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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/12/2020
What I Read This week I read three books, the first – Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves is a YA contemporary fiction when all that matters is senior prom and graduation until it isn’t and how one girl manages her home life with finishing school. The second book I read…
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9 Middle Grade Books for World Mental Health Day
It’s World Mental Health Day. Sadly, so many people struggle with mental health because there is not a lot of information widely available for people to turn toward. Mental health was (and still is) kept quiet about as if it’s a secret. Don’t get me wrong, the entire world doesn’t…
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Four on Friday: Fire Prevention Week
Fire Prevention Week occurs every fall and it’s always important to go over your family’s safety plan and to practice it! Not only verbally discuss what your family would do, but to physically go through the plan. Make sure kids know where to meet you outside of the home. For…
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Celebrating Poetry through Picture Books
There is no better time than when your child is young to introduce them to poetry. Songs are basically poems set to music and kids LOVE songs! Today I’m sharing 12 picture books celebrating poetry! Poetry is not uncommon in picture books because children love sounds and rhyme and rhythm…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Covers with Fall Colors
I think it’s so fun to focus on the color of covers because you get to pull together books that typically wouldn’t be on the same list! You can check out other color lists I’ve done in the past – yellow, blue, orange, purple, and turquoise. I’ve already created both…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/5/2020
What I Read I’m moving forward with this reading! Got held up in July and August, but my reading game is back and I’m super excited by it! I finished up The Candy Mafia by Lavie Tidhar and absolutely loved the noir-feeling of the book. You can read my review…
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12 Kids Titles All About Llamas
I was working on my list for World Farm Animals Day last week when I realized there are a lot more books about llamas for kids that I ever would have expected. If you haven’t checked it out yet, Ludacris raps Llama Llama Red Pajama and it is everything! Today’s…
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Four on Friday: World Farm Animals Day
It’s World Farm Animals Day! And although I could create an extremely extensive list of farm-themed picture books, I decided to create a quick Four on Friday list with some unexpected farm books for kids! It’s also the perfect time of year (depending on where you live) to go to…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/28/2020
What I Read 2.5 books this week! I feel like in the past few weeks things have settled down enough at work. To the point, that I’ve got a better handle on balancing work, my blog, and my personal life. Granted, we’ll be increasing our open hours at work next…
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Four on Friday: Dolphins
Dolphins have been my favorite animal since I was a kid. I love the water – always have and I think the idea of dolphins swimming and playing was always just really cool to me. Dolphins look so sleek and smooth and I love how smart they are! I re-read…
