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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2024 To-Read List
Fall is officially here and while my schedule has gotten crazier than I had imagined it would this year, I have some hope that I’ll get to a few of these great middle grade books this season. I’m so excited to see books written by some big name in the…
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Sports Biographies for Kids
Whether you’ve got a kid who can rattle off their favorite athletes statistics without even blinking an eye or you’re looking for something to grab a reader’s attention, why not try a collective biography? The books on this list include a number of athletes all in one title. This gives…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Great Books for Third Graders
I very rarely completely ignore a Top Ten Tuesday prompt, but I just couldn’t get enough brain power around this week’s theme – Characters that Authors Surprisingly Redeemed. So instead, I went in a completely different direction. I think the most difficult age group to find books for is that…
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25 Books Written by Celebrity Authors
You might not have thought about this topic before, but there are a lot of celebrities out there who have written children’s books. I’ve included 25 titles on this list and barely scratched the surface of the number of books out there. While I have conflicting feelings about celebrity authors,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Provide a Much-Needed Escape
Work has been SO extremely stressful for me for the past few months. There’s a lot going on in a lot of different places, so I’ve been trying to read as much as possible! Here are some of my favorite adult novels (mostly romances) that I’ve enjoyed recently. And some…
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Pairing Classics with Contemporary Titles
About five years ago I created a book list of classic middle grade titles and included a contemporary option that had a similar theme or feel. I loved the idea so much, I thought I’d expand the list by adding eight more classics paired with their own contemporary titles. Classic…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Romance Books Involving Food
Feeding people is my love language. I love to cook, I’ll bake, but I truly love to cook and love to spend time in my kitchen. I’m the type of person that (tries) to meal plan every week with well-loved recipes and new options that make both my partner and…
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September 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: Posts That Give You the Best Glimpse of Me
I’m sharing a little bit of everything today! From posts I love, to programs I’ve created, to facts about me. Each one of these posts gives you a little glimpse of who I am as a reader and a person. I’ve been blogging for 14 years and there is a…
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Historical Fiction for Middle Grade Readers
Today I’m sharing a list of books that are probably one of my favorite genres. And this has been a favorite genre since I was little. I grew up in the era of the original American Girls – Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly. And I even remember when the company…
