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6 Ways to Support Indie Bookstores on Independent Bookstore Day
The last Saturday of April is Independent Bookstore Day! Like so many businesses, COVID has hit indie bookstores hard. But, I’m going to share just a few ways in which you can support indie bookstores, even if you don’t have easy access to one in your area! 1. Visit an…
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#MGBooktober 2020
#MGBooktober is the brainchild of the MG Book Village team and author Annaliese Avery and is now in its fourth year! There’s a new prompt every day for #MGBooktober 2020. Some are really easy and others get me thinking. Prompts like “Book that challenged your thinking” or “Book that got…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors with a Fun Social Media Presence
I had such great hopes for sitting down and really diving into this theme this week! But, then coronavirus hit and I had back-to-back meetings at work for a 12-hour day and here I am. I’m happy with the list of authors and illustrators I came up with even with…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Follow On Social Media
This was such a fun topic to think about! I wanted to really look at some young adult characters as I thought many of the middle school characters probably shouldn’t be on social media quite yet. Plus, young adult novels have a lot of great characters that I’d love to…
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Connect with Literacious
With a beautiful new format to my blog, I want to make sure readers know how to connect with Literacious, because there are a lot of ways to do so! I’ve met some amazing people in my personal learning network that I would never have known if not for my…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – (Book) Discussions
Program Name: Page Turners What: You don’t think I could go through the whole alphabet without talking about book discussions, do you? We’ve offered book discussions for all ages from 3rd grade through adults. I think book discussions work really well because you can create different book discussions for different interests or…
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#KidLitWomen
It’s Women’s History Month and you’ve got to take a look at #KidLitWomen and all the amazing information, resources, opinions and books by women in the kid lit world! Plus, you’ve got to spend some time on their Facebook page as women in the kid lit world have written a…
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Top 10 Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016
I have ten resolutions and now am slightly overwhelmed, but many are attainable and I’m really excited to start 2016 off on the right foot! Overall, I resolve to rock. Check out my Top Ten Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016. Blog Goals Grow a larger readership. I have a lot of…
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SharpSchu Book Discussion
If you’ve never had the privilege or opportunity to take part in a SharpSchu book discussion, than you definitely need to set aside an hour to do so. Each month Colby Sharp from Sharpread and Mr. Schu from Watch. Connect. Read. host a Twitter book discussion – 30 minutes for a chapter…
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Branding, Marketing, and More!
As a profession, we are tasked with the seemingly impossible task of keeping up-to-date with technology and remaining relevant in an increasingly screen-focused society. I love technology, when it works! But, keeping the library website, Facebook page, Twitter account up-to-date can be exhausting, not to mention the program/collection marketing we…
