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Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance
Synopsis: “A young adult anthology featuring fictional stories of everyday resistance. You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls.Or who marches to protest injustice. Perhaps you are #DisabledAndCute and dancing around your living room, alive and proud. Or perhaps you are the trans mentor that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Give Off Autumn Vibes
I’ve done a few lists with book covers of a certain color and it’s always a lot of fun. So rather than focusing just on autumn feels in the actual book, I wanted to capture the orange-ish, red feel of fall leaves on the covers. So for today’s Top Ten…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/4/19
Last Week I can’t quite believe it’s November already! Where has this year gone?!?!? I took a long weekend and went to visit my parents and brother’s family. Our family holds a Chili Party every fall and we celebrated our 25th annual party this year. Each family brings a chili,…
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6 Books to Celebrate Día de los Muertos
From October 31 – November 2, many people in Mexico celebrate Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. After Disney/Pixar’s Coco, I’m sure a lot more people are familiar with Day of the Dead celebrations. It’s a time to honor the deceased members of the family and celebrate…
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The Extinction of School Librarians
As the Chicago Public School strike comes to an end, school librarians were in the spotlight. They as just one of the many demands made by the Chicago Teachers Union. In all of the Chicago Public School system, there are only 108 school librarians. Many see librarians as non-essential staff…
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12 Halloween Picture Books
Happy Halloween! Today I’m sharing a whole bunch of treats! 12 Picture Books with Halloween in the title and a special treat, perfect for today! In the past few weeks, I’ve offered titles about monsters, ghosts, and witches, but today I wanted to focus specifically on Halloween. You’ll find a…
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9 Picture Books About Ghosts
Just in time for Halloween, I’m sharing 9 Picture Books About Ghosts today on the blog! These stories range from sweet and giggly to spooky and scary and everything in between! If you’re not sure if your little ones can take the creepiness, do a quick read through first, before…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Spooky, Scary Middle Grade Titles
I’m such a scaredy-cat! I am not a fan of scary books, but every once in a while I’ll read one just to keep up with new titles. Some of them are really well done and scare the bejeezus out of me. But, I also know that there are kids…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/28/19
Last Week Since vacation in September, I’ve found a great balance of reading in my life. I tend to need to read more the more stressed out I feel. And I’ve been quite stressed out at work lately, which means that I need to balance my reading time so that…
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6 Books to Celebrate Diwali
We have, in our community, a large population of Indian families. Many of which live permanently here in the U.S. while others come to work for a few years and then go back to India. Our library has hosted Diwali programming for a number of years now and it’s a…
