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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…
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Back to School – Middle Grade Edition
Back to school is always exciting and slightly scary time for kids and you can find gobs and gobs of picture books discussing the new school year, but it’s a lot more difficult to find titles for middle grade students getting ready for a new school building, a new school…
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20 Titles to Create a Classroom Community
There’s a lot of talk about reading a book a day during the school year, the importance of reading aloud to students and the need to teach and show kids empathy and kindness in today’s world. This is a wonderful list of titles that you can share at any time…
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(Unofficial) Top Ten Tuesday: Back to School
There are probably hundreds, if not thousands of “Back to School” and school-themed kids books. Here are a few of my favorite back to school stories to share with your kids! If you have other titles that you can’t live without, share them in the comments! Is Your Buffalo Ready…
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Book Review: The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade
I’ve enjoyed a number of Jordan Sonnenblick’s books in the past and he even visited our library for an author visit program, so I had high hopes for The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade, but honestly, this wasn’t my favorite story.Maverick is starting sixth grade and this year he promises to…
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Picture Book Month Theme: School
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Back to School
So for my back-to-school Top Ten list, I went with not-so-typical back-to-school books – mainly focusing more on being yourself, gaining self-confidence, and not making snap decisions about how people look; rather than your typical first day of school nerves. So, without further ado… Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes A Bad Case…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books To Read If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid
My kids in the library are still clamoring over Diary of a Wimpy Kid, especially now that a new book is coming out on November 3rd. So without further ado, here’s my Top Ten Readalikes for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce Dork Diaries by Rachel…
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Middle School Open House
Last night, I took my cart of materials and set up a table at the middle school with the school librarian for Open House. We have four elementary school, a middle school and high school and a K-8 Catholic school in our service area and are always looking for ways…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/14/15
I’m two weeks behind in my reading, but since I didn’t get to much this week this should work. Over the past two weeks, I finished Shadowshaper, which I absolutely loved. I also got my hands on a copy of Sunny Side Up and was blown away by the Holm’s take…