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25 Titles with Middle Eastern Characters
This is a post that I’ve been mulling over in my head for days if not weeks and months. I’ve used this blog in the past to sort through my thoughts and feelings of world events, of events happening in my own life and in the life of my library.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Visually Appealing Picture Books
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme was all about the visuals and since I just recently created a graphic novel list, I wanted to try my hand at something else – enter picture books. Picture book illustration is truly an art form and there are some amazing artists in the…
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#ReadYourWorld
In all my excitement to celebrate the Year of the Rooster with a great booklist for Lunar New Year, I missed Multicultural Children’s Book Day yesterday! A day to celebrate multicultural books and reading. Take a few minutes to check out the Read Your World hashtag on Twitter with lots…
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10 Picture Books for Lunar New Year
I know that Lunar New Year is celebrated in more than just the Chinese culture, unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to find titles for Lunar New Year celebrations in other Asian countries (although I did find one). I will also note that some of these titles are most likely not…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Won an ALA Youth Media Award That I Haven't Read Yet
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Coretta Scott King Author Book Winner, Printz Award Winner, Sibert Award Winner, YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Winner) Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan by Ashley Bryan (Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King…
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10 Read Aloud Titles About Service for MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day that many people spend time offering service to their community. Small acts to make a big difference. Volunteerism can start with the littlest ones in your family. And sharing some of these stories is a great way to teach kids kindness and…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/9/17
I went through a bunch of picture books this week as I’m trying to go through all the Nerdies winners – I’ve finished all the picture book and easy reader/chapter books. This week included: The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation by Shannon Hale I love this series – a…
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2016 CYBILS Finalists
Looking for more to add to your TBR list? Look not further than the 2016 CYBILS Finalists. Over the thirteen different categories, there were 1,163 books nominated. 99.7% of which were read by at least one reviewer while 98.6% were read by more at least two reviewers. That is a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2017 Debuts I'm Excited For
The first Top Ten Tuesday of 2017! I broke it down into picture books, middle grade novels, and young adult novels. These lists continually allow me to add more books to my TBR list and keep up with what’s coming up as well as creating lists of great books that…
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2016 Nerdies – All the Books You Need to Read!
The 2016 Nerdies are beginning to be announced and I’ll update the list as more winners are released through January 3rd. This is a great list of books that are often times overlooked for ALA Awards (not to say there weren’t discussed as possibilities, but did not win an award…