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    #blogbookaday: Flashlight Night

    Summary:  “Flashlight Night is an ode to the power of imagination and the wonder of books. Three children use a flashlight to light a path around their backyard at night; in the flashlight’s beam another world looms. Our heroes encounter spooky woods, a fearsome tiger, a time-forgotten tomb, an Egyptian god, a…

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    #blogbookaday: Sleep Train

    Summary:  “A little boy climbs into bed with a book and starts counting the train cars in it, between the engine and caboose. “Ten sleepy cars going clickety-clack,” reads the refrain. But as the boy counts cars and gets sleepier and sleepier, his room looks more and more like one of…

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    #blogbookaday: Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur

    Summary:  “From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend! Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is…

  • Lists

    Fairy Tale Booklist Recap

    Fairy Tale Book Recap  Fractured Fairy Tales: 10+ Fairy Tales for Ages 3-7 Fairy Tale Retellings: 15+ Fairy Tale Titles for Ages 8-12 Once Upon a Time: 13+ Fairy Tale Titles for Ages 13 and up Fairy Tale Classics: 10+ Original Titles

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    Fairy Tale Classics: 10+ Original Titles

    Summer is here! And that means loads of time for kids to experience books in all their glory. This is also a great time to encourage kids to read the books they choose (without having to worry about school assignments) and to try out new genres that they might be…

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    #blogbookaday: A House That Once Was

    Summary:  “Deep in the woods is a house just a house that once was but now isn’t a home. Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why did they leave it, and where did they go? Two children set off to find the answers, piecing together clues found,…

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    How To Code a Sandcastle

    Synopsis: “From the computer science nonprofit Girls Who Code comes this lively and funny story introducing kids to computer coding concepts. Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, need to build a sandcastle before summer vacation is over, and they’re going to do it using code. Pearl breaks the big…

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    #blogbookaday: Harriet Gets Carried Away

    Summary:  “Harriet loves costumes. She wears them to the dentist, to the supermarket, and most importantly, to her super-special dress-up birthday party. Her dads have decorated everything for the party and Harriet has her most favorite costume all picked out for the big day. There’s just one thing missing—party hats! But when Harriet…

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    The Kid's Awesome Activity Book

    Synopsis: “Pure interactive fun between two covers! A book that begs to be doodled in with 96 wacky prompts, games, and crafts, and adorable creatures to boot, The Kid’s Awesome Activity Book is packed with activities that take delightful twists and turns, inviting kids to design, draw, and dream—and encouraging creativity on…