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National Book Award Longlists Announced
Are you looking for something new to read? The 2016 National Book Award Longlists have been announced this week for Young People’s Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction and Fiction. Head on over to the National Book Foundation for a complete list! Kwame Alexander, Booked (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Kate DiCamillo, Raymie Nightingale (Candlewick…
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Level Up: Pairing Video Games with Children’s and YA Books (Grand Theft Auto)
Each Thursday this summer, I’ll be posting a video game and corresponding book list. This is just a fun, personal project that was actually the brainchild of my boyfriend who thought that A) it sounded awesome and B) that there are a lot of parents who would love to have…
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Reading Diversely
I am, primarily, a reference librarian in the children’s department which means that I’m sitting at a desk for most of the day answering questions about the computers, looking for books to use for school reports and endlessly answering, “(Insert child’s name here) has read all The Diary of a Wimpy…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/8/16
This week I read a couple nonfiction stories – I love what authors are doing with informational text for middle grade and young adult readers. It’s so interesting and I truly believe that if they could incorporate some of these stories into the curriculum, it may excite more students to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Buy Right This Second If Someone Handed Me a Fully Loaded Gift Card
There would be so many books I would buy if I didn’t have to worry about how much they cost. Usually I am very specific about what is added to my personal library at home – I have to have already read it and liked it enough to be added…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/1/16
Eventually (I hope), my life will slow down just a little and I’ll be able to read more. I don’t see that happening any time soon, but one can hope. I didn’t get a lot of reading time this week as I had something happening after work every night this…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things Books Have Made Me Want To Do or Learn About After Reading Them
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish
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25 Summer Reads from Picture Books to YA Novels
The Raft by Jim LaMarche Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse Summer Days and Nights by Wong Herbert Yee To the Beach by Linda Ashman The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt Pool by Chi-hyŏn Yi One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab by…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Set Outside the U.S.
This Top Ten Tuesday topic couldn’t have come at a more perfect time as I’m trying so hard to find words to describe how I’m feeling about all that has been happening in the news – race relations in the U.S., terrorist attacks around the world… I feel so much…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/18/16
This summer has been such a busy one! I’ve had stuff going on every weekend which really cuts into my reading time – especially because during the week, my work schedule changes daily depending on when we have programs and when I need to cover a desk. That being said,…