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    Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Series I Want to Read

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s theme: Favorite Book in a Series was just too overwhelming for me to consider! I’m also extremely horrible at finishing series. One of two things happens – I either get super frustrated by one of the books in a series because it just doesn’t feel as strong as the…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter E

    Letter E Storytime

    We’re moving right on through the alphabet with the letter E today. With books about animals, senses, construction vehicles, and more, this is a fun storytime lesson plan for toddlers and preschoolers. What I love is that you can really expand this lesson plan to spread out across a week…

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    Storytime Theme: Animals Down Under

    down under storytime

    G’day! Today I’m sharing a storytime theme that will take me all the way around the globe to a place on my travel bucket list – Australia! With how popular Bluey is on TV, I thought it would be fun to create an animal-themed Australian storytime. These books include the…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter “D”

    Letter "D" header

    Today is all about the letter “D”! There are some absolutely adorable picture books for all things letter “D”. Think dogs, doughnuts, ducks, doctors, drums, dragons, and so much more. This is also a perfect time to introduce both upper case and lower case letters and it’s definitely okay if…

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    August Read Alouds

    August 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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    Storytime Theme: Bones

    This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost. Please read the full disclosure for more information. Storytime Theme: Bones Books Songs & Rhymes Crafts & Activities

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Debut Novels I Want to Read

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Here’s a great list of debut novels for 2024 that are on my TBR and I’m hoping to read at least one of them this weekend! You’ll find young adult and middle grade titles on this list and I love supporting debut authors because the publishing world is a hard…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter “C”

    Letter "C" Storytime

    Today is all about the letter “C”! And while there are a few different pronunciations (think hard c-, soft c-, and ch- sounds too), it was incredibly easy to find all sorts of topics to read about from food to animals, vehicles to weather! There was a little bit of…

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    Storytime Theme: Cowpoke

    cowpoke storytime

    The cowpoke theme is one I took some time to consider as the history of cowboys here in America can be a difficult one. Original cowboys were actually Native American, Black, and/or Mexican men called Vaqueros. Some of these men in the Western United States were hired while many of…