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#blogbookaday: Alfie
Summary: “Nia loves Alfie, her pet turtle. But he’s not very soft, he doesn’t do tricks, and he’s pretty quiet. Sometimes she forgets he’s even there! That is until the night before Nia’s seventh birthday, when Alfie disappears! Then, in an innovative switch in point of view, we hear Alfie’s side…
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#blogbookaday: Still A Family
Summary: “A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless shelter. Even worse, due to a common shelter policy, her dad must live in a men’s shelter, separated from her and her mom. Despite these circumstances, the family still finds time to be together.…
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Scary Booklist Recap
Scary Book Recap Boo to You!: 10+ Scary Titles for Ages 3-7 Sleep With the Lights ON: 15+ Scary Titles for Ages 8-12 Books to Give You Chills: 13+ Scary Titles for Ages 13 and up Real-Life Scary Stories: 10+ Scary, Nonfiction Titles
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Real-Life Scary Stories: 10+ Scary, 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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#blogbookaday: Niko Draws a Feeling
Summary: “Niko loves to draw his world: the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck, the warmth of sun on his face. But no one appreciates his art. Until one day, Niko meets Iris… This imaginative and tender story explores the creative process, abstract art, friendship, and the universal desire to feel…
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Whose Boat?
Synopsis: “This nonfiction ode to boats features six kinds of workers and their boats—a patrol boat, a tugboat, a car ferry, a lobster boat, a lifeboat, and a fireboat—with important parts properly labeled. The answer to each inquiring refrain lies under a gatefold, engaging the reader in an informative guessing…
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Books to Give You Chills: 13+ Scary Titles for Ages 13 and up
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: Bus! Stop!
Summary: “”Bus! Stop!” a boy yells, as his bus pulls away one early morning. He must wait for the next bus. But the next one does NOT look like his bus at all. And neither does the next one, or the next. At first, the boy is annoyed. Then he is…
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Amazon Kindle to Support Arabic Language Materials
“Amazon announced today that Kindle customers around the globe can now enjoy reading from a growing selection of more than 12,000 Arabic language Kindle books on Kindle devices and the free Kindle app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets and Fire Tablets. Starting today, readers will find a large digital…
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Sleep With the Lights ON: 15+ Scary Titles for Ages 8-12
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…
