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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That are Questions
There are so many children’s book titles that are questions! From classic titles to new, modern favorites this is a fun list of titles. I think children’s books definitely lend themselves to lots and lots of questions, because let’s face it, kids are curious! As they should be! So if…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/12/2021
What I Read Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson was a fun adventure in NYC as the two main characters have a night they’ll never forget! Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass is an immersive summer break story on the island of Tobago. It’s got a little…
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Celebrate World Chocolate Day
What better day is there? It’s World Chocolate Day! I love chocolate everything – hot chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, cake, cookies, etc.! Today, I’m sharing six children’s books about chocolate, but I’m also sharing a small business that is all about chocolate. My sister-in-law is the third-generation working in…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Why I Love Reading
This should be a pretty easy list to create! I’ve loved reading for as long as I can remember. EscapeBooks allow youto escape your everyday world and explore new places. BalanceI can actually tell when I’m not reading enough! I get super cranky and impatient. Even if I can read…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/5/2021
What I Read Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake was amazing! You can check out my review from earlier this week. I also finished up A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey. This was a fun YA book that I…
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RIP Patricia Reilly Giff
Patricia Reilly Giff was an author I grew up with. Her early chapter book series The Kids of Polk Street School were a staple of my checkout pile. Later, as I grew up, I graduated to Giff’s other works. These middle grade books took on a more serious note and…
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Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea
Synopsis: “For fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Ali Benjamin comes a poignant yet hopeful novel about a girl navigating grief, trauma, and friendship, from Ashley Herring Blake, the award-winning author of Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World. Hazel Bly used to live in the perfect house with the perfect family…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases of the Second Half of 2021
I feel like I’m so far behind in my reading already and we’re already looking toward the second half of the year! But, that being said, there are some amazing books coming out that I can’t wait to read! These are all middle grade titles, but range in genres from…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/28/2021
What I Read I honestly can’t remember what I’ve read this week! It was so busy with the start of Summer Reading at work and my parents visiting this weekend that I didn’t have a lot of time for reading. I’m about halfway through Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue…
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9 More Middle Grade Novels in Verse
What I love most about novels in verse is the power that words have. In fact, this is an update to a previous middle grade novels in verse book list I created back in 2019. With such few words on the page, authors must choose every word even more carefully.…
