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Geronimo Stilton Read Alikes
Summer is the best time for kids to try some new books! No school, lots of extra daylight, and plenty of summer reading challenges to check out. If you’re looking for great titles to share with your chapter book Geronimo Stilton-loving readers, check out this reading list! Geronimo Stilton is…
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The Wild Robot Read Alikes
The Wild Robot is a story of survival, friendship, and a perfect read aloud for the whole family. It’s the story of Roz, a robot that washes up on a remote island. There, Roz learns to survive among the wild animals, and not only survive, but thrive with her new…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Easy Readers
There are countless easy readers for children looking to begin reading independently. In fact, it’s probably the most checked out collection in my library. And let me tell you, these books are well-loved. We just recently had to repurchase many new copies of old favorites so they had a chance…
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#blogbookaday: Franky
Summary: “Sam loves robots. He is certain they live in outer space among the stars. His family laughs at him, and no one seems to understand. No one except for Franky, that is…” (Taken from Goodreads) Review: Sam knows that robots live in outer space, but his family won’t believe him, so he…
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#blogbookaday: Goodnight, Little Bot
Summary: ““Little Bot, it’s time for bed. Let’s get ready, sleepyhead.” A sweet goodnight story with a unique hero. Even little robots need their rest—and their parents tuck them in just like human mommies and daddies do. It doesn’t matter if young bots slip on their pjs over power packs and…
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Book Review: Brobot Bedtime
Brobot Bedtime by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and illustrated by Scott Campbell is the adorable story of three robot brothers who are having trouble falling asleep, well one brobot is having trouble sleeping causing the other two brothers to try and help fall asleep before Mommybot comes back into their bedroom. Poor…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books We Enjoyed That Have Under 2000 Ratings On Goodreads
This week I decide to highlight some graphic novels that have under 2000 reviews on Goodreads. I keep saying I’m not a huge fan of graphic novels, but just like anything else, the more you give it a chance, the more titles I’m finding that I really enjoy. Guinea Pig…
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STEAM: Bristlebot Workshop
Even with all the snow, we carried on and still offered a Bristlebot Workshop for kids in grades 4 – 8 on Monday night. I started off the program talking about circuitry and although it probably didn’t make the most sense, I think the kids figured out the difference between…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime Theme: Robots
I just finished my fourth storytime of the day and I am beat! Today’s Sensory Friendly Storytime Theme: Robots! These storytimes are provided at classrooms for preschool-age children who have a disability. The disabilities range from vision, language, autism spectrum, learning disabilities, mobility disabilities, and others. It can be exhausting…
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Robot Building – Part 2
I survived our robot building workshop this afternoon! It was a lot of controlled chaos, but I think the kids and many of the parents had a really great time building, exploring, imagining, and just having a really great time together. We ended up with over 100 people for this…
