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Kwame Alexander Author Visit
I got the sheer joy of seeing Kwame Alexander at Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA last night. He’s on his Rebound tour that will hit thirty cities in a 45 foot bus and traveling with his best friend, and also a musician who presents with him and of course… his…
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Back to School – Middle Grade Edition
Back to school is always exciting and slightly scary time for kids and you can find gobs and gobs of picture books discussing the new school year, but it’s a lot more difficult to find titles for middle grade students getting ready for a new school building, a new school…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book
Middle Grade Middle grade is definitely my wheel house, I love middle grade novels because they’re not afraid to address the “tough topics”, but I like the underlying layer of hope. YA sometimes is too dark for me! Historical Fiction I grew up devouring historical fiction – I loved Caddy Woodlawn,…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/17/16
I had to commute to New York for a meeting on Friday which meant a quality amount of time on the train to read. Even with cleaning the house for my parents’ visit, I was so happy to spend some time reading. I finished A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha…
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Reading Drought
I have been so busy recently, that I haven’t had time to read. I’ve been at the shore for two weekends, last week my grandmother and mom came to visit (which was awesome!), and this weekend I was in a wedding out of town. Needless to say, there hasn’t been…
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May B.
May B. by Caroline Starr Rose is a sparsely written story in verse that conjures pictures of the rolling prairies and the vast emptiness that they used to be. May B. is a 12-year old girl sent to a neighboring homestead 15 miles away “just until Christmas” as her Pa…