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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’d Mash Together

    August 7, 2018 /

    American Panda by Gloria Chao and When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Two young women searching for where they fit into the world and not seeing the future their parents want for them. I can completely see these characters fitting together in the same college setting and maybe even being…

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    Project LIT Community

    July 25, 2018 /

    There are so many children and young adult literature champions in our world and I’ve got to spend a few minutes here to share another one that, although I’ve heard a lot about, never got a chance to really understand his project until now – Jarred Amato. Jared Amato is…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Sensory Reading Memories

    July 24, 2018 /

    Special Delivery by Valjean McLenighan I have clear memories of my dad reading this book to us (all three of my siblings and myself) night, after night, after night when he would finally try to change the story and we’d all start yelling that it wasn’t right. I’ve asked my…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Short Story Anthologies

    July 17, 2018 /

    I’m not a huge short story fan, because as soon as I feel invested in the story, it’s over and I always want to know more! That being said, this list includes anthologies that I really enjoyed reading and some that are still on my TBR list! Meet Cute: Some…

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    Genre Booklists for Summer 2018

    July 16, 2018 /

    I know we’re still in the middle of summer, but I’ve filled this blog with ten weeks of genre-focused booklists for toddlers to teens, hoping to give every kid something they’ll be interested in reading during this school break. There are over 500 titles in these lists and are available…

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    Fairy Tale Booklist Recap

    July 13, 2018 /

    Fairy Tale Book Recap  Fractured Fairy Tales: 10+ Fairy Tales for Ages 3-7 Fairy Tale Retellings: 15+ Fairy Tale Titles for Ages 8-12 Once Upon a Time: 13+ Fairy Tale Titles for Ages 13 and up Fairy Tale Classics: 10+ Original Titles

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    Fairy Tale Classics: 10+ Original Titles

    July 12, 2018 /

    Summer is here! And that means loads of time for kids to experience books in all their glory. This is also a great time to encourage kids to read the books they choose (without having to worry about school assignments) and to try out new genres that they might be…

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