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    Four on Friday: Worries

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    Yesterday, I posted about a new normal, which I know is something everyone is trying to figure out right now. With schools closed, parents working from home, and the threat of catching coronavirus if you leave your house, it’s stressful! But for kids, especially young ones, it can be extremely…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Spring 2020 TBR List

    Top Ten Tuesday

    This was such a hard list to create because I have soooooo many books on my spring TBR list. I narrowed it down to just ten middle grade books that I currently have sitting on my bookshelf in ARC format. I chose these titles because I love the author’s previous…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/16/2020

    Last Week Where do I begin? I started off chuckling at the meme I saw online warning everyone of the time change x full moon x Friday the 13th and ended the week mentally and emotionally exhausted as the library closed to the public and I tried to relay information…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/9/2020

    Last Week It’s been a very busy week which definitely slowed by reading down. This week, I spent a lot of time catching up on stuff at work and when I was home, I was getting some spring cleaning done. I did manage to read a few books this week…

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    Four on Friday: Wiggly Worms

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    I picked up What About Worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins at the PLA Conference and instantly fell in love which is what inspired this Four On Friday: Wiggly Worms book list. I love Ryan’s sense of humor and adorable drawings. If you’re not familiar with Ryan’s, definitely check out Mother…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Single-Word Titles

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I love it when a Top Ten Tuesday theme makes me look at books a little differently! Books With Single-Word Titles had me thinking about the power of words and how much of the story you glean just from the title of a book. I love that these single-word titles…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/2/2020

    Last Week March is definitely not coming in like a lion, it’s going up to 60 degrees today which is absolutely crazy for March 2nd in Pennsylvania. While I spent most of the week in Nashville, it was quite cold and windy, but traveling gave me a lot of time…

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    12 Titles to Celebrate Leap Year

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    We’re celebrating leap year today! Each year is actually 365.25 days long, so every four years we tack on an extra in February! Learn more about Leap Year from Wonderopolis. Did you know that there aren’t that many leap year books for kids? So I pulled together 12 Titles to…

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    Four on Friday: Country Music

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    Inspired by Nashville and its title as Music City, USA I’m sharing country music picture books today for Four on Friday! Although not my favorite genre of music, I think it’s important to expose kids to all sorts of styles of music and instruments. These books are a fun way…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/24/2020

    Last Week I’m continuing to love how well I’m keeping up with my TBR this year (and it’s already been 2 months!). This week I finished up No True Believers by Rabiah York Lumbard which was so good – social justice and thriller all in one! I’ll be doing a…