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#blogbookaday: The Perfect Pillow
Summary: “In his strange new room on his big new bed, Brody tosses and turns, holding his stuffed dragon named Horst. His parents can’t help him fall asleep, so he has no choice to go out and search for a better bed. Is it a squirrel’s nest? A cloud? A rowboat…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge
This is my third year participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge and I’m so happy I am finally writing this post – just under the wire as the AtoZ Challenge begins April 1st. Take a look at my first year’s theme – Storytime Plans from A to…
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#blogbookaday: The Rabbit Listened
Summary: “With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustrations, The Rabbit Listened is a tender meditation on loss. When something terrible happens, Taylor doesn’t know where to turn. All the animals are sure they have the answer. The chicken wants to talk it out, but Taylor doesn’t feel like chatting. The bear…
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Middle Grade ARCs I Picked Up At PLA
I talked yesterday about the awesome experience I had at PLA this past weekend. What I didn’t get to finish talking about is that I picked up so many great ARCs that I’m having a hard time deciding what to start reading first. If you’re unfamiliar with a large library…
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#blogbookaday: Pen Pals
Summary: “An octopus and an ant are paired up to write letters for a school project in this charming picture book in the tradition of Dear Mr. Blueberry. For an entire school year, Oscar the ant and Bill the octopus send letters to each other as part of a school project. Oscar…
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PLA Recap
It was an interesting PLA to say the least. It started with Philadelphia’s fourth nor’ easter in three weeks on Wednesday, which led to me watching the opening session with Sally Yates online from home as the library was closed and we ended up with at least eight inches of…
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#blogbookaday: World Pizza
Summary: “When Momma spots a wishing star, she starts to ask for world peace—but a sneeze changes “peace” into “peace-AH-AH-AH–choo!” World PIZZA! Suddenly, yummy pies of every kind come drifting down from the sky. That’s not exactly what Momma hoped for . . . or is it? With humor, warmth, and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Take Place In Another Country
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar Auma’s Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon Caminar by Skila Brown Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Shane W. Evans Serafina’s Promise by Ann E. Burg Top…
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#blogbookaday: Go Big or Go Gnome
Summary: “Laugh your whiskers off with Albert the Gnome in this charming and funny picture book about friendship, self-acceptance — and beards! A beard is the biggest point of pride for a Gnome, but poor Al can’t sprout a single whisker. Each year, Al feels left out of the Beards International…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/25/18
It was definitely a strange week – I was at work Monday & Tuesday, we had a snow day on Wednesday, I was at the PLA conference Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and we had a friend’s wedding Friday night. Plus, with friends in town this weekend, we had dinner plans…
