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12 Middle Grade Friendships for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and today I’m sharing 12 of my favorite middle grade friendships for Valentine’s Day. I love reading middle grade books as kids are figuring out who they are, where they fit in with friends and family, and managing life at school and outside their…
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Storytime Theme: Jazz
Black History Month is here! And I wanted to share a way you can celebrate this special month with some of your youngest patrons, students, or family members. Today I wanted to focus solely on one specific music style – jazz! I love taking the time to introduce young children…
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Four on Friday: Love
Today I’m sharing the love with a Four on Friday theme all about LOVE! There are probably hundreds of picture books about friendship, family, and love. Today I’m sharing just four adorable books for this Valentine’s Day that you can read with your own little one! Four on Friday: Love…
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Martin McLean, Middle School Queen
Synopsis: “Seventh-grader Martin McLean has always been surrounded by people who can express themselves. His mother is an artist, his colorful Tío Billy works in theater, and his best friends Carmen and Pickle are outgoing and don’t care what other people think. But Martin can only find the right words…
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12 YA Couples for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and today I’m sharing 12 of my favorite YA couples. This year I’m working toward reading more YA books because I love a good YA romance, but I don’t read too many of them. I usually spend so much time reading middle grade books,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My TBR I Predict Will Be 5-Star Reads
I based my Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My TBR I Predict Will Be 5-Star Reads I shared some of the new books being published this year by authors whose work I’ve read in the past and absolutely loved! I can’t wait to get my hands on these books and…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/3/2020
Last Week Although somewhat planned, I ended up reading a bunch of galleys that were published in January! I’m getting into the swing of my 2020 reading plan and have a ton of titles to read, so here’s hoping to getting to as many as I can this year! Martin…
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9 Books to Celebrate Groundhog Day
First things first, did you know that groundhogs are also called whistlepigs? That is a much cuter name and one I think we should all switch to immediately! Today is Groundhog Day and if the groundhog sees his shadow, we’ll have six more weeks of winter. Being that it’s been…
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Storytime Theme: Black History Month
Black History Month is here! And I wanted to share a way you can celebrate this special month with some of your youngest patrons, students, or family members. Trying to make a rather complicated celebration as simple as I could, I wanted to highlight more than one individual. This storytime…
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Four on Friday: Jackie Robinson
Today is Jackie Robinson’s birthday! I can’t think of a better way to usher in Black History month than celebrating Jackie Robinson’s achievements. Robinson made history by being the first African American baseball player to play in the Major Leagues. With an impressive, albeit short career in the majors, Robinson…
