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Top Ten Tuesday: Winter Holidays in Picture Books
It’s another freebie week! And I’m excited to share this very brief list of picture books about winter holidays from St. Lucia Day (inspired) to Lunar New Year and so many in between! I’m going to caveat this list to say that this is just one depiction of the holidays…
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December Read Alouds
It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Books on Gratitude
Today’s a thankfulness freebie for Top Ten Tuesday and while last week I shared about the ten things that make me thankful for public libraries, today I wanted to share just a couple of picture books about gratitude and thankfulness. Take a look at this list full of some popular…
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Graphic Novels for Beginner Readers
Graphic novels, or a longer variation of comics are some of the most popular books available at my library, especially for kids. For many years, graphic novels were geared toward middle grade readers (ages 8-12), but in recent years a plethora of beginner readers have cropped making graphic novels more…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Oldest Books On My TBR
I don’t keep a very active TBR or to be read list because inherently I ignore the list and just grab whatever strikes my fancy and whatever is available when I’m ready for my next book. But, I was able to scrounge up ten books on my shelves at home…
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2024 Picture Book Gift Guide
It’s that time of year when you begin making a list and checking it twice! It can become overwhelming when you’re looking for the perfect gift for the people in your life. But, it doesn’t have to be with the 2024 picture book gift guide! With 36 picture books published…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Destination Titles
Some Top Ten Tuesday themes are simple to pull together and I know exactly what titles I’m going to pull for the list. While others, like this one are a little more difficult to pull together. I ended up browsing through my Goodreads account to pull together ten middle grade…
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12 Books About Puberty for Kids & Adults
Today’s book list is one that I feel is vitally important for families and I hope it provides resources for a variety of age and developmental levels. And while I don’t often include a lot of, specifically, parental and caregiver options, today I threw one in that could be helpful.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Trees on the Cover
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a little open in terms of what we could choose to do. All we needed to do was pick something that graced the cover of books. I chose trees because there is a HUGE number of books with trees on the cover as they…
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November Read Alouds
It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…
