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Contemporary Easy Reader Titles
While I’ve got a slew of easy reader book lists on my blog like Fly Guy Read Alikes, Read Alikes for Elephant & Piggie Fans, and Diverse Easy Readers, I know it can be difficult to find those easy reader titles that make kids want to read. And let’s face…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Winter 2024-2025 To-Read List
Today’s list includes a host of middle grade titles all being released at the beginning of 2025. With lots of great authors behind these books, I can’t wait to get my hands on them! And with only a few more weeks to the new year, do you have the first…
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Classic Easy Reader Titles
While I’ve got a slew of easy reader book lists on my blog like Fly Guy Read Alikes, Read Alikes for Elephant & Piggie Fans, and Diverse Easy Readers, I’ve never posted about the classic easy readers. The books that I grew up learning how to read with and were…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read During a Storm
For today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme, I decided to select some middle grade books that have a winter setting. While not all of these titles are set during a storm, I feel like curling up with anyone of these books during a winter storm would be the perfect companion. I…
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2024 Board Books for Littles
I love board books, they’re such a cute size and if you’re reading for a good audience, it’s definitely time for quality snuggles! This list of board books are all brand new for 2024 – some might be previously published as full-size picture books, while others are brand new and…
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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…
