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Polar Bear Island
Summary: “When Kirby, a fun-loving penguin, arrives on Polar Bear Island, she shakes things up—much to the dismay of Parker, the mayor. Will Parker learn to see how great it is to make new friends? Or will he chase Kirby away . . . forever? ‘Welcome to Polar Bear Island.…
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#blogbookaday: Stumpkin
Summary: “From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion comes a unique Halloween story about a stemless pumpkin who dreams of becoming a jack-o-lantern. Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. He’s as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has no…
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My Bed Is an Air Balloon
Summary: “When night falls my bed is an air balloon.I sail through the slipsiverse, close by the moon.I float above treetops where fluttertufts are sleepingAnd flowering hills where the whifflepigs go creeping;Ponds strung with starlight that glitter like glass,A floog with her velvet nose bent to the grass. Such treasures I…
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#blogbookaday: Kitten and the Night Watchman
Summary: “The night watchman hugs his wife and kids and drives to work. All night he is alone. Every hour he makes his rounds. Meeeoooow. When he is joined by a stray kitten, the night suddenly seems different. Has the kitten found a new home? Kitten and the Night Watchman is inspired by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope I Find Under My Christmas Tree This Morning
Dear Girl by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel by Mariah Marsden Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart Top…
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#blogbookaday: Thank You, Omu!
Summary: “Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu’s delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left…
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#blogbookaday: The Dreamer
Summary: “Once, there was a pig who admired birds. But he could never join them. Or could he? Thus begins the journey of a pig with big dreams, and the perseverance to make them come true. He develops flight plans, builds experimental contraptions, and has far-flung adventures, but at the…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/24/18
Last Week Although it’s been a busy week before Christmas, I was able to finish a couple of titles – The Simple Art of Flying by Cory Leonardo and It Wasn’t Me by Dana Alison Levy. The Simple Art of Flying was a great story written from three different perspectives – A young…
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#blogbookaday: Aquarium
Summary: “A girl ventures to the water’s edge, dreaming of a new friend. And, just like that, a beguiling red fish leaps into her life. But is friendship a sea these two can navigate together? From debut Argentinian author-illustrator Cynthia Alonso comes a wordless picture book about the timeless beauty…
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#blogbookaday: Business Pig
Summary: “Right from the start, everyone at the barnyard could tell Jasper wasn’t like his siblings: “I believe what we have here is a gen-u-WINE Business Pig!” No wallowing in the mud or rooting for grubs for Jasper; he’d rather help with the bookkeeping or conduct a meeting. Though everyone…
