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2026 Summer Reading Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Guide
I’m trying something new this year! I’m creating great reading suggestions for different age groups for summer reading. And each guide will also include some great reading activities that you can do as a family or to encourage reading throughout the summer! Today’s guide is for kids in the Kindergarten…
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2026 Summer Reading Pre-K Guide
I’m trying something new this year! I’m creating great reading suggestions for different age groups for summer reading. And each guide will also include some great reading activities that you can do as a family or to encourage reading throughout the summer! Summer reading can feel overwhelming whether you’re trying…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Titles That Describe Me & My Life
This theme was a little harder for me to find titles for this week! And I think you’ll see in my results that they range from the silly (Cookie Time) to the searching Finding Me and the absolute perfect – The Loud Librarian. While this was a little trickier to…
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Pout Pout Fish Read Alikes
The Pout Pout Fish is coming to theaters and so I thought it made a lot of sense to create a book list with similar picture book titles that you can borrow from your local library! I pulled titles with a few different ideas in mind, one was for rhyming.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025
I couldn’t think of ten different discoveries for this post, but I did share five about my reading habits, fun concepts, and my thoughts on books as a whole! I don’t mind eBooks as much as I originally thought. I always thought that I’d read eBooks as a last resort…
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ALA’s 2026 Youth Media Awards
This morning, the American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards. The most popular being the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. But, in actuality, there are over 20 award announcements this morning! Today, I’m sharing the winners and honors and a little note about what each award is for and what…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Goals for 2026
Inevitably, I always want to do better with my new year’s resolutions or goals than I actually do. Here’s my list of goals for 2025. Let’s got through them and you can see just how not great I did! Log reading for the year on The Storygraph – Didn’t do…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Grief
It’s been a long process, but I’ve come to the last emotion of the series. If you haven’t had a chance, make sure to go back and check out all these great book lists – happy, sad, mad, shy, enthusiasm, frustrated, silly, calm, anxious, scared, and jealousy! This book list is one…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Newly Published Thankful & Grateful Picture Books
While the roots of Thanksgiving are difficult, I think it’s important for people to take time not only to spend with family or friends, but to consciously create a attitude of gratitude. And I know, all too well, that not every has had an easy year, and there is something…
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2025 Picture Book Gift Guide
Just in time for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, I’ve curated a list of 36 picture books that were published this year that will make the perfect gifts this holiday season! Books are some of the best gifts you can give loved ones because they are so…
