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Top Ten Tuesday: Frequently Used Words To Describe Middle Grade Titles
This is a little something different, rather than rattling off a list of books, I spent some time really thinking about the words used in middle grade fiction and here are ten that are (I believe) fairly commmon: Family Friends Overcome Invisible School Diverse Coming-of-Age Hope Belonging Identity Middle grade…
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#blogbookaday: BunnyBear
Summary: “Although Bunnybear was born a bear, he feels more like a bunny. He prefers bouncing in the thicket to tramping in the forest, and in his heart he’s fluffy and tiny, like a rabbit, instead of burly and loud, like a bear. The other bears don’t understand him, and neither…
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#blogbookaday: Not Quite Narwhal
Summary: “In the tradition of Uni the Unicorn and Gaston, this heartwarming and adorable debut picture book tells the story of a young unicorn who was born under the sea to a family of narwhals. Growing up in the ocean, Kelp has always assumed that he was a narwhal like the rest of his…
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Resource: Diverse BookFinder
Check out this great new resource for getting diverse picture books into the hands of readers. The Diverse BookFinder “is linked with a circulating collection of picture books published since 2002, housed at Ladd Library on the Bates College campus.” And although not as extensive as maybe this diverse list from…
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My Family for the War
My Family for the War written by Anne C. Voorhoeve and translated by Tammi Reichel won the Mildred L. Batchelder medal for most outstanding children’s book in translation (from German) this past year. This book intrigued me on three different levels, the first being a winner for a book in translation. I honestly…
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Exclamation Mark
Let me start with one simple fact – I ADORE Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s picture books. Her ideas are absolutely spot-on for young children and are humorous enough to get a chuckle out the adults reading them as well. Tom Lichtenheld’s illustrations are comical as well – he has an amazing way of…