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    2024 Blogging A to Z: Theme Reveal

    Can you believe April is around the corner already?!?!?! Spring is just around the corner and I’ve already got daffodils blooming in my garden beds! Although I love seeing flowers everywhere, I also love April because it’s the Blogging A to Z Challenge month! This will be my 9th year…

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    2023 CYBILS Awards Winners

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    The CYBILS Awards have been announced and I’m so excited to share some great books for all ages! “The CYBILS Awards aims to recognize children’s and YA authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.” The winners are selected by a group of volunteer judges…

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    16 Read Alikes for Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fans

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    The first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book was published way back in 2007 and since then there have been 17 other Wimpy Kid books released. To this day, they are still the most popular juvenile fiction chapter books in my library. I just ran some statistics for last year…

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    ALA’s 2024 Youth Media Awards

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    This morning, the American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards. The most popular being the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. But, in actuality, there are over 20 award announcements this morning! Today, I’m sharing the winners and honors and a little note about what each award is for and what…

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    2024 Debut Middle Grade Authors

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    It’s my favorite time of the year when my TBR list grows exponentially with all the amazing new books being published this year. For the past few years, I’ve made it a goal of mine to share debut authors’ and illustrators’ works. It is extremely difficult to get published and…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals 2024

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    It’s that time of year to set goals, resolutions, “words of the year”, basically a great big reset! Check out my word of the year – I think it’s going to be a word I have to work at this year, but I’m ready to trust myself. I love getting…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2023

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    Here are just a few of the books I loved this year. I try to keep my Goodreads account updated (it’s super easy when you’re reading on Kindle because they’re linked up!). I read a handful of picture books and a lot of contemporary romance titles, but very few middle…

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    21 Middle Grade Mysteries

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    Some of my favorite books growing up and even now are mysteries. I’m not a huge fan of thrillers in the scary sense, but I do love the idea of solving a puzzle. And whether you’re looking for classic middle grade mysteries like From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil…