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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read During a Storm

    Top Ten Tuesday

    For today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme, I decided to select some middle grade books that have a winter setting. While not all of these titles are set during a storm, I feel like curling up with anyone of these books during a winter storm would be the perfect companion. I…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Winter Holidays in Picture Books

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s another freebie week! And I’m excited to share this very brief list of picture books about winter holidays from St. Lucia Day (inspired) to Lunar New Year and so many in between! I’m going to caveat this list to say that this is just one depiction of the holidays…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Books on Gratitude

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s a thankfulness freebie for Top Ten Tuesday and while last week I shared about the ten things that make me thankful for public libraries, today I wanted to share just a couple of picture books about gratitude and thankfulness. Take a look at this list full of some popular…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Oldest Books On My TBR

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I don’t keep a very active TBR or to be read list because inherently I ignore the list and just grab whatever strikes my fancy and whatever is available when I’m ready for my next book. But, I was able to scrounge up ten books on my shelves at home…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books All About Trees

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s official theme for Top Ten Tuesday is “Covers/Titles with Things Found in Nature” and because there were so many different possibilities, I decided to narrow it down a bit and focus on trees. There are some absolutely amazing nonfiction books for kids out there specifically about tree communication. This…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Contemporary Romance Titles

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s a love freebie for Top Ten Tuesday and what a perfect choice for the day before Valentine’s Day. In the past, I’ve highlighted middle grade friendships, first crushes in middle grade books, fun romance reads, and picture books about self-love, and picture books for Valentine’s Day. Today, I’m excited…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Quick Kids’ Nonfiction

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s theme was quick reads or books to read when time is short and I’ve done a similar book list for middle grade titles, so I wanted to take some time to try something a little different. Today I focused on quick nonfiction reads that I think are not only…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023

    Top Ten Tuesday

    I spent a lot of time reading contemporary romance titles in 2023 and discovered a bunch of new-to-me authors this past year. I love how easy contemporary romances are to read, you always know the general format and what’s going to happen, but I love discovering new characters and settings.…