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Storytime Theme: Juneteenth
Celebrate Juneteenth this year with a special storytime program with age appropriate books for preschoolers and early elementary school age kids. I don’t think storytime necessarily needs to end when kids start school and this is a perfect example of a storytime that would work really well with an older…
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25 Books Written by Celebrity Authors
You might not have thought about this topic before, but there are a lot of celebrities out there who have written children’s books. I’ve included 25 titles on this list and barely scratched the surface of the number of books out there. While I have conflicting feelings about celebrity authors,…
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Pairing Classics with Contemporary Titles
About five years ago I created a book list of classic middle grade titles and included a contemporary option that had a similar theme or feel. I loved the idea so much, I thought I’d expand the list by adding eight more classics paired with their own contemporary titles. Classic…
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Historical Fiction for Middle Grade Readers
Today I’m sharing a list of books that are probably one of my favorite genres. And this has been a favorite genre since I was little. I grew up in the era of the original American Girls – Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly. And I even remember when the company…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Nonfiction
I will forever implore readers to try nonfiction because children’s nonfiction has changed drastically in the last 20-30 years. I remember growing up that nonfiction was extremely dry, text heavy, and if you were lucky you’d get a few pen and ink drawings. Now, nonfiction is engaging and accessible for…
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Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers
Today is a fitting Top Ten Tuesday theme for the beginning of April – April Showers! So today, I’m sharing ten books with raindrops on the cover. And what I love about this is that each cover is so different and I love that I get to share all of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Movie and TV Shows That Would Have Made Amazing Books
It’s Tuesday and that means there’s another Top Ten Tuesday topic to bring you. This week, I’m breaking down some movies I think would’ve made amazing books. Unsurprisingly, many movies I watch were already booked before they got turned into movies. But today, I’m going to share with you some…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2024 TBR
Oh my goodness! There are some big names publishing middle grade titles this spring. And yes, some of these books have already been published in early March, but I couldn’t not share them with you today – they’re some of the books I’m most excited to read this spring! I’m…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love as Much the Second Time Around
I was definitely a kid who re-read a lot when I was growing up! I read a lot of my books over and over again as a kid – especially the American Girl series books we had. And I’d often check out the same titles from the library multiple times.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things I’ve Googled Thanks to a Book
As I was thinking about this Top Ten Tuesday theme, I realized that I don’t Google a lot when I’m reading. And I think that’s mostly because I tend to read a lot of contemporary romance and lighter reads and not so much heavy/research-oriented books. I say that at all…
