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    2020 Debut Middle Grade Authors

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    Yesterday’s post about 2020 debut picture book authors and illustrators was so fun and very popular, so I thought it might be a good idea to share 2020 debut middle grade authors as well! As I mentioned yesterday, I love having a platform for sharing books and creators with the…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/6/2020

    Last Week It’s been another busy week, with New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day in the middle week and work to bookend them both, I haven’t had much time to read. I’m currently in the middle of The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson…

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    Narwhals, the Unicorn of the Sea

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    I must be in a fantastical mindset this weekend as I posted about Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti yesterday and today I’m sharing books about narwhals! Narwhals, the unicorn of the sea is an actual animal that lives in the arctic waters. These cousins of bottlenose dolphins, orcas, and belugas live…

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    Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, Oh My!

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    Kids in my library love books about the unexplained – aliens, unicorns, and monsters of all shapes and sizes. This morning as I took my pup out for her morning walk, the neighborhood was blanketed, not in the snow you would expect for January, but in a dense layer of…

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    Four on Friday: King Tut & Ancient Egypt

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    On this day in 1924, King Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus was discovered. Two full years after Howard Carter had discovered his tomb virtually untouched for thousands of years. Although I have opinions on taking artifacts from their country of origin, I do love being able to learn about history from pieces that…

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    10 MG Sci-Fi Books with Female Protagonists

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    It’s National Science Fiction Day! Although an unofficial holiday, many sci-fi fans celebrate National Science Fiction Day on Isaac Asimov’s birthday, January 2nd. ā€œI write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn’t, I would die.ā€ Nothing could be truer, Isaac Asimov was a well-known science fiction…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: More Favorite Books I Read in 2019

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    If you haven’t seen my post from yesterday, 19 Favorite Middle Grade Books of 2019, then run over and take a look! Since I don’t want to repeat myself, here are ten more titles that I didn’t have space to include! What were your favorite reads of 2019? Top Ten…

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    19 Favorite Middle Grade Books of 2019

    Rather than share a best of list, these are my 19 Favorite Middle Grade Books of 2019. And don’t forget, to take a look at my picture book list too! I’ll caveat that by saying, these are just a few of the amazing books that have been published this year.…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/30/19

    Last Week Let me just say, having Christmas in the middle of the week was crazy! I had no idea what day it was for the better part of the week and then with my birthday and working on Saturday, I was super confused! As expected, I got next to…