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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Depression
According to the World Health Organization 300 million people around the world suffer from depression. That means that many kids and teens either know a family member with depression or are suffering from depression themselves. As usual everyone has a different experience with depression, often paired with other mental illness,…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Dyslexia
Books about dyslexia are kind of ironic, really. Kids who have difficulty reading may or may not be reading books that show characters that struggle like they do. Thankfully, with the advent of eReaders, reading is much easier with the option of a dyslexic font that makes reading easier. These…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Caribbean Characters
During the month we’ll be virtually traveling around the globe to celebrate characters from far off places. Today we’re visiting the beautiful island nations of the Caribbean. As with any list, I’ll never be able to share titles from every country or share every individual’s experience. But, I hope you…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Civil Rights
The letter of the day is “C”. I decided to take a quick look into Civil Rights. And before you say anything, I know you can’t really take a quick look at the Civil Rights Movement. And, people fight for civil rights throughout time and around the world. I chose…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Black Characters
The Letter “B”! I’m only highlighting a few titles because I’ve created a number of other lists with a focus on Black protagonists for different age groups as well as a number of nonfiction titles for both middle grade and young adult readers. I’ll share links to those lists below!…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Biracial Characters
Today I’m going to focus on providing a list of books with biracial characters. I tried very hard to find books that shared a variety of different experiences and from different cultural backgrounds. It’s not always easy- especially if you’re looking for a character who isn’t half white. Most characters…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book
Historical Fiction – I have always loved a good historical fiction book. Fairy Tale Retellings – I’m always curious to see how similar and different a new fairy tale retelling will be. Pretty Cover – I’m a sucker for a pretty cover – usually some sort of swirl of color…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Anxiety
It’s the first official day of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge and I’ve got a few areas of diversity I want to focus on. Anxiety affects everyone differently and also can manifest with other mental illnesses, stress, or other factors. This means everyone’s story with anxiety is different,…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Adoption
It’s the first official day of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge and I’ve got a few other areas of diversity I want to focus on. Here’s a quick peek at just a few books with an adoption theme. The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/1/19
Last Week With family visiting this weekend, I had no time to read as I spent most of the week cleaning the house, grocery shopping and trying to get to a good place at work so I could relax for the weekend! I haven’t gotten to read any more of…
