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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Occupations in the Title
This was a fun list to pull together and I’ll be honest to say I started with a completely different list of books before pivoting to the list I pulled together below. Rather than choose ten different occupations, I decided to share ten books with the word “librarian” in the…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Happy
I’m beginning a new series of blog posts that will take place over the course of the next few weeks with a focus on emotional intelligence and identifying feelings. Little Kids, Big Emotions will work through different feelings, one by one with a book list that can help parents teach…
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Storytime Theme: Kwanzaa
There are definitely some holidays that are easier to find resources for than others. Kwanzaa was a trickier holiday as there weren’t as many newly published books to share and because I’m not as familiar with the holiday, it was harder for me to vet the additional resources for the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: How I Spend My Time When I’m Not Blogging
While I spend a good deal of time on my blog, it’s only a small part of who I am. So for today’s “Non-bookish freebie” I decided to share a little bit about who I am outside of this blog! How else do you spend your time? How I Spend…
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Storytime Theme: Christmas
We’re moving through these holidays! Next up, Christmas! I really tried to share some newer titles for this book list. There are so many Christmas books out there and while I’ll always have my tried and true favorites, I wanted to share some new titles with you that you might…
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Nonfiction Poetry for Kids
Nonfiction and poetry probably aren’t the two words that you would put together for a book list, but you might be surprised by the number of nonfiction poetry collections that exist! And honestly, it’s a really fun way to share facts in a format that is both surprising and accessible…
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Storytime Theme: Hanukkah
The next holiday up in my continuing series of storytime themes is Hanukkah! I tried really hard to find some newer titles to share for this storytime because there are some amazing classic books out there, but its not always easy to find something new to try. And I also…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count
This theme could also be labeled, “Books that would make great doorstops” because these titles are quite hefty! Almost all of the books I’ve selected are over 1,000 pages and are chunky. And I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve only actually read one of the books on this list…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Solstice
While the winter solstice is still quite a few months away, I know what’s its like to try and plan programming in advance! Today’s storytime theme: winter solstice celebrates the shortest day of the year with really great picture books that make wonderful read alouds, some fun winter-themed songs and…
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Read Alouds for Fifth Graders
I believe that one of the biggest disservices to children when it comes to literacy is that many caregivers stop reading aloud once a child has learned to read. Reading aloud is extremely beneficial to children of all ages and should continue long after they are reading independently. My niece…
