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Top Ten Tuesday: Great Families in Middle Grade
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is a relationship freebie – friendship, romance, family, etc. And so, today I’m sharing all about great families that you’ll find in middle grade novels. Many of these stories have large immediate families which reminds me of growing up with my own family. I am…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Like to Go on Vacation With
This Top Ten Tuesday theme took a little of time to figure out what direction I wanted to go in. Sometimes these themes are difficult to pull books for because as a reader of children’s literature, it makes it a little different when the characters are kids and not adults.…
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9 Crafty Characters in Middle Grade Books
At our library, we’ve found that our middle school students (grades 5-8) really enjoy the opportunity to craft for fun. It’s not tied to a school project or even a specific product. We pull out a bunch of the craft supplies we have lying around and let the kids craft,…
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12 Titles With Superheroes for Independent Readers
This book list could possibly be neverending if I included all the Marvel and D.C. comic book superheroes in it. Instead, I wanted to share some superhero titles that might be new to you! (And maybe some forever-favorites like Captain Underpants)! This list includes titles for independent readers – readers…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Character Names In the Titles
When I saw today’s theme, my first reaction was to automatically reach for well-read titles, that a lot of people probably already know – Anne of Green Gables, Corduroy, Amelia Bedelia. But, then I started thinking about some of the amazing picture books that were published just last year and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Follow On Social Media
This was such a fun topic to think about! I wanted to really look at some young adult characters as I thought many of the middle school characters probably shouldn’t be on social media quite yet. Plus, young adult novels have a lot of great characters that I’d love to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Character Names
This is such a fun theme, sadly I’m horrible at remember the details of any of the books I’ve read, so it took me a little while to find the great names I know I’ve read! Ophelia Delphinium Fidgets from Granted by John David Anderson Felicity Juniper Pickle from A Snicker of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Characters in MG Fantasy Books (not my favorite genre)
The Dad in Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman Meggie in Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Roz in The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Seraphina in Seraphina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty Fyrian in The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Chantel in Miss Ellicott’s School for the Magically Minded by Sage Blackwood…
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#MGBooktober
If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you’ve probably seen a few posts with the hashtag #mgbooktober. Celebrate with me as people around the world share their favorite middle grade titles during the month of October. It’s not too late to start, so check the chart below, share the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Boyfriends/Girlfriends
I know, the first thing you’re going to say is, “There’s only 8 covers on your Top Ten list this week.” And there are, but coming from the perspective of an adult female where most of my reading involves characters who are children ages 8-16, I found this Top Ten Tuesday…
