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#blogbookaday: Henny, Penny, Lenny, Denny, and Mike
Summary: “Henny, Penny, Lenny, Denny and Mike are five fish friends who love everything about life in the fish tank—except for clean-the-tank day and the snail that lives with them, who they mostly ignore. But one day, when they get an enchanting new fairy-tale castle, disaster strikes! Who can help?!” (Taken…
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Doodle Journeys: A Fill-In Journal for Everyday Explorers
Synopsis: “Travel for kids often means sitting in a plane, train, or car with an iPad on their laps—head down, headphones on, watching a movie or playing a mind-numbing game. In Doodle Journeys, an interactive guidebook, Dawn creates prompts that inspire children to pick up their head and look outside the window.…
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#blogbookaday: This Book Will Not Be Fun
Summary: “A book is no place for tomfoolery, and this mouse assures us that his book is to be no exception. Just please ignore that Word-Eating Flying Whale, and–oh, no, the lights have gone out. Wait, what is THAT?! Nothing to fear. Everything is under control… Readers will delight as this…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Short Story Anthologies
I’m not a huge short story fan, because as soon as I feel invested in the story, it’s over and I always want to know more! That being said, this list includes anthologies that I really enjoyed reading and some that are still on my TBR list! Meet Cute: Some…
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Genre Booklists for Summer 2018
I know we’re still in the middle of summer, but I’ve filled this blog with ten weeks of genre-focused booklists for toddlers to teens, hoping to give every kid something they’ll be interested in reading during this school break. There are over 500 titles in these lists and are available…
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#blogbookaday: If You Were the Moon
Summary: “What would you do if you were the moon? Do you think you would rest quietly in the night sky? Oh, no. The moon does so much more than you might imagine! It spins like a twilight ballerina, plays tug-of-war with the ocean, and lights a pathway for baby sea…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/16/18
This past week, my family went down the shore for a family reunion of sorts with almost my entire dad’s side of the family. That means at any given time there were about 15 people in a beach house! And even with two trips back and forth to work for…
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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…
