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Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want to Read A Book!
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic: things that will instantly make us want to read a book! Ah, this is slightly tricky, I find, because though there are factors that drive me to read a title, I feel Read more
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Giveaway for Loryn Brantz’s Feminist Baby Board Book & Prize Pack!
Welcome to a special post featuring Loryn Brantz’s Feminist Baby board book and a fabulous giveaway, courtesy of Disney-Hyperion! Read on to find out more about Feminist Baby, my thoughts on the board book, and how you can enter to win a prize pack! Thank you to Disney-Hyperion for sending me a copy and providing a Read more
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Hopping Into Easter with Picture Books and a Giveaway!
As a children’s librarian, part of the build up to Easter weekend at the library includes fielding a lot of questions about Easter books or Easter-themed books, preparing songs and stories about bunnies and other cute creatures…and, did I mention, finding lots and lots of cute stories about anything Easter-themed? I now have two more Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Books I’ve Read…
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I have not been doing a great job with keeping up and participating, but I have been inspired this week’s topic: the most unique books we’ve read! With the caveat that I have probably/most likely Read more
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Must Read Monday (64): YA from Vicki Grant, Alice Kuipers, Susan Juby & more!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: all young adult! There are new YA titles Read more
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Picture Book Review: Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner & Christopher Silas Neal
Review: Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner, illus. Christopher Silas Neal Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 7, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: In this gorgeous companion to the acclaimed Over and Under the Snow and Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, Kate Messner and Read more
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Great Children’s Titles from Elise Gravel, Dana Simpson, Ben Hatke & more!
Admittedly, there are indeed a number of book genres that I love- but children’s graphic novels hold a special spot in my reader’s and librarian’s heart. I cannot even count the number of times I’ve had a caregiver or self-described reluctant reader come ask me for reader’s advisory help and graphic novels (or comics) have Read more
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Review: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Review: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada via First Reads. Thank you! Publication: March 25, 2014 by Ballantine Books (Trade Paperback edition) Book Description: It’s January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months left of the three-year deadline she set for herself when she came to Read more
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Must Read Monday (63): Children’s Lit from Linda Williams Jackson, Caela Carter & more!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: children’s fiction! I am featuring a slew of Read more
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Board Book Look (3): Flora and the Chicks & Little Oink
Review: Flora and the Chicks: A Counting Book by Molly Idle Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 7, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Inspired by the main character of the Caldecott Honor book Flora and the Flamingo, this new series of board books is perfect for the very youngest Flora Read more
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