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Books & Cooks Letter B: Basil
This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter B and delicious Basil! Spice: Basil There’s something about…
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36 East Asian Young Adult Authors
Introduction I wanted to do something after hearing about East Asian and Asian American people being harassed because of the coronavirus. I think it’s ridiculous that people are using a global pandemic as an excuse to be racist. So I’m choosing to spend the next week being an ally of…
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40 East Asian Middle Grade Authors
Introduction I wanted to do something after hearing about East Asian and Asian American people being harassed because of the coronavirus. I think it’s ridiculous that people are using a global pandemic as an excuse to be racist. So I’m choosing to spend the next week being an ally of…
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Books & Cooks Letter A: Adobo
Today’s April 1st! And I’m rolling from one blogging challenge right into another one. This month I’m participating in my fifth annual Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Take a look at my previous years’ posts – 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019! This year I’m going to be combining two of my…
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Slice of Life Day 31: So Much More Difficult
This year’s Slice of Life Challenge took me a lot more effort than last year’s challenge. I think partly because I shared a lot of great stories last year, but also because of everything that’s going on this year. What with working from home, managing staff in turbulent times, the…
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16 East Asian Picture Book Illustrators
Introduction I wanted to do something after hearing about East Asian and Asian American people being harassed because of the coronavirus. I think it’s ridiculous that people are using a global pandemic as an excuse to be racist. So I’m choosing to spend the next week being an ally of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Signs You’re a Book Lover
Today’s theme is interesting because it doesn’t focus on sharing titles, rather sharing ideas about what it means to be a bibliophile. I think this can be different for everyone, but for me, it looks a little like this: Keeping books on my bookshelf that I might read someday. Let’s…
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Slice of Life Day 30: Kitchen Thoughts
Every Sunday, I plan my meals for the week. Over the past few weeks, as we have been sequestered to our home, I have found calm in my kitchen. I know that adding ingredients together (usually) makes for great food. You’ll find me most evenings cooking dinner in the kitchen.…
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20 East Asian Picture Book Authors
I wanted to do something after hearing about East Asian and Asian American people being harassed because of the coronavirus. I think it’s ridiculous that people are using a global pandemic as an excuse to be racist. So I’m choosing to spend the next week being an ally of East…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/30/2020
Last Week I did it! I read more than 0.5 of a book! On Monday our Governor put our county under a stay at home order which, honestly was the best thing to happen. Once I got everything figured out staff-wise and technology-wise, I was a lot calmer this week.…
