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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Bookstores OR Bookstores I’d Love to Visit
I love visiting bookstores, exploring the shelves, looking for my favorites, and discovering new titles. I don’t have a ton of shelf space, so I don’t always buy books for myself. But, I do try to buy books as presents from independent bookstores and if I can’t get to one…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Typographic Book Covers
This was a hard theme for me this week! I think that so many children’s books really depend on brightly colored, engaging illustrated covers to draw kids to read them, that the typography isn’t always the first thing you notice. I always say this, but it’s true, I love that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Fall 2022 To-Read List
There are so many great books that I want to read! I need more time in my day to read all the books on my TBR. For this week’s list, I did things a little differently and broke it up into two groups. The first group of books have all…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Geographical Terms in the Title
One of the things I like most about creating Top Ten Tuesday lists is looking at books in a different way. This was a really fun list to pull together. And honestly, I wasn’t quite sure how to find books with geographical terms in the title. But, I ended up…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved So Much I Had to Get a Copy for My Personal Library
There’s all sorts of criteria for adding a book to my personal library. Sometimes, I’ve met the creators and want to support their work. Other times, I’ve fallen in love with their work after discovering it on my own. But, all of these are books I loved so much I…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Create a Classroom Community
It’s a school freebie this week on Top Ten Tuesday! Today I decided to share ten picture books that can be used to create a classroom community. These titles are all about kindness, friendship, empathy, and understanding. All traits that we need more of in today’s world. These are great…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Completed Series I Wish Had More Books
I am the absolute worst at reading complete series! I’ll read the first in a series and love it, but by the time the next book comes out, I’ve forgotten most of the important details. This means that I either have to re-read the first book, before reading the second…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books Written Ten Years Ago
When I hear “ten years ago” I feel like we’re talking pre-2000, but only because apparently I’m old now and ten years ago was 2012! Can you believe that? 2012 was ten years ago already! Today, rather than just sharing my love for backlist titles, I decided to highlight books…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Hilarious Book Titles
There are some absolutely hilarious picture books out there! Today, I’m sharing just a few titles that make me giggle when I see them at work. If you’re looking for something that is sure to elicit some giggles from your little ones, definitely check out these fun titles! Disclosure: Some…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set In a Place I’d Love to Visit
This was such a hard list to pull together because I love to travel! And I’d love to travel just about everywhere! Today, I’m highlighting some YA books set around the world. Some of these are a little more on the fantasy side or historical side, but that doesn’t stop…