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Indivisible
Synopsis: “This timely, moving debut novel follows a teen’s efforts to keep his family together as his parents face deportation. Mateo Garcia and his younger sister, Sophie, have been taught to fear one word for as long as they can remember: deportation. Over the past few years, however, the fear…
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Blogging A to Z: Openness
Openness can mean a lot of different things, but for today’s post we’re talking about diversity. And the importance of creating a purposeful home library full of books that open your child’s world beyond their lived experiences. On a very basic level, that shouldn’t be too difficult. Because small children…
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Wicked Epic Adventures
Synopsis: “A new series of colorful, imaginative, magical adventures with Wallace The Brave, recently awarded the Reuben Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonist Society. The world of Wallace The Brave is one of imagination, discovery, and wonder, as Wallace and his friends explore the coastal surroundings of Snug Harbor,…
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Blogging A to Z: Native Language
I live in a community where on any given day I can hear a handful of languages in the library. We have a large population of families from India in our area, plus Spanish, French, Chinese, some Eastern European languages, and more! Children in our school district speak 40 different…
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Blogging A to Z: Multiple Readings
Do you have that one book in the house that you wish with all your might would just “happen” to disappear? And you’d totally make that happen if it wasn’t for the inevitable meltdown that would occur because of it? Yep, that one book that you kid wants you to…
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Perdu
Synopsis: “Poor Perdu is all alone as he journeys from the countryside to the city in search of a home. The city is a big place when you are very small, but is it possible that someone is searching for a friend like Perdu? In his debut as both author…
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The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy
Synopsis: “A tuba player without a tuba and his jellyfish-imitating sister cope with their father’s disappearance in this hilarious and moving novel by the author of The Mortification of Fovea Munson. When Lenny Volpe, former quarterback of the worst professional football team in the nation, leaves his family and disappears, the…
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Blogging A to Z: Visit the Library
As a public library director at least one of these letters had to be focused on using the library. I think it might be shocking to many, how much the public library offers to their community. Now, public libraries are organized differently all across the U.S. and even more so…
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Blogging A to Z: Know When to Stop
As much as I love to read and believe it’s the answer to all your questions and problems! That’s not accurate. Reading should be fun and enjoyable for your child and for YOU! If it feels like a chore for you to read aloud, guess what? Your kid is going…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Titles That Sound Like They Could Be Crayola Crayon Colors
I started writing up this post and searching for book titles with colors in the actual title before realizing that wasn’t the way I needed to look at this. Instead, I searched for interesting titles with just a single word or short phrase. I found that often the colors of…
