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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2025 to-Read List
*I got my weeks all mixed-up so this is actually next week’s topic, but I’ll circle back around and get to the one I missed next week! For many people summer is here! And while summer doesn’t officially start until June 20th, on the summer solstice, I always like to…
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Middle Grade Treasure Hunters
This is a fun list of action/adventure middle grade novels for kids who are maybe looking for a fast-paced story that is still full of heart! Whether these characters are looking for a literal treasure or maybe something a little more figurative, they’re all really great stories that would be…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Animal Companions in Middle Grade
While this theme could go in many different directions, I chose to find middle grade novels that included a pet or familiar as an animal companion! There are so many great books with animals in them, and we could do a whole other list on books from an animal perspective,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books with Travel
I love a road trip and with my own vacation coming up soon, this was the perfect theme for me this week! Today, I’m sharing ten middle grade novels about travel and whether that’s a road trip with your favorite people, running away from something or running toward something, or…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors Who Live(d) in Pennsylvania
This was such a fun list to pull together! As a librarian, I knew about a few of these Pennsylvania creators, but I was so excited to find new authors that I love and are also PA residents! I mean, Marc Brown and the Berenstains and Jerry Spinelli?!?! It’s so…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Reflections
I can’t believe it’s May already and that I’ve completed my tenth year of the Blogging A to Z Challenge! My theme this year – Fact Finders Club: Nonfiction for Curious Kids was a lot of fun to put together and I felt more on top of all the posting…
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Book Adaptations on Streaming Services
Looking for a fun new way to spend time together as a family? Why not try a family book club and then watch an adaptation of the book on one of the popular streaming services! Reading aloud doesn’t have to stop when kids start reading on their own. Some of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With the Word Library In the Title
I don’t think it’s surprising that a librarian would choose to create a book list with the word library in the title! And that’s what I did! I did create a list of books from picture books to adult fiction (and nonfiction) all about libraries from the fantastical to the…
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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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Kate DiCamillo Read Alikes
Have you ever read an autor’s work and felt like you could read just about anything they ever write again? That’s how I feel about Kate DiCamillo. She’s a two-time Newbery Medal winner and her work ranges from out-of-this-world hysterical, to heartfelt and emotional. She has a way with words…
