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Book Reviews: Tinyville Town
I was given the first three board books and the first picture book in the series by Abrams Appleseed to review and these darling books are going to be very popular! The board book series focuses on community helpers – I’m a Librarian, I’m a Firefighter and I’m a Veterinarian. Each of…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/20/17
I didn’t get to quite as many books this week, but I enjoyed the ones I did get to read! Wish is a sweet story about family and friendship found in unexpected places (and a small spoiler alert – although there is a dog on the cover of the book, the…
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30 Non-Fiction Titles & Biographies for Black History Month
I’m working on a few other Black History Month booklists, but I’m in need of some help with a few questions, so while I’m doing some research, I thought I’d at least get a chance to promote some non-fiction and biographies. Although thirty titles seem like so many, there are…
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10 Picture Books About an Immigration Experience
There aren’t a lot of books, but there are some books that deal with immigration for kids of all ages – from picture books to young adult novels. I chose to focus on just a few picture books, trying to get a wide variety of immigration stories. And if you…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/13/17
Last week started out pretty rough – and before I re-live it, I’m not going to go into all the gory detail. Just know that there were patron problems, a presentation issue, a pet turtle scare and much more! But, thankfully, that all happened Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday really…
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Libraries Are For Everyone
By far one of the coolest graphics around! For the past couple of summers, librarians have commented on wanting something a little different, more unique for the summer reading graphics and the mastermind behind the blog, Hafuboti decided to take matters into her own hands. Since then, you can expect her…
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#ReadYourWorld
In all my excitement to celebrate the Year of the Rooster with a great booklist for Lunar New Year, I missed Multicultural Children’s Book Day yesterday! A day to celebrate multicultural books and reading. Take a few minutes to check out the Read Your World hashtag on Twitter with lots…
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10 Picture Books for Lunar New Year
I know that Lunar New Year is celebrated in more than just the Chinese culture, unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to find titles for Lunar New Year celebrations in other Asian countries (although I did find one). I will also note that some of these titles are most likely not…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Won an ALA Youth Media Award That I Haven't Read Yet
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Coretta Scott King Author Book Winner, Printz Award Winner, Sibert Award Winner, YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Winner) Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan by Ashley Bryan (Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King…
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Bibliotherapy for Teens: 25 Title About Tough Topics
The idea of bibliotherapy is one that has been around for over 50 years. It is the idea that “the use of selected reading materials as therapeutic adjuvants in medicine and psychiatry; also guidance in the solution of personal problems through directed reading.” (AHIL Quarterly, Summer 1966, p. 18.) There…