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Read These 24 Must Have Books for 1 Year Olds
I had a friend just ask me for titles for a 2-year old’s birthday and realized that although I made some great titles for really young babies (my starter list for babies from 0-6 months and my next list for babies 7-12 months) I had forgotten about toddler board books.…
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Princess Readalikes: Jasmine’s Independence
Jasmine is an independent princess, willing to take chances, and doesn’t want her father, the sultan, to make decisions for her. She wants to learn about the community outside the palace walls, she’s not afraid to fly on a magic carpet and does her best to fight against Jafar as…
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Three on a Theme: Unicorns
Unicorns are hot right now – rainbows, glitter, cupcakes! The whole nine yards! I could have created a much longer list of unicorn picture books, but instead went with some storylines that are little unexpected in the uni-verse (get it?) Have fun checking out these not-your-typical unicorn books! There are…
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Princess Readalikes: Belle’s Intelligence
Belle is my favorite princess, I mean she’s a voracious reader, so how can she not be? Besides being an avid reader, she’s also an assistant inventor (helping her dad), curious and unapologetically herself in a small town that doesn’t understand her. The characters in the following books are bright,…
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What’s New? Literacious Updates and Changes
I started this blog eight years ago with, I think, my first post at the very tail-end of 2010. Since then I’ve gained (many) more followers, found my voice and better figured out where I see this blog going in the future. I hope by now, you’ll see it’s been…
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Princess Readalikes: Ariel’s Curiosity
For Ariel’s princess trait, I chose curiosity – Ariel is curious to a fault when it comes to human’s and their inventions. The characters in these stories are inventors, scientists, explorers and detectives as they search for answers, just like Ariel.
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Princess Readalikes: Sleeping Beauty’s Loyalty
Sleeping Beauty was one of the hardest princesses for me to figure out just one trait that defined her as a character, but in the end, I chose loyalty. Aurora is extremely loyal to her fairy aunts who raise her far away from her castle in order to keep her…
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Princess Readalikes: Cinderella’s Hopefulness
The characters in these titles show their own strength and hopefulness, just like Cinderella. Cinderella’s stand out trait has to be her hopefulness. She has a fairly terrible childhood, as she becomes an orphan and a servant to her own stepmother and stepsisters, but through it all, continues to hope…
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Princess Readalikes: Snow White’s Compassion for Animals
Snow White’s compassion for animals is probably one of her stand out traits. If you don’t believe me, just watch the movie again and you’ll see her singing with forest animals gathered around. The characters in these titles love animals as much as Snow White does.
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Project LIT Community
There are so many children and young adult literature champions in our world and I’ve got to spend a few minutes here to share another one that, although I’ve heard a lot about, never got a chance to really understand his project until now – Jarred Amato. Jared Amato is…