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Adorable Children's Lit Posters
I know how I want to wallpaper my house now… with these adorable children’s literature posters from Bookroo! Technically, Bookroo is a subscription service for children’s books, but I am drawn to these simplified book posters and every time they release a new set, I fall in love all over…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/5/15
I am really slacking in the book reading department lately. But, I did get a chance to read Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley which is a beautiful storytime the belief in magic. It’s a truly wonderful story and I really enjoyed it. I also just finished Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tale: Underground…
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Book Review: Book Scavenger
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman is my favorite type of story – focused around books and a treasure hunt! Emily moves to San Francisco with her family and meets James, a next door neighbor who loves puzzles as much as she does. She’s excited to be in the hometown of…
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Series Books – a resource to make you a little less crazy!
I don’t know how familiar you are with the series in your library, but I always cringe when a kid asks me what the next book in the Warriors series is. Sometimes finding the next book is easy, while other times it’s nearly impossible! But, I found a tool provided by the…
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Reader's Advisory
I love Reader’s Advisory, I read a ton of books and get so excited to share them with the kids in my library. I love reading something and know exactly who I’ll recommend it to, other times I get the chance to talk to someone and pull out a book that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I've Read The Most Books From
This was a lot more difficult for me than the past Top Ten Tuesday topics (trying saying that 10x fast). Anyway, I tried to remember books from when I was growing up and what I like to read now. A few authors I omitted, because I want to use them…
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Raising Bookworms
Brightly, is a resource to help parents and caregivers raise lifelong readers. Although partnered with Penguin Random House, Brightly provides book recommendations from all publishers for children (and adults) of all ages. Check out their Ages & Stages section to find booklists for certain age levels as well as popular…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds
So I survived my first Top Ten Tuesday and decided to try again this week! This one was much harder for me to think about all the characters I can remember and choose some that I would consider to be my fellow book nerds. I found a mix of old…
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4th of July Books – Just to Get You Started!
Here are five books for the 4th of July! Some I’ve used for storytime, others are just really fun read alouds and still others make great resources with lots of quality information that is easily accessible for elementary school students. These are not by far, the best or only books…
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Life Without Libraries
Jeff Jacoby, a columnist at The Boston Globe, wrote an opinion piece titled “Life Without Libraries Would Be Unimaginably Poorer” yesterday. The writer talks about his experience in libraries growing up and how, although technology is important, it doesn’t make a library – books make a library. I had a similar experience…