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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/18/19
Last Week It was another busy week for me and my reading life has suffered! I finished Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia by Mac Favreau and really enjoyed this close-up look of the Cold War and the depth of spying both in the U.S. and abroad during…
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6 Picture Books to Celebrate National Button Day
Today is National Button Day! First founded in 1938 by the National Button Society to bring people together who liked to collect buttons as an organized hobby. I couldn’t help but add a few tongue-in-cheek titles to this fun list of button books! Buttons are a great way to play…
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Four on Friday: Exploration
Even though winter is coming, outdoor play and exploration doesn’t have to end. My parents always took us to the zoo when it got cold (fewer people and more active animals). We went hiking on Christmas Eve a time or two. Shoveling, snowball fights, and sledding were all part of…
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Menu Planning & Food Prep
I’m sure I’ve mentioned that I love to cook. When I chat with coworkers or my mom, they’re always fascinated about the recipes I’m using, like these Roasted Cauliflower Enchiladas. So today I thought I’d talk about menu planning & food prep. My mom was just asking me yesterday about…
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Wear a Cardigan and Spread Kindness
November 13th is World Kindness Day, an international observance created in 1998. Each year, it is celebrated to “highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness which binds us.” (Wikipedia) This year, WQED, Pittsburgh’s public broadcasting network and home to the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Bookmarks
I receive bookmarks as gifts quite often from family and friends. The problem? I’m so worried about losing them, I hate to use them. Instead, my bookmarks are often whatever is lying around – a receipt, my holds slip, a clean tissue. That way whenever they get crushed, lost, mangled,…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/11/19
Last Week It was one of those weeks where I felt like I spent more time at work then I did at home. I worked four-late nights, plus I had to stop in a few times this weekend because of an HVAC issue. It’s been about 80 degrees in the…
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9 Picture Books for When You Have the Sniffles
Both my partner and I have a cold this week. Headaches, stuffy noses, sneezing, the whole shebang! So, what better thing to post then a list of 9 Picture Books for When You Have the Sniffles. Hopefully, you are sick-free, but these are great stories to share when the kids…
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Four on Friday: Not-Your-Typical Princesses
Cinderella was on my mind because our Library’s 11th Annual Enchanted Library is being held this evening. I’ve talked about it in the past – we usually see over 300 people for this event, so I’m excited! That being said, I was trying to think of a topic this morning…
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Read for the Record 2019
Today is Jumpstart’s Read for the Record 2019! It’s an initiative created to “raise awareness about the critical importance of early literacy” where millions of adults and children all read the same title. This year’s title is Thank You, Omu! by author-illustrator Oge Mora. About the Book “In this remarkable author-illustrator…
