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Quotable Kid Lit – Kate DiCamillo
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/24/18
I loved The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart – he has such an amazing way of writing characters that take up space in my heart and all I want to do is hug them! It was beautifully written and one that is sticking with me long after I finished…
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Three on a Theme: Hispanic Heritage Month
I cheated a little bit this week for my Three on a Theme and went with six books – the past three years’ of authors and illustrators who have won the Pura Belpré Award. The Pura Belpré Award “established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose…
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2018 National Book Award Longlist
The 2018 National Book Award Longlist was announced today and although there are a number of areas in which you can check out on the National Book Foundation website, below I’ve listed the Young People’s Literature award. I’ll be honest there are a number of titles on the list that…
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25 Star Reviewed Middle Grade Titles
It’s been a busy week here on the blog – Wednesday I posted about the detriments of assigning books as “boy” or “girl” books and on Thursday I gave some great tips about booktalking/reader’s advisory and today I’m offering a list of titles that have receive at least one star…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’d Mash Together
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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Top Ten Tuesday: Popular Books that Lived Up to the Hype
All of these books are ones that I’ve loved and have read multiple times and all are extremely popular and that popularity is well-warranted. If you haven’t gotten a chance to read any on my list, definitely do yourself a favor and pick up a title or two at your…
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First Line Friday – Circus Mirandus
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Project LIT Community
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
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…
