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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Series I Want to Read
Today’s theme: Favorite Book in a Series was just too overwhelming for me to consider! I’m also extremely horrible at finishing series. One of two things happens – I either get super frustrated by one of the books in a series because it just doesn’t feel as strong as the…
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Storytime Theme: Letter E
We’re moving right on through the alphabet with the letter E today. With books about animals, senses, construction vehicles, and more, this is a fun storytime lesson plan for toddlers and preschoolers. What I love is that you can really expand this lesson plan to spread out across a week…
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Audiobooks for Middle Grade Readers
There are some wonderful benefits to listening to books being read aloud to us. I mean, let’s be honest, oral storytelling was a tool used for hundreds of years to share stories across generations. Check out this graphic to see all the amazing benefits that exist when stories are read…
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Storytime Theme: Animals Down Under
G’day! Today I’m sharing a storytime theme that will take me all the way around the globe to a place on my travel bucket list – Australia! With how popular Bluey is on TV, I thought it would be fun to create an animal-themed Australian storytime. These books include the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: I Wish More MG Books Were Set Outside the U. S.
While today’s general theme was “Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here] In Them”, I went in a little bit of a different route because I love learning about different places and cultures and I’d love to see more middle grade books set in places outside the United…
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Storytime Theme: Letter “D”
Today is all about the letter “D”! There are some absolutely adorable picture books for all things letter “D”. Think dogs, doughnuts, ducks, doctors, drums, dragons, and so much more. This is also a perfect time to introduce both upper case and lower case letters and it’s definitely okay if…
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August Read Alouds
It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…
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Storytime Theme: Bones
This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost. Please read the full disclosure for more information. Storytime Theme: Bones Books Songs & Rhymes Crafts & Activities
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Top Ten Tuesday: Debut Novels I Want to Read
Here’s a great list of debut novels for 2024 that are on my TBR and I’m hoping to read at least one of them this weekend! You’ll find young adult and middle grade titles on this list and I love supporting debut authors because the publishing world is a hard…
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Storytime Theme: Letter “C”
Today is all about the letter “C”! And while there are a few different pronunciations (think hard c-, soft c-, and ch- sounds too), it was incredibly easy to find all sorts of topics to read about from food to animals, vehicles to weather! There was a little bit of…
