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    #blogbookaday: Doll-E 1.0

    Summary:  “A STEM-friendly tale of a girl and the doll she upgrades to be her new friend, for fans of The Most Magnificent Thing and Rosie Revere, Engineer. Charlotte’s world is fully charged! With her dog at her side, she’s always tinkering, coding, clicking, and downloading. She’s got a knack for anything technological–especially gadgets…

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    Real Life: 10+ Nonfiction 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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    Summer Brain Quest

    Synopsis: “It’s time to get ready for school! Now, the series that keeps K–6th graders sharp, active, and curious in between grades is expanding to meet popular demand: Introducing Summer Brain Quest: Between Grades Pre-K & K, covering the summer between Preschool and Kindergarten so 4- and 5-year-olds can get ready for school—and…

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    #blogbookaday: People Don't Bite People

    Summary:  “Lisa Wheeler and Molly Idle remind overeager little biters that biting is for food. It’s good to bite a carrot. It’s good to bite a steak. It’s bad to bite your sister! She’s not a piece of cake. Cause… People don’t bite people! That’s what this book’s about. So if you find you’re tooth-inclined—…

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    #blogbookaday: Monster Trucks

    Summary:  “All monsters love the autumn air, just right to sneak and spook and scare. But other seasons of the year, they shift into a different gear. Monsters get to work—paving roads, plowing snow, hauling muck—with their monster trucks in this fun, rhyming picture book. With a gentle bedtime ending, this…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Red, White, and Blue Covers

    Capture the Flag by Kate Messner Auma’s Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Hour of  the Bees Lindsay Eagar A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore The…

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    #blogbookaday: Things To Do

    Summary:  “With playful prose and vivid art, Things to Do brings to life the small moments and secret joys of a child’s day. There are wonders everywhere. In the sky and on the ground—blooming in a flower bed, dangling from a silken thread, buzzing through the summer air—waiting …waiting to be found. In…