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12 Titles to Celebrate a Wedding
My sister’s wedding day was on Saturday! She and her fiancée got married on my parents’ property overlooking a beautiful lake! My niece, who’s 3.5 years old was absolutely beside herself waiting for this wedding. She couldn’t wait to wear her pretty dress, she couldn’t wait to see my sister’s…
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Four on Friday: National Space Day
It’s National Space Day! Today we celebrate the achievements of mathematicians, scientists, and astronauts who have explored the final frontier. Today I’m sharing four nonfiction (ish) books for different age groups. From board books to middle grade students, these are engaging titles that are sure to pique your child’s interest…
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30 Books for Kids – AAPI Heritage Month
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Today I’m sharing 30 books for kids for AAPI Heritage Month. I’m only sharing 30 titles there are hundreds more out there, but rather than compile more, I wanted to at least get these shared! Asia covers a vast part…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/3/2021
What I Read This week I read We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance by Deborah Hopkinson. This is multiple accounts of experiences during the Holocaust with a lot of primary sources. I think having these tiny glimpses into people’s lives helps people to understand how horrific…
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Baloney and Friends: Going Up!
Synopsis: “Baloney and friends will have newly independent readers giggling their way through more day-to-day adventures in the second book of this pitch-perfect graphic novel series. Whether it’s writing the lyrics to their own original theme song, having an epic sleepover in a tent, experimenting with an incredible new device…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/26/2021
What I Read I read so much this past week! Partially because verse novels are much faster to read and I also wasn’t feeling great this week which meant a lot of down time trying to rest and relax. Thankfully, I’m on the mend, and I got to read a…
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Squad Goals
Synopsis: “Camp is in session in this cheer-tastic middle-grade novel about making new friends, finding your place, and learning to embrace your inner Magic. Magic Olive Poindexter has big shoes to fill. Her mother was a professional cheerleader, her father is a retired NBA legend, her big sister is the…
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Aven Green Sleuthing Machine
Synopsis: “Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month—cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher’s lunch bag disappears. Then Aven’s great-grandma’s dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms,…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/19/2021
What I Read Do you ever re-read books? And for any particular reason? I was having one of those weeks – lots of work meetings, I worked all day on Saturday and had some other things going on as well. All of these things combined called for a re-read that…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/12/2021
What I Read I spent most of this week working on my blog, so I had a lot less time to read. I did get a chance to read Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling – an adorable chapter book about the main character from Insignificant Events in the…
