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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/1/17
Happy New Year everyone! I didn’t get a chance to update on Christmas (as I was sick as a dog), so here it goes. This past (2) weeks I read: The Dog Who Came for Christmas by Sue Pethick The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby Speed…
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#MGBookathon Starts January 1
If you love middle grade books as much as I do, you have to take a look at the #MGBookathon hosted by MG Book Village. It takes only three easy steps to become a part of a “year-long celebration of Middle Grade books and reading.” Step 1: Post a tweet…
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Top 10 Most Viewed Posts in 2017
I had a great year on my blog this year with a lot more views than I was expecting and many on some older content that keeps popping up! Im hoping during the course of January, I can revisit some of these topics and create an updated booklist or make…
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Setting Reading Goals
2017 was a year of firsts for me – the first full year as a director, the first year I haven’t done programming (almost) every week of the year and the first year I have read fewer books than I have in the past five years that I’ve been tracking…
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"That's Grandpa to you!" My family's own story of Bob
Bob, Not Bob! *To Be Read As Though You Have the Worst Cold Ever by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Matthew Cordell is the adorable story of little Louie who’s tuck in bed with a horrible cold, but every time he tries to call his Mom, it comes out sounding…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Looking Forward to in 2018
My Top Ten Tuesday post is a day late due to some horrible germs that upended my parent’s house for the Christmas holiday. In the past week, almost everyone (10 people) either had a horrible cold with fever or a 24-hour stomach bug. It’s been a little crazy, so I…
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Happy Kwanzaa
I created this list last year and if you’d like to print the titles and authors, see my blog post for more information!
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Merry Christmas
If you’re looking for a few titles to share with your kids during the holiday season – check out Christmas Stories I Love to Read, 10 Read Aloud Titles for Christmas, 10 Picture Books about Santa, 16 Picture Books About Snow and 16 Picture Books About Snowmen.
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#MGBookmas Day 12: A Book With Love As a Theme
I’m going to be participating in this year’s #MGBookmas list – look for titles for the next 12 days that fit each of these fun categories! You can participate to on Instagram, Twitter or your own blog! Follow #MGBookmas for everyone’s choices.
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"Santa? I Know Him!" 10 Santa Picture Books
Little Santa by Jon Agee Santa Rex by Molly Idle Auntie Claus by Elise Primavera Santa Claus the World’s Number One Toy Expert by Marla Frazee Santa Duck by David Milgrim The Night Before Christmas retold and illustrated by Rachel Isadora How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky and S.D. Schindler Dream Snow by…