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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Mystery
Another genre that I enjoy reading, today’s book list is full of middle grade and young adult mysteries. With books taking place around the world and across time, readers are sure to find a book that speaks to them. I especially like mysteries that have a really great puzzle aspect…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Legends
Some of my favorite tales are those that feel traditional in some respects, but are in other ways. I love fractured fairy tales and stories that read like the legends I grew up with but are steeped in the history and storytelling of places that I am most unfamiliar with.…
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Director’s Thoughts – 4/12/2024
It’s National Library Week! And what I’ve realized is that there are so many people who don’t realize just how easy it is to get a library card. So, today’s PSA as a public library director is to teach you how easy it is to get a library card and…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Kooky
This list of books was one of the most fun to pull together this month! It’s full of “kooky” titles a term I use with the utmost respect. I love to read books that are so far out there, I wonder, “How did the author ever come up with this?”…
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15 Diverse Easy Readers
Today I’m sharing easy readers. This is a group of books that I don’t often share about but is so vitally important to creating strong readers. Easy readers are geared toward kids from ages 4-7 (with wiggle room as usual) who are beginning to learn how to read. These books…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Journey
Taking a journey is one of the specific parts of adventure stories whether it be geographical or personal. I talked about this a little more in the historical fiction post earlier this week. And the idea that while we like adventure stories to be action-packed and page-turning, but sometimes they…
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Storytime Theme: Watermelons
Another storytime lesson plan that was a little trickier than I originally thought it would be! I still think it makes for a perfect summer theme, it just might be a little difficult to find the books on the list below. Many of them are out of print, but if…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Imaginative
Imagination is a gift once must have when writing and these authors are full of it. With stories of games, zombies, spies, history brought to life, and an overnight in Ikea, the imagination knows no bounds! I enjoy creating lists such as this one when you pull together books that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Springtime Seeds
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read the full disclosure for more information. Springtime Seeds From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons With simple language and bright illustrations, non-fiction master Gail Gibbons introduces…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Historical Fiction
Historical fiction has always been one of my favorite genres. I love learning and with historical fiction the storytelling aspect makes me enjoy it all the more. I often find myself diving into further research about a time period after having read a book set during it. I’ve been really…
