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2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Early Literacy
It’s already day five of the 2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge and today, we’re talking Early Literacy or great books that didn’t fit in another category! Early literacy is providing kids with all the skills they need before they begin reading and writing, think how to use a book,…
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2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Dinosaurs
It’s the 2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge and today is day 4 – the letter “D”. And how could we not go with the word dinosaurs? Dinosaurs are a forever favorite among young readers. And I am eternally jealous that toddlers and preschoolers can rattle off dinosaur names like…
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2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Colors
We’re going to look at colors for the Letter “C” today for the 2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge! Board books are often based on simple concepts for children including the alphabet, numbers, shapes, opposites, and of course – colors! Today’s colorful titles are sure to catch your little one’s…
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Super Mario Galaxy Read Alikes
Super Mario Galaxy the movie was released on April 1, 2026 and with how popular the first Super Marion Bros. movie was, I thought it would be a fun idea to create a book list that kind of coincides with the movie. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the movie yet, but…
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2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Bedtime
It’s letter “B” day of the 2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge! Today the focus is on bedtime and I’ve got a bunch of really cute board books to add to your bedtime routine. I know that bedtime is one of the most popular times to read to little ones,…
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Storytime Theme: Vegetables
Still working on updating a lot of my previous storytime lesson plans, so today we’re updating Vegetables! It’s been ten year since the last time I shared a vegetable-themed storytime, so let’s dig in! Today, I’ve got ten recently published picture books that make great read alouds for a storytime…
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2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Alphabet
It’s day one of the 2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge! If you missed the theme reveal post, make sure you go back and check it out. This year I’m focusing on 26 posts that highlight recently published board books geared toward babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Each post will include…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Buzzwords for Romance Titles
For today’s theme I focused on bookish buzzwords for romance titles and I’m sharing seven of which will make me want to pick up a title and three of which don’t really hold much interest for me as a reader! What I love is that even within a specific genre,…
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Storytime Theme: Seasons
While I’ve done different seasonal storytimes in the past, I haven’t yet created a lesson plan specifically for the seasons as a whole. So, here we go! I found some great read alouds about the changing of the seasons someof whicih are fictional stories, while others are more nonfiction titles.…
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Storytime Theme: Umbrella
I’m working my way through some of my older posts and while I posted about umbrellas way back in 2016, I thought it might be a good idea to update the storytime lesson plan. Let it be known that the books I chose back then are still really great choices!…
