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    Celebrate World Chocolate Day

    What better day is there? It’s World Chocolate Day! I love chocolate everything – hot chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, cake, cookies, etc.! Today, I’m sharing six children’s books about chocolate, but I’m also sharing a small business that is all about chocolate. My sister-in-law is the third-generation working in…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/5/2021

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    What I Read Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake was amazing! You can check out my review from earlier this week. I also finished up A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey. This was a fun YA book that I…

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    Four on Friday: Tails & Tales

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    This summer’s theme for many public libraries’ summer reading programs is Tails & Tales from the Collaborative Summer Library Program. Hence, my inspiration for today’s post – four titles all about tails! These are really interactive titles that work for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary school age – it just depends…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/28/2021

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    What I Read I honestly can’t remember what I’ve read this week! It was so busy with the start of Summer Reading at work and my parents visiting this weekend that I didn’t have a lot of time for reading. I’m about halfway through Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue…

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    9 More Middle Grade Novels in Verse

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    What I love most about novels in verse is the power that words have. In fact, this is an update to a previous middle grade novels in verse book list I created back in 2019. With such few words on the page, authors must choose every word even more carefully.…

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    16 Chapter Books for 1st – 3rd Graders

    With our Summer Reading Program at work nearing the end of it’s first week, it’s been great to see families in the library again! And I’m reminded of how difficult it can be to find books for early elementary school kids. I find that this age group more than any…

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    National Typewriter Day

    As I searched for a topic to write for today, I was excited to see that there is a National Typewriter Day! It would be a safe bet to say that there are many people who have never used a typewriter before. But the library where I work, has no…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/21/2021

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    What I Read Summer Reading officially starts today at my library! Which means it’s probably really great that I’ve read 4 out of 5 of our book discussion titles for our middle schoolers this summer. I can officially check off my list: Jedi Academy by Jarrett Krosoczka Flora and Ulysses…

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    Four on Friday: Father’s Day

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    Father’s Day is right around the corner! And today I’m sharing just four adorable books for the special dads in your family! These four titles barely scratch the surface of the number of great books out there, but they’re all so sweet, I just had to share them! My dad…

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    12 Titles to Celebrate a Wedding

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    My sister’s wedding day was on Saturday! She and her fiancée got married on my parents’ property overlooking a beautiful lake! My niece, who’s 3.5 years old was absolutely beside herself waiting for this wedding. She couldn’t wait to wear her pretty dress, she couldn’t wait to see my sister’s…