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Trying Something New and Solve a Problem
Have you ever seen someone do something that left you in complete awe? Or you look at something and say to yourself, “I could never do that!” That’s how I feel about a lot of things, including rock climbing. My partner started working out at a rock gym right before…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Plot Twists & Unreliable Narrators
With a number of other book lists on my blog featuring all things Halloween, I decided to take a different route today! Plus, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m a huge scaredy-cat, so my knowledge of scary Halloween-y books is at a minimum. I’ve got lists about ghosts, witches, bats, monsters,…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/25/2021
What I Read Another week of working six days which, as usual, equates to less reading time! I know I’m lucky in that this is just for a short time and I won’t always be working six days a week. I got further into Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches…
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Writing Workshop
This year we’re hosting our 47th annual write and illustrate contest for kids. Each year kids in grades Kindergarten – 8th grade submit their own stories that they written and illustrated and the winners in each grade have their books professionally bound and added to our collection. What’s really great…
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RIP Jerry Pinkney
The children’s literature world received another crushing blow yesterday with the news that Jerry Pinkney has passed away. Pinkney, the patriarch of the Pinkney dynasty was a prolific illustrator creating over 100 books during his lifetime. Pinkney’s wife, two of his sons and their wives are also writers and illustrators…
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Hardly Haunted
Synopsis: “House has a problem. She’s a little spooky. She’s a little cobwebby. Oh, no! What if she’s haunted? She’s not sure, but…her hinges creak. Her pipes bang. And on windy days, the branches scritch-scratch at her windows. She tries to hold her breath and be as still as possible.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Online Resources for Book Lovers
I love learning about resources that I don’t know about, especially when it comes to reading. I have a few tried and true favorites that I use on a regular basis when it comes to my reading life, my blog posts, and at work in the library. My posts focus…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/18/2021
What I Read I actually finished a middle grade book this week! Hope Springs by Jaime Berry was a really sweet story about a young girl trying to find a place to call home. A small town and new best friend help to show her what life could be like…
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Activity Corner – Dragons
We offered a really fun grab and go activity at the library last month – a fire-breathing dragon and I thought I’d share it with a few books and other activities for a perfect activity corner post. There are some extra adorable picture books about dragons, but also some great…
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9 Books All About Moose
Today was supposed to be a quick Four on Friday post. But when I started researching moose books, I realized that there are some really great ones out there and I couldn’t just stop at four. I’ve never seen a moose in the wild, but I can’t imagine their size!…
