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Storytime Theme: Weather
I love a storytime theme that can be used during any time of year, anywhere around the world. Weather is always happening every where around us. You’ll find dozens of books about rain and lots of books about snow, but finding books about sunshine and/or wind are not as easy…
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Malcolm Gladwell on Research
Wired does a series of videos on YouTube where they invite an expert in a field to answer Twitter questions about that topic. Recently, Malcolm Gladwell was on answering questions about research. I find these interviews fascinating, partially for the questions they choose and I always learn a little something.…
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12 Middle Grade Baking Books
I know I’m not the only fan of The Great British Baking Show, and with a new season dropping on Netflix, I was inspired to create this middle grade book list that features all kinds of baking! Although, there are an awful lot of cupcake-themed books. It’s also getting cooler…
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Picture Book Neighborhoods: The Process
During the month of September, I’m going to share the ins and outs of how and why we reorganized our picture book collection in my library from typical author’s names to picture book neighborhoods. Previously, I shared what picture book neighborhoods are, and why we chose to reorganize thousands of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Fall 2022 To-Read List
There are so many great books that I want to read! I need more time in my day to read all the books on my TBR. For this week’s list, I did things a little differently and broke it up into two groups. The first group of books have all…
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Storytime Theme: Woodland Creatures
Storytime Theme: Woodland Creatures was such a cute storytime to pull together! And what I love is that it can go in so many different directions! You could focus on one type of animal or one specific type of habitat, or something else entirely. As always, I’ve included some nonfiction…
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Family Book Club: Spooky Titles
For my second-ever Family Book Club (check out my first one), I’m sharing some spooky titles for the fall season. Now, I’ll be the first to admit, that I am the biggest scaredy-cat out there! I don’t like haunted houses, I don’t like scary movies, and even scary middle grade…
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15 Book & Movie Pairs for Families
As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler, you might be looking for a way to spend some quality family time together. How about sharing a book and movie pairing? How about 15 book & movie pairs for families? This is a perfect way to connect with your…
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Picture Book Neighborhoods: Define Neighborhoods
During the month of September, I’m going to share the ins and outs of how and why we reorganized our picture book collection in my library from typical author’s names to picture book neighborhoods. Last week, I shared what picture book neighborhoods are, and why we chose to reorganize thousands…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Geographical Terms in the Title
One of the things I like most about creating Top Ten Tuesday lists is looking at books in a different way. This was a really fun list to pull together. And honestly, I wasn’t quite sure how to find books with geographical terms in the title. But, I ended up…
