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    Top Ten Tuesday: Writing Quotes

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I’ve done a number of posts about bookish quotes – you can check them out here, here, and here. You’ll even find more if you search for “quotes” on my blog. So, instead of focusing on quotes about books or libraries, I decided to focus on quotes about writing, which…

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    20 Spooky Middle Grade: Horror

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    20 Wild Middle Grade: Animals

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Characters

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s no surprise that a book-loving librarian loves this type of Top Ten Tuesday theme! I’m a huge fan of books that talk about books! These are just a handful (ten to be exact!) of middle grade titles that feature books and/or libraries in some way. Disclosure: Some of the…

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    20 Amazing Middle Grade: Action & Adventure

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    With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…

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    15 Titles that Feature Found Family

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    I’m extremely lucky in my life to have a very loving and supportive biological family and a found family of close friends that I’ve gathered over time. Some of these friends are roommates from college and graduate school and some are friends that I met as an adult and their…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: One Word Book Reviews

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today was a really fun theme and one I haven’t tried before! In some of my book review posts, I’ve done Twitter-length reviews, but choosing only one word wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be! I focused on the most recent middle grade books I enjoyed and for…

  • Activities

    Blogging A to Z – Reflection

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    I made it through another Blogging A to Z Challenge! I really enjoyed sharing 26 amazing tips and tricks for reaching reluctant readers. Reluctant readers are some of my favorite kids to interact with at the library because they present a challenge. They’re more difficult to pair with a book…

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    Blogging A to Z: Zillions of Books

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    I couldn’t go through an entire Blogging A to Z Challenge and not give my readers a great, curated list of titles! Granted, there might not be zillions of titles, but there is at least a handful for different age groups that might entice your reluctant reader to enjoy a…