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Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons You’ve DNF’d a Book
This was a little bit of a different theme, but I had a hard enough time thinking about the reasons why I Did Not Finish (DNF) a book. It doesn’t happen often as I know what I’ll like and I don’t often stray too far from those things. But, every…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Zero In
Can you believe it?!?! We made it to the letter “Z”! And I’m taking it easy today with a list of titles that I didn’t get to add anywhere else this month, but I wanted to make sure I made a point of sharing since they are great adventure stories…
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Storytime Theme: Giraffes
While I just realized that I created this same storytime a few years ago, I found a couple more cute books to include, so check back to the other lesson plan for even more great ideas! My niece loves giraffes and I was excited to find so many sweet and…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Young Adult
Today I want to share a specifically focused book list of young adult adventure titles. And while I’ve sprinkled a few throughout the other lists for this month, many amazing young adult titles are just perfect for adventure readers. These titles are geared toward older kids (typically 13 and up),…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Xenofiction
Xenofiction is a word that I learned only last year, and it’s the perfect fit for the letter “X” in this challenge! Xenofiction is fictional stories told from the perspective of something or someone who is not human. Often, this can be aliens, but I chose to focus on books…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Winter
We’re nearing the very end of the alphabet with the letter “W” today. And I thought winter would be the perfect word for today’s challenge. Winter adds an additional layer to adventure stories and these titles are no different. The cold, chill of winter wind, the snowflakes falling, and the…
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Books All About the Olympics for Kids
Paris will be hosting the Olympic Games in just a few short months and I wanted to share some really great Olympics books for kids that are already out there. You can get started now to be even more inspired by your favorite athletes or learn about a new sport!…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Verse
Today I’m sharing novels in verse, to coincide with today’s challenge letter “V”. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, novels in verse are books written in a poetry format rather than your typical paragraphs or prose. And I know, poetry makes people go running for the hills, but I promise…
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Storytime Theme: Olympics
This was a little bit trickier to pull together as so many of the Olympics picture books are a lot more text-heavy titles for little readers, or they’re a lot of nonfiction titles about inspiring athletes. Both aren’t necessarily a bad thing, they just don’t always make great read alouds…
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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Universal
Today’s letter “u” challenge is all about sharing books set around the world – the adventure genre is universal and can be found everywhere. Adventure titles are universal because adventure, survival, going on a journey are all things that people worldwide know. I tried to make sure we had books…
