idea to share 2020 debut middle grade authors as well! As I mentioned yesterday, I love having a platform for sharing books and creators with the…

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    2020 Debut Picture Book Authors & Illustrators

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    Part of what I love doing by having a platform that reaches beyond my immediate family and friends is promoting books, creators, and publishers! And what’s more exciting than promoting debut authors and illustrators? Don’t get me wrong, I love it when a creator produces their second, third, etc. novels.…

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    Narwhals, the Unicorn of the Sea

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    I must be in a fantastical mindset this weekend as I posted about Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti yesterday and today I’m sharing books about narwhals! Narwhals, the unicorn of the sea is an actual animal that lives in the arctic waters. These cousins of bottlenose dolphins, orcas, and belugas live…

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    Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, Oh My!

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    Kids in my library love books about the unexplained – aliens, unicorns, and monsters of all shapes and sizes. This morning as I took my pup out for her morning walk, the neighborhood was blanketed, not in the snow you would expect for January, but in a dense layer of…

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    Four on Friday: King Tut & Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt

    On this day in 1924, King Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus was discovered. Two full years after Howard Carter had discovered his tomb virtually untouched for thousands of years. Although I have opinions on taking artifacts from their country of origin, I do love being able to learn about history from pieces that…