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    9 Books Filled With Jokes & Riddles

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    If you interact with kids at any level, I’m sure you’ve heard your fair share of knock-knock jokes. Invariably they are super cheesy and always adorable. Sometimes said through so many giggles that you can’t even understand them! My neice went through a phase when she was three sharing knock-knock…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Book Covers that Feel Like Summer

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    With vacation right around the corner, I was so excited to pull this list together for Top Ten Tuesday this week! Rather than my usual middle grade, I decided to pull together some perfect summer YA titles that are great to have at the beach, in the mountains, at home,…

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    Rick Riordan Read Alikes

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    Rick Riordan is an ever-popular author in my library! Kids flock to his books and love the characters, settings, and pull of the mythology. One of the things I love most about Riordan’s writing is the inclusivity of his characters from race to disability, to gender identity, he’s not shying…

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    12 Magical Middle Grade: Fairy Tales & Retellings

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Wishes 2022

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    This is probably one of my most favorite Top Ten Tuesday themes. We’ve done a few wishlists in the past and I love purchasing a few titles for members of the Top Ten Tuesday community. We’re celebrating our fearless and endlessly creative leader, Jana’s birthday with our own bookish wishes.…

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    20 Global Middle Grade: Set Outside the U.S.

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish Had an Epilogue

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    I love to read, but I’m going to admit something, I very rarely remember many details. I can often tell you whether I liked the book, but not much else. So, sometimes these Top Ten Tuesday themes really get me thinking. The ten books I wish had an epilogue include…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books With a Unit of Time In the Title

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    This one wasn’t easy! I mean, some titles just sprang to mind like One Hundred Years of Solitude or Around the World In Eighty Days, but realistically I had a harder time finding children’s books that fit the criteria! I found a number of books about telling time and with…