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Connect with Literacious
With a beautiful new format to my blog, I want to make sure readers know how to connect with Literacious, because there are a lot of ways to do so! I’ve met some amazing people in my personal learning network that I would never have known if not for my…
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#blogbookaday: The Day You Begin
Summary: “National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone. There will be times when you walk into a room and no one…
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Princess Readalikes: Belle’s Intelligence
Belle is my favorite princess, I mean she’s a voracious reader, so how can she not be? Besides being an avid reader, she’s also an assistant inventor (helping her dad), curious and unapologetically herself in a small town that doesn’t understand her. The characters in the following books are bright,…
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#blogbookaday: The Secrets of Ninja School
Summary: “Ruby sets out to learn her own secret skill at Master Willow’s School for Ninjas in this charming picture book that celebrates confidence, creativity, and kindness. Includes a craft for making a felt stuffed dragon! Master Willow’s Ninja School is a place where junior ninja saplings must learn many important…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’d Like to Meet
I’ve been blessed to meet a number of authors and illustrators in my career at conferences, book festivals and expos. But a few who I would love to meet (and haven’t yet) include the authors below. I chose my list based on the titles they’ve published (which I’ve loved), interviews…
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#blogbookaday: This Is the Nest That Robin Built
Summary: “A robin’s animal friends help build her nest in this cumulative collage picture book. Robin is building a nest, and her friends are ready to help! The squirrel trims the twigs. The dog brings the string. The horse shares his straw. And then a surprise gatefold spread reveals how Robin…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/1/18
What happened to September? I swear it was just Labor Day weekend and now we’re looking at October already! AHHHHHHHH!!!!! I did get the chance to read Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough and it was perfectly fitting to read the week of the Kavanaugh hearing. The story is historical fiction…
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#blogbookaday: Old Hat
Summary: “Harbet likes his comfy knitted hat, but the others keep jeering at him – OLD HAT! OLD HAT! No matter what headwear he buys – be it a towering fruit platter hat, an old-boot-on-the-head hat or a brightly lit traffic cone hat, Harbet cannot keep up with the latest fashions.…
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#blogbookaday: The King of Space
Summary: “Rex may seem to be your average mini galactic citizen, working on his parents’ moog farm and going to school, but he’s plotting to become… THE KING OF SPACE! With aliens, warbots, dung-blasters, and more, Johnny Duddle takes us on an unforgettable intergalactic adventure.” (Taken from Goodreads) Review: Rex has…
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#blogbookaday: Cat Wishes
Summary: “In this playfully subversive fairytale, perfect for fans of Jon Klassen, the ever-skeptical Cat learns that wishes can come true—just not always in the ways we expect. At turns sly and sweet, this clever story about friendship will leave no doubt that true magic lies in our connections with others,…
