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Top Ten Tuesday: Indies Introduce
Today is an Indie Freebie and while I’m not super familiar with all the great books being released by independent publishers or independent bookstores, I do love supporting them and have great respect for these small companies sharing amazing titles to the world! If you’re not familiar, you’ve got to…
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Middle Grade Genres: Mystery
New month, new book list series! This month we’re moving on to middle grade genres! I’ve already shared picture book genres and chapter book genres, so let’s dive into middle grade. Middle grade books is a term used in the book industry to describe titles that are written for an…
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Out Now: How I Saved the World by Victoria J. Coe!
Victoria J. Coe is the best-selling author of the popular Fenway and Hattie chapter book series written from the perspective of Fenway, an energetic Jack Russell Terrier. And when she’s not writing, you’ll often find her dancing on her Instagram as she shares behind the scenes sneak peeks into the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Nationalities In The Title
This one started off a little tricky and then as I dug deeper into it, I found my niche! I decided to pull all YA titles. I don’t think YA titles get a lot of play, especially backlist titles that people might overlook. And as I was going about collecting…
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Author Interview with Megan E. Freeman
With two starred reviews, The Secret to Belonging is already getting the attention it deserves. And, when given the opportunity to interview Megan E. Freeman, I jumped at the chance. I’ve touted my praise for Alone across a number of blog posts, was excited to see a companion novel, and…
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Chapter Book Genres: Realistic Fiction
So, last month I focused on highlighting genres for our picture book readers, this month I’ll be focusing on newly independent readers and offering up some genre suggestions in the chapter book arena. Let’s start with what is a chapter book. While the term gets thrown around for any book…
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Storytime Theme: Balloons
As with many of my storytime lesson plans this year, I’m updating a ten year old plan to give you some additional options for read alouds. Remember, back list titles are still amazing options (as long as you can still find them!), so don’t ignore those older titles, they may…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Places I’ve Visited
For this week’s prompt, I decided to share some of the beautiful libraries I’ve visited on my travels around the United States! (There are also amazing libraries worldwide that I’ve visited, but I decided to keep this “close”). When I visit a big city, I try to make a point…
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Storytime Theme: Rectangles
Sometimes there’s a storytime theme that I’m shocked I haven’t done in 10+ years of this blog… rectangles is one of them! And then when I started looking for books, I realized there aren’t as many rectangles as there are square, circle, and triangle books. So, I pulled together as…
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Chapter Book Genres: Fantasy
So, last month I focused on highlighting genres for our picture book readers, this month I’ll be focusing on newly independent readers and offering up some genre suggestions in the chapter book arena. Let’s start with what is a chapter book. While the term gets thrown around for any book…
