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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Take Place In Another Country
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar Auma’s Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon Caminar by Skila Brown Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Shane W. Evans Serafina’s Promise by Ann E. Burg Top…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/25/18
It was definitely a strange week – I was at work Monday & Tuesday, we had a snow day on Wednesday, I was at the PLA conference Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and we had a friend’s wedding Friday night. Plus, with friends in town this weekend, we had dinner plans…
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The A to Z Glossary of the Kid Lit World
It can be difficult to describe what you’re interested in when you don’t have the vocabulary to do so! This is a great resource that breaks down a lot of the lingo in the kid lit world to make it easier to identify the right books for you and provide…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring TBR List
I chose to focus just on middle grade titles, because if I looked at everything being published this spring, I’d get a little stressed out! It’s enough just thinking about middle grade titles. If you want to know when titles are coming out you can easily check Amazon or GoodReads,…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/19/18
This week I finished up Saint Philomene’s Infirmary for Magical Creatures by Bill Cotter, read A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi which was very well-written, but hard to read as it’s the story of Syrian refugees trying to find a safe and welcoming place to start a new life, Checked by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Quotes
I jumped the gun last week and did Books That Surprised Me, but I missed Favorite Book Quotes, so I’m backtracking to make up for it! Enjoy! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/12/18
It’s been a rough week – we finally got power back on Monday night after 75 hours without electricity and heat – it was a welcome relief. Tuesday I was back at work after taking Monday off and then we had a snow day on Wednesday where I think I…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Surprised Me
I love when books surprise me (in a good way). Most likely I’m surprised because I’ve either heard SO MUCH about a book and I just don’t expect it to live up to it’s hype or it’s such an out-there book that I don’t expect to like and I enjoy…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/5/18
Well, I had every intention of spending most of my weekend reading, I was able to read during the week and felt great going into the weekend and then we got hit by the nor’easter on Friday leaving us without power. As, I’m writing this on Sunday evening at 8:30pm…
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Mathical Book Prize Announced!
“The Mathical Book Prize aims to inspire a love of mathematics in the everyday world in children of all ages. Each year’s winners and honor books join a selective and ever-growing list of new and previously published fiction and non-fiction titles for youth. These titles are as varied as the intersection between…
