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4 Picture Books About Cooking
I love to cook! I’m constantly looking for new recipes to try and meals to make. And I think a lot of it stems from my childhood – my parents encouraged (and required) all of us to pitch in with chores around the house and especially in the kitchen. With…
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Sun Storytime
Here’s the last storytime for my outer space theme – the sun! It’s been fun combining fiction and nonfiction books for the past few weeks to create a great list of outer space titles that are perfect for reading aloud to young kids or as options for older children to…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Encyclopedias
Is there a kid in your life who won’t necessarily sit down and read a novel? But, if you hand them the Guinness Book of World Records you won’t see them for a couple of hours? My Summer of Nonfiction: Encyclopedias list are nonfiction titles are for that kid –…
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Girl of the Southern Sea
Synopsis: “From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs money her family doesn’t have; everything her father earns…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books with Orange Covers
This is a Freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday, which means I get to pick my own topic. And the pressure to come up with really great titles to highlight. I didn’t come up with too many bright ideas while I was brainstorming. But I did remember when I had…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/29/19
Last Week I love when a weekend has a good balance between getting stuff done (cleaning, laundry, chores, etc.) and spending time with friends and having fun! This past weekend was a little bit of everything, but I will say it helps that I took Friday off of work to…
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9 Books to Celebrate National Milk Chocolate Day
I love starting my day not knowing exactly where it’s going! I wanted to make sure to post today but didn’t have too much of an idea of what to write about. So after perusing the Internet for a bit, I came across today’s holidays and it’s National Milk Chocolate…
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9 Picture Books About Gardens
It’s Saturday in late July which means I’ll be spending much of my day working on my garden beds. I have a flower garden in front of my house (that is currently being taken over by weeds) and a vegetable garden that runs along the side of my house filled…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Young Adult
In my Summer of Nonfiction: Young Adult list, I tried to include a diverse list of titles including personal memoirs, major historical events, and a few titles about events or people you might not even be aware of! As with my middle grade nonfiction list, there could be a number…
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Aliens from Outer Space Storytime
Today’s storytime theme focuses on the fantastical aspects of outer space – Aliens! It’s perfect for this year’s Summer Reading theme – A Universe of Stories or could be used as part of a theme around other fun creatures like unicorns and monsters, maybe for a Halloween theme! If you…
