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Four on Friday: Celebrating Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown this evening and like many other celebrations this year, it might look a little different. But, there are always great books to share with the family about this special time of year. L’Shana Tova! Four on Friday: Celebrating Rosh Hashanah It’s a Mitzvah! by Julie…
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Second Banana by Blair Thornburgh
Synopsis: “The kids in Mrs. Millet’s class are putting on their annual nutrition pageant. Every kid plays a food. Every kid gets a line. It is a big deal. But this year, there aren’t quite enough parts for everybody. So the class is cast: Fish, Cheese, Broccoli, Blueberry, Banana, and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Strong Female Character Covers
Since it was a cover freebie this week for our Top Ten Tuesday theme, I decided to focus on strong female characters! I love all of these books and the characters in them. If you’re looking for characters that must grow and learn about themselves, and stand up for who…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/14/2020
What I Read Finally! I’m back in the reading game. I’ve had to very purposefully set aside time to open up a book over the past few weeks. And it’s working, I’m trying to go to bed earlier or take time during my morning or lunch time to read at…
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12 Titles for Healthy Eating
Every Sunday morning I walk the pup and then come home and sit down to plan my meals for the week and get my grocery list together. I find that we’re much better about eating healthy when we put a little thought into it. With that in mind today I…
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Four on Friday: Hiking
Today I’m sharing a fun Four on Friday: Hiking edition. Now that it’s finally cooling down a bit from the mid-90s to a more reasonable temperature, I’m excited to get out on some hiking trails in our area. We’re so lucky to live around some great state and national parks,…
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I Got You a Present! by Mike Erksine-Kellie and SusanMcLennan
Synopsis: “A quest for the perfect birthday present leads to ever grander (and ever more imperfect) gift ideas in this clever metafiction story that’s hilarious any day of the year. “I wanted to get you the greatest present ever,” our narrator tells us. But somehow, none of the best ideas…
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Director’s Thoughts – 9/9/2020
The last Director’s Thoughts post I wrote was back in May. Where do I even begin? From mid-June through August we offered curbside pickup at our library while planning for reopening. And today, for the first time in almost six months there were patrons in our library! It was so…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books for My Younger Self
As a kid, I loved reading historical fiction and grew up reading the American Girl stories, Little House on the Prairies, and many others. Today I pulled together a list of historical fiction titles that are perfect for middle grade readers. These are all great books about a variety of…
