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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…
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Happy Kwanzaa! 10 Read Aloud Titles for Kwanzaa
That aren’t too many Kwanzaa children’s picture books out there, so here’s a list of just a few titles that I could find. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know! Enjoy! Booklist Kwanzaa Kids by Joan Holub Li’l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington The Gifts of…
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Merry Christmas! 10 Read Aloud Titles for Christmas
There are dozens upon dozens Christmas books out there, but I chose some from my childhood, some my mom still reads aloud to us during the holiday, others that are newly published and will make great read alouds for your family. Enjoy! Booklist Santa Claus The World’s Number One Toy…
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Happy Hanukkah! 10 Read Aloud Titles for Hanukkah
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know a lot about Hanukkah, I grew up in a small town in (fairly) rural, western PA. We had only a few kids in our school that didn’t look like me, and we knew no one who celebrated Jewish holidays. So,…
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Anna Dewdney Read Together Award
An amazing award is being created by Penguin Young Readers, Children’s Book Council, and Every Child a Reader to remember acclaimed children’s author/illustrator Anna Dewdney who passed away in September from cancer. The Anna Dewdney Read Together Award “will be given annually to a picture book, published in the U.S. during…
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It's That Time of Year…
The “best of the best” lists are coming out in droves (as usual). These lists usually have many of the same suspects on them with a little variation and that is what I like. Making sure I get my hands on all the heavy hitters of the year. Especially this…
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Picture Book Month Recap
I spent the month of November posting book suggestions for each day of the month with themes from the Picture Book Month website. There are ten suggestions for each theme – some new, some older classics, some perfect for larger storytime groups and others perfect to snuggle one-on-one! Take a look…