• Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Art Heist Middle Grade Mysteries

    Top Ten Tuesday

    In today’s blog post for Top Ten Tuesday, we had the chance to choose a “genre freebie.” And I’ll tell you how I ended up in sharing books in this tiny little niche of a sub-genre – art heist middle grade mysteries. When I sat down to choose a genre,…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Heroes & Heroines

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s theme Favorite Heroines got adjusted just a little to Favorite Heroes & Heroines so that I could share some of my favorite middle grade fantasy titles! I tend to claim that I’m not much of a fantasy reader, but in truth, I am. I’ve found that I can find…

  • Activities

    Family Storytime Theme: Superheroes

    Opening: “Hello” with sign language Hello, friends. (x3) It’s time to say hello. Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet)  Early Literacy Tip: “Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes, and finding the letters that…

  • Reviews

    Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

    I finished Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee last week and as you may or may not know, I am a sucker for a well-written retelling of old fairy tales and Ophelia is one of them.  And what makes it even better is that it’s not your typical…