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April Read Alouds
April starts on Monday and I’m getting this book list out with just a few days to spare! I’ve pulled together a list of daily holidays in April combined with a great read aloud picture book that fits the theme. You don’t have to read these in any specific order…
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March Read Alouds
I’m getting this book list out just in the nick of time for the start of March! I’ve pulled together a list of daily holidays in March combined with a great read aloud picture book that fits the theme. You don’t have to read these in any specific order if…
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February Read Alouds
January’s read alouds received a number of reviews and even a comment (which doesn’t happen often!), so I’m back with a list of February read alouds filled with 29 picture books to celebrate important, wacky, sentimental, and silly holidays every day of the month! I’m not taking all the credit,…
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January Read Alouds
I decided to try something new and create a giant list of read alouds for the month based on fun, silly, important, educational, and wacky holidays! I honestly have no idea who comes up with some of these things, but it’s a fun little factoid to share and it allows…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Reading Goals I Still Want to Accomplish Before the End of the Year
Looking back at my reading goals that I set back in January, I haven’t been reaching many of these goals. But, I’m still really happy with where I am in my reading goal. I’ve been reading more than I have been in the past few years and I’m just enjoying…
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Bit About Books Winter 2021 Reading Challenge
I’ve mentioned this winter reading challenge a couple of times over the past few days and I finally have time to talk more in-depth about it. I’m excited about a reading challenge that is both flexible and exciting! I’m also biased because I’m good friends with one of the creators,…
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Bookroo’s Reader Profiles for the Whole Family
I am so excited to share Bookroo’s new adventure today – reader profiles for the whole family! Think Goodreads for kids, but WAY BETTER! Bookroo asked me to take a sneak peek into the system and let me tell you, I’ve become addicted. It’s so fun to set up your…
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A New Kind of Challenge… Bookémon Badgeathon
So after two months of blogging challenges, I am blogged out! That’s not to say that I won’t be blogging all month long, but I’ve turned my attention to a cool, new reading challenge during the month of May – the Bookémon Badgeathon. Your goal in this challenge is to…
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It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up for the 24in48 Readathon
I took a giant step in my reading life and decided to sign up for my first 24in48 Readathon where it will be my goal to read 24 hours during a 48 hour period. Seems crazy, right? Well, I’ve had my eye on this challenge for a while and I…
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#ClassroomBookaDay
I just recently heard a podcast on Books Between about Classroom Book a Day with it’s creator, Jillian Heise. I love the idea of reading a book every day kids are in school and not only that, but reading picture books to middle grade students. Jillian was inspired by Donalyn…