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ALA’s 2026 Youth Media Awards
This morning, the American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards. The most popular being the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. But, in actuality, there are over 20 award announcements this morning! Today, I’m sharing the winners and honors and a little note about what each award is for and what…
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21st Century Picture Book Biographies
It’s the last picture book biography list, for now! I’ve reached through time over the past four weeks to create some fun and interesting book lists that highlight people both past and present who have made a significant change in the world around them. Picture book biographies are in their…
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20th Century Picture Book Biographies
Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared some new picture book biography lists for you to enjoy! Picture book biographies have become extremely popular for publishers over the past decade or so. While, I don’t think they are quite as popular with the public, I think there is huge potential…
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19th Century Picture Book Biographies
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be sharing some new picture book biography lists for you to enjoy! Picture book biographies have become extremely popular for publishers over the past decade or so. While, I don’t think they are quite as popular with the public, I think there…
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18th Century Picture Book Biographies
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be sharing some new picture book biography lists for you to enjoy! Picture book biographies have become extremely popular for publishers over the past decade or so. While, I don’t think they are quite as popular with the public, I think there…
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Read Aloud Books for Preschoolers
I love giving books as gifts for kids. They can be such personal gifts, but for a lot of people, books can be daunting because unless you’re familiar with it, how do you know what to give? Many times, people will fall back on the books they remember as kids…
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Read Aloud Books for Toddlers
While I think a lot of people may search for “best books for toddlers” I hate claiming that I have the best of lists because books are so subjective and what might best for one person, might not be best for another. Instead, I’d like to suggest this list of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me
I’m so interested in this week’s theme because it can go in so many different directions! Did the plot or characters surprise you, where you surprised by the story because it didn’t match what you thought it was about, did it have an unreliable narrator? Or did you go a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Springy Covers
Spring is here and today’s a nice and easy Top Ten Tuesday theme – books with springy covers! I love spring, in fact, I took myself on a little spring trek through the neighborhood and took photos of all the new flowers and buds that were opening up! It’s so…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’d be a Fool Not to Read
I’m continuing my streak of making up my own Top Ten Tuesday themes! I just can’t seem to help myself by taking my own spin on these themes. So for today, while the official theme is “Books You’d be a Fool Not to Read” I felt like I tend to…
