Do you like adventure and magic? Perhaps flying on dragons is your cup of tea? If so, you’re going to love this book. Set in the mountains in China, the story starts with the mysterious line, ‘Mountains always have secrets’. […]
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The competition in this category was fierce, and I struggled to narrow the list to these five. Too Small Tola by Atinuke Published by Candlewick Three charming stories about Tola, the youngest in a family living in Lagos, Nigeria, who […]
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Myra here. Two days ago, I shared my #Top21of21 consisting mainly of adult novels, memoirs, graphic novels, middle grade/ YA fiction. Yesterday, it was my #Top21of21 – nonfiction picturebook edition. Given how I have read 294 picturebooks in total (inclusive […]
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Every Hero Has A Story…What started as a small school project has quickly become an international literacy initiative. Hindi’s Libraries collect and donate new and gently used children’s books to more than 650 organizations throughout the world at no cost […]
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Book Review of The Thingity–Jig The Children’s Book Review Written by Kathleen Doherty Illustrated by Kristyna Litten Ages 4-8 | 32 Pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company | ISBN-13: 978-1561459599 What to expect: Inventions, friendship Bear was taking a nighttime stroll […]
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Graphic novels continue to be extremely popular at my library. Here are a few of my favorites from this year. Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez Published by Roaring Brook Press Alyssa Bermudez used her real diaries from seventh and […]
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Myra here. Yesterday, I shared my #Top21of21 consisting mainly of adult novels, memoirs, graphic novels, middle grade/ YA fiction. Today, I am happy to share my #Top21of21 – nonfiction picturebook edition. Much of my research work has to do with […]
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To be honest, when I first picked this up my inner voice sighed and said ‘oh more angst…’. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t appreciate that authors are writing representatively of their readers but there really are […]
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A few more chapter books that I enjoyed this year. These could also be Newbery contenders–one never knows. A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus Published by Margaret Ferguson Books I stand by my assertion that this funny, […]
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Myra here. Every year, I share a list of books that I found to be particularly compelling. This is not an easy thing to do since Goodreads indicates that I have read 370 titles this year. To make a slight […]
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