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20 Spooky Middle Grade: Horror
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Was SO EXCITED to Get, but Still Haven’t Read
There are so many books I still want to read! These are all from 2020 and because it was kind of a crazy year, I’m not surprised that I missed so many great titles. I’m definitely going to have to go back and pick these up. Most of these I…
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Storytime Theme: Bees
This week’s storytime is about a vital part of our ecosystem – bees! These little creatures are small but mighty and deserve our respect. Share these great picture books with kids to help them understand the importance of bees and not to be too afraid of them. Did you know…
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20 Wild Middle Grade: Animals
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Characters
It’s no surprise that a book-loving librarian loves this type of Top Ten Tuesday theme! I’m a huge fan of books that talk about books! These are just a handful (ten to be exact!) of middle grade titles that feature books and/or libraries in some way. Disclosure: Some of the…
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20 Amazing Middle Grade: Action & Adventure
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…
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Storytime Theme: Baking
Personally, I love to cook way more than I love to bake. But, baking with kids is so much fun and it’s a great activity that introduces math and science, creativity, and experimenting all at the same time! Here are a few books, songs, and activities that you can do…
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15 Titles that Feature Found Family
I’m extremely lucky in my life to have a very loving and supportive biological family and a found family of close friends that I’ve gathered over time. Some of these friends are roommates from college and graduate school and some are friends that I met as an adult and their…
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Top Ten Tuesday: One Word Book Reviews
Today was a really fun theme and one I haven’t tried before! In some of my book review posts, I’ve done Twitter-length reviews, but choosing only one word wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be! I focused on the most recent middle grade books I enjoyed and for…
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Blogging A to Z – Reflection
I made it through another Blogging A to Z Challenge! I really enjoyed sharing 26 amazing tips and tricks for reaching reluctant readers. Reluctant readers are some of my favorite kids to interact with at the library because they present a challenge. They’re more difficult to pair with a book…
