-
What’s New? Literacious Updates and Changes
I started this blog eight years ago with, I think, my first post at the very tail-end of 2010. Since then I’ve gained (many) more followers, found my voice and better figured out where I see this blog going in the future. I hope by now, you’ll see it’s been…
-
#blogbookaday: Little Pig Saves the Ship
Summary: “Little Pig is too small to go to sailing camp with his brothers and sisters, so his grandfather makes him a model ship, and together they sail it on the stream–until it gets carried away by the current, and Little Pig has to rescue the ship before it is wrecked.”…
-
Princess Readalikes: Ariel’s Curiosity
For Ariel’s princess trait, I chose curiosity – Ariel is curious to a fault when it comes to human’s and their inventions. The characters in these stories are inventors, scientists, explorers and detectives as they search for answers, just like Ariel.
-
#blogbookaday: I’m a Duck
Summary: “Sometimes it takes a lot to get your webbed feet wet! An adorable picture book makes a splash with a satisfying story about conquering your fears. I cannot swim, and that is bad. A landlocked duck is very sad. One day, an egg rolled out of a nest and right…
-
Sharing My Thoughts on Lifelines
This has been a big week, my blog is now being self-hosted with the most amazing little octopus as a mascot (check out why I chose an octopus) and I was interviewed by Ann Braden, author and one half of the amazing team (Saadia Faruqi) that makes up Lifelines: Books That…
-
Quotable Kidlit – Natalie Lloyd
-
Why an Octopus with an Ice Cream Cone?
How much do you love my new logo design? Isn’t that little octopus with an ice cream cone and books just absolutely adorable? I bet you’re wondering why I’d choose an octopus holding an ice cream cone and books as my logo and that’s what I’m here to tell you!…
-
#blogbookaday: Who Was That?
Summary: “Each page asks the reader to remember a detail about the characters featured on the page before. This book requires the sharpest readers’ keen attention!” (Taken from Goodreads) Review: Each page flip asks the readers to remember a small detail from the page before and it’s often misleading which led me…
-
Top Ten Tuesday: Books By My Favorite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read
The Lighthouse Between the Worlds by Melanie Crowder 24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling Lu by Jason Reynolds Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly Bat and the Waiting Game by Elana K. Arnold The Bigfoot Files by Lindsay Eagar Lions and Liars by Kate Beasley The Third Mushroom by…
-
Quotable Kid Lit – Kate DiCamillo
