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12 Middle Grade Novels with a Winter Setting
While it’s blustery and cold outside, you’ve got to check out these 12 middle grade novels with a winter setting. I love creating book lists that can span genres and that’s exactly what this one does. This middle grade book list includes fantasy, adventure, realistic fiction, and science fiction. It’s…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings This Year
As a lover of books, I don’t often add many to my personal collection. That’s not to say there aren’t books in practically every room of my house! But, I often borrow books from the library than buy them myself. That being said, these are ten books that I either…
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Storytime Theme: Mindfulness
Mindfulness has been on my mind a lot lately. As the days get shorter and the darkness lasts longer, many people struggle with their mental health. And not only that, the holidays, for some, are the most difficult times of the year. I know a number of people who use…
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15 Winter Wonderland Board Books
Today I’m sharing a list of board books, 15 Winter Wonderland Board Books, in fact! Not something I do very often, and yet board books are so important for the tiniest of readers! At our library, board books are one the highest circulating collections. Most likely, because they don’t take…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Winter 2022-2023 To-Read List
These lists always make me feel like a failure! Inevitably, I find these great titles that I can’t wait to read and then I end up not reading most of them Whether I can’t get access to them easily or I forget about them. I’ll see these lists later in…
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Storytime Theme: Counting
Do you ever wonder how you’ve never posted a theme that’s so simple? I have no idea how I missed a storytime theme: counting! There are honestly, probably hundreds of counting books available. I’ve pulled just a few of my favorites that I think would be fun. I’ve also included…
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15 Lyrical & Poetic Picture Books
I love read aloud picture books! A great picture book that can be read aloud is very close to perfection. And, honestly, some of the best picture books are lyrical and poetic and absolutely beautiful to read aloud. These 15 lyrical & poetic picture books are also a great way…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Read Aloud Christmas Chapter Books
It’s a Freebie day for Top Ten Tuesday and normally that would make me panic to find the “just right” topic for the week. But, this week, I was so excited! I pulled together some of my favorite chapter books and middle grade novels based around Christmas. Normally, I’m very…
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Storytime Theme: Penguins
What’s black and white and read all over? This adorable penguin storytime! Get it… it’s a book pun! What I love about storytime lesson plans is that you can cherry-pick the parts that you need. You don’t have to use all of it – take the parts that work for…
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15 Middle Grade Novels about Robots & Coding
STEM and coding have been buzzwords for so long now, I don’t think they can be considered buzzwords anymore. Kids are learning how to code in early elementary school as the world moves further into a digital space. If anything, COVID taught us that a lot more can happen online…
