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2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards
The 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards were announced on Wednesday celebrating excellence in children’s and young adult literature. Because this award looks at titles published on a June to May basis, it includes different titles than you normally see for calendar-year awards. What I love about these titles is how…
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Middle Grade @ Heart Summer Reading Bingo
Middle Grade @ Heart is an online book club “as a resource for parents, librarians, teachers, writers, and everyone who loves the heart and hope of books for this age group.” This summer they’ve created the ultimate middle grade bingo sheet filled with amazing books! I’m so excited because although…
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Just Read!
Synopsis: “Learning to read is a big accomplishment, and this exuberant picture book celebrates reading in its many forms. In lively rhyme, it follows a diverse group of word-loving children who grab the opportunity to read wherever and whenever they can. They read while waiting and while sliding or swinging; they…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books Released In the Last Ten Years
These are (some of) my Favorite Books Released In the Last Ten Years. I can never choose one favorite title, but being able to scroll through my Goodreads account and check out everything I’ve read over the past ten years was pretty cool! Make sure you get your hands on…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/27/19
Last Week I’m so close! I have to finish just one more book for my Bookémon Badgeathon! I’ve loved this challenge as it has helped me to plan my month of reading, cross off some of my long-standing TBR list, and tried a few titles that I probably would have…
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Four on Friday: EMS Week Picture Books
It’s the 45th Annual National EMS Week! And for that reason, I wanted everyone to know about some great books about ambulances and emergency medical services as well as firefighters and police officers. These are only four of many, many titles available for kids and if you’re looking for more…
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Holy Squawkamole!
Synopsis: “This tasty take on the classic Little Red Hen story has a deliciously spicy twist! Yum, guacamole! That’s what Little Red Hen craves, and she could use some help gathering and mashing the ingredients. So she asks her friends, including an armadillo, snake, and iguana, to lend a hand. Everyone…
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Love You Head to Toe
Synopsis: “Pairing creative rhyming similes with cut-paper collage art, Love You Head to Toe is an adorable book that compares newborn babies to baby animals on every page. Bright, playful illustrations show a different baby and a different species of animal, both engaged in similar behavior: babies stretch their limbs like sea stars,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Love to Share With Anyone Who Will Listen
I own books, not for their monetary value, but because I truly enjoyed reading them and want to support the authors and illustrators that pour their heart and soul into creating them. So rather than sharing my list of “Books That I Refuse to Let Anyone Touch” I’m going to…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/20/19
Last Week I’m continuing my quest to finish 18 books this month as part of my Bookémon Badgeathon. It was a busy week with a great long weekend spending time with extended family for my cousin’s wedding! Even with the busy-ness of the weekend, I finished four more titles and…
