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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026
Choosing only ten titles as the most anticipated books coming out over the course of the next six months is very tricky. Today, I’m sharing just a couple of middle grade novels that I’m excited about. A few are written by authors that I’ve enjoyed in the past, while others…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2025
I don’t know that I ever imagined a cowboy romance novel being on my list of enjoyable reads for the year, but I really enjoyed the Rebel Blue Ranch series by Lyla Sage. I also have a lot of other favorite romance authors on this list as it was a…
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Storytime Theme: Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month! So, going along with my goal to provide more diversity in my storytime themes available here on my blog, I’m sharing some great books that celebrate kids with disabilities because I think it’s so important. I’m going to preface this lesson plan and let you…
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Blogging A to Z: Disability
Reluctance doesn’t always come from not wanting to read. Sometimes reluctance comes from an undiagnosed disability that makes reading difficult for kids. I’ll be honest, I don’t know a lot about the process of testing and diagnosis, but I think it’s important for families to advocate for their children if…
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Aven Green Sleuthing Machine
Synopsis: “Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month—cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher’s lunch bag disappears. Then Aven’s great-grandma’s dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms,…
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Three on a Theme: Winter Animals
I love winter when it means that I can stay home curled up in my reading chair with a great book! Otherwise, I’m not a huge fan of the cold. It was 9°F this week, my body doesn’t even know how to function in that weather! I had layers on…
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Three on a Theme: World Braille Day
Happy World Braille Day! Celebrated every year on Louis Braille’s birthday, the inventor of Braille, World Braille Day promotes the accessibility and independence for people who are blind or visually impaired. Diversity reaches beyond skin color and religious beliefs and I’m always interested in promoting books that share the experience of…
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36 Titles for Babies & Toddlers: Social Justice, Equality and Diversity
I just recently had someone reach out to me on Facebook asking for titles for a new baby/toddler about social justice, equality, and diversity. Basically, a way to flood her child’s bookshelf with books that make them a better citizen of the world. Now, there aren’t a ton of titles for…
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Top Ten Tuesday: New to Me Authors in 2017
I started reviewing what I had read in 2017 and realized that I was already familiar with many of the authors I read, but there were a number of really amazing debut novels this year, so I focused my Top Ten list on those authors – new to me (and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Thankful For
This list could go on forever, so I tried to force myself to keep to titles that I’m thankful for that were published this year in middle grade fiction. I still had a lot more titles that I would love to highlight, but here’s what I came up with for…
