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Picture Book Month Theme: Dogs
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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Picture Book Month Theme: Monkeys
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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Toddler Storytime: Peace & Quiet
I used these same books for a parachute storytime this week as well and I have to share an adorable story. The group ranges from early 2s to 5 year olds so it can be a challenge to engage everyone, but lately I’ve only had 6-8 kids which makes for…
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Picture Book Month Theme: School
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books To Read If Your Book Club Likes Fairy Tale Retellings
I absolutely love reading fairy tale retellings or fractured fairy tales as they are sometimes called. Here’s a list of ten titles that you might just have to share with your book club. A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Enchanted by…
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Picture Book Month Theme: Bears
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/31/16
I got a lot of reading down over the past 24 hours (not so much throughout the week)… I finally finished Start With Why – not a book that was easy for me to get through, it seemed a little all over the place and wasn’t as well organized as I…
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The Nerdy Book Club
I love seeing blog posts from The Nerdy Book Club – always insightful little tidbits from school teachers and librarians about books, kids and more. Today’s post ponders the question “What are you reading?” and why such a simple question can open the doors to a full-fledged conversation with youngsters.…
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Read for the Record
Today is Read for the Record Day, a national campaign created by Jumpstart as the world’s largest shared reading experience to promote reading to preK children and to highlight how many children are not prepared for Kindergarten when they reach their first year of school. Last year 2.2 million children and…
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Toddler Storytime: All About Me
Teaching kids confidence and self-esteem starts early! Check out the books, songs, and activities below to open up a conversation about diversity, inclusion, empathy, and self-esteem for your youngest readers! Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning at no additional cost to you, I will earn a…
