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What I’m Recommending Lately

July 22, 2014

I’ve been reading a lot these last few months, even if I haven’t been blogging much, I’ve been tweeting and sharing thoughts on my goodreads, and also sharing many recommendations in person. So, in the interest of sharing what some of my favorite titles have been so far this year, I wanted to document a […]

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How Life Got in the Way This Summer

July 21, 2014

I have been woefully neglectful on blogging this summer (really this year so far). I thought for sure with ending the school year, I would get back to blogging, but that hasn’t happened…because life got in the way. First there was this… My 8th grade class, who I will never forget because they were my […]

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TTT: Top 10 Books That Should Be In Your Beach Bag This Summer

June 3, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books That Should Be In Your Beach Bag This Summer OPEN ROAD SUMMER by Emery Lord WISH YOU WERE ITALIAN by Kristin Rae THE CHAPEL WARS by Lindsey Leavitt EXILE by Kevin Emerson WE WERE LIARS by e. lockhart BETTER OFF FRIENDS by Elizabeth Eulberg ON THE FENCE by […]

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TTT: Top 10 Authors on My Automatic-Must-Buy List

May 28, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Since it’s a choose-your-own-topic week, I went back to an idea I had commented on recently. Whether it’s for my personal reading enjoyment, or what I know will be popular and asked for by my students, these are the authors who get automatic pre-orders because none […]

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TTT: Top Ten Book Covers I’d Frame As Pieces of Art

May 6, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Book Covers I’d Frame As Pieces of Art THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by Michelle Hodkin SIEGE & STORM by Leigh Bardugo The original cover for NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer IGNITE ME by Tahereh Mafi INSIDE OUT AND […]

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IN THE SHADOWS by Kiersten White & Jim Di Bartolo

May 1, 2014

Title: IN THE SHADOWS Author: Kiersten White Illustrator: Jim Di Bartolo Publisher: Scholastic Press Release Date: April 29, 2014 Number of Pages: 384 Source of Book: ARC from Wolfson Literary agent – Thank you, Michelle!         From the remarkable imagination of acclaimed artist Jim Di Bartolo and the exquisite pen of bestselling […]

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Due to committee commitments this year, I can't post about 2025 books, but I can share my resource from last year. This Virtual Picture Book Read Aloud Library is a Google Slideshow covering 233 titles, in 7 categories, with book covers linking directly to copyright-compliant video read alouds of recommended picture books. 
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