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6 Picture Books About Cleaning Up
For the first weekend in a long time, I don’t have too much going on. I’m spending most of my day, cleaning the house from top to bottom. It’s not that my house is horribly filthy. It’s just the day-to-day living in the house that needs to be straightened up…
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Four on Friday: Halloween Witches
It’s October and that means Halloween is coming! So for today’s Four on Friday: Halloween Witches are just a few picture book titles to share with your family. Witches in picture books are often really adorable characters and these books are no different. Room on the Broom is a library…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Extraordinary Book Titles
I love these posts because they always make me think about books in new and different ways. I am a person, I will admit, that judges books by covers and titles. The more interesting the title, the more likely I am to read it. I love the way words sound…
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9 Picture Books About Boats
With a view like this, how can you not think about boats of all shapes and sizes? I’m spending a few days in Erie, PA for the Annual Pennsylvania Library Association’s Conference right on the waterfront. Check out these 9 Picture Books About Boats with your own little sailor! 9…
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15 Monster Picture Books for Halloween
What’s autumn without a few monsters? I love these adorable monster picture books about misunderstood characters and a whole lot of fun! Stop by your local indie bookstore or library and check out a few for the weekend! Here are just 15 Monster Picture Books for Halloween. 15 Monster Picture…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Character Traits I Love
This topic was a lot harder than I first thought it was going to be! I focused on middle grade characters and I think, for the most part, they have a lot of the same characteristics. Kids trying to figure out who they are and how they fit into the…
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Four on Friday: National Pizza Month
Did you know that it’s National Pizza Month? I had no idea! But who doesn’t want to celebrate National Pizza Month? I love pizza – takeout, homemade, brick oven, pretty much all of it! We grew up making homemade pizza together as a family. Even part of our Christmas Eve…
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Pairing Classic Favorites with Contemporary Titles
I was mulling over new ideas to blog about and this is something that I see at the library all the time! Parents come in asking for familiar books from their childhood to share with their kids. These are familiar books, often filling parents with fond memories of childhood. And…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles with Numbers In Them
This is such a fun topic, I hadn’t thought about it, but there’s a good number of book titles with numbers in them! I looked for middle grade titles specifically as they are the ones I’m most familiar with, but there are a ton of titles in YA and adult…
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6 Picture Books to Celebrate Rosh Hashanah
L’Shanah Tovah! Today marks the first day of Rosh Hashanah and to celebrate I thought I’d share just 6 picture books to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Because I am not Jewish and therefore have never experienced Rosh Hashanah, I’m not going to try and provide my usual introduction to the booklist.…
