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Celebrate Earth Day by Learning About The Mighty Pollinators
Review: The Mighty Pollinators, Poems by Helen Frost and Photographs Rick Lieder
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We all know bees are pollinators but did you know fireflies are too?
The Mighty Pollinators is a great book to celebrate both National Poetry Month and Earth Day. It was a surprise hit with my kindergartener who loves gardening. His classmates also loved this fun read aloud too! We were all in awe…
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A Book That is a Love Letter from the Earth
Book Review: Love, The Earth by Frances Stickley and illustrated by Tim Hopgood
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🌍️ Earth Day Children’s Book Review! 🌎️Looking for a book to talk to children about their relationship with the Earth?This is a beautiful story told from the perspective of the Earth. The words and illustrations showcase the beautiful wonders of nature. There is also rhyming throughout that tie…
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Review: You're So Amazing!
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Welcome to my stop on the You’re So Amazing! book tour hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours. You’re so Amazing! by James and Lucy Catchpole and illustrated by Karen George is the story of Joe and how people respond to his disability.
So Amazing…
You might think the word “amazing” is in fact amazing. But when Joe hears it, he wonders why people always use it when they refer to him,…
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Isabel in Bloom is an Inspiring Migration Story
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Fitting in. Remembering home. Engaging with community. healing family relationships. This is what Isabel in Bloom by Mae Respicio embraces. This is a beautiful and positive novel-in-verse that will engage you and possibly inspire you to engage in your own community.
(Also, I’m a gardener, so I fell in love with the cover as soon as I saw it! It even inspired me to try a few new…
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Children's Book Beautifully Illustrates Life of Coretta Scott King
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King written by Coretta Scott King with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds is a wonderful new picture book that will quickly become a Black History classic. This children’s book is pulled from her adult memoir, Coretta: My Life, My Legacy, My Love.
The book takes you from Coretta’s childhood to her life after her husband, Dr. King, was…
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Prepare for the Eclipse With This Children's Book
Looking for a last minute book to teach your kids about the solar eclipse coming on Monday? Check out A Few Beautiful Minutes: Experiencing a Solar Eclipse by Kate Allen Fox and Khoa Lee. It’s a great lyrical introduction to the phenomena of what happens leading up to and during a total eclipse. I love how peaceful and informative the language is. The illustrations show a connection to nature…
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A Book That Teaches Kids the Old School Art of Letter Writing!
Review: Sallie Bee Writes a Thank you Note by Susan Verde and Courtney Sheinmel
I have been waiting for a book like Sallie Bee Writes a Thank you Note to cross my path! This new generation almost doesn’t know what a letter is because they live in the world of texts, DMs and emails. I grew up with my mom constantly chasing after me and hounding me to write all of my thank you notes. And yes ma’am…
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My Favorite Children's Book This Year Has No Words
Review: The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker is a book with no words. But the more you “read” it the more you find and learn. I was a little apprehensive at first, but when I did the second “read” with my son I was blown away by how much more I imagined was being told through the images. This is one of my favorite picture books of the year.
Through one…
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Reading on Rainy Days in April
April Reading Goals
April kicked off with two rainy days and I’m taking advantage of it to read and review books. I’ve been reading a lot of good verse novels and poetry lately so I’m looking forward to engaging in National Poetry Month this year. I’m considering possibly doing a mini read-a-thon of poetry after a trip to the library. I have one verse novel on my list already that I plan to kick…
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Spring Cleaning With Audiobooks
March Reading Wrap-up
It’s not an April Fools Day joke, but I am actually posting my March Reading Wrap-Up on time for once. I’m still enjoying audiobooks as one of my main ways to consume books. They especially kept me going during my spring cleaning projects. I think I also found a new favorite narrator and poet with Hannah V. Sawyerr in All The Fighting Parts. I read a variety of verse…
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Review: Luigi: The Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen
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Luigi: The Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes is a cute, humorous story of a spider and an old lady.
A spider looking for a nice, warm home with some dark corners he can occupy. You know, what spiders do. But then he wakes up to this old lady calling him a kitten.
The spider being hauled out of his dark corner and getting called…
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Children’s Basketball Books To Read for March Madness
Are you and your kids watching March Madness right now? Check out these two books for kids interested in basketball!
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🏀 Basketball Town by Scott Rothman and illustrated by Darnell Johnson
This book is about a young boy named Maxwell who loves basketball and even dreams of playing the game in his sleep. One night, his dreams take him to a place called Basketball Town where he…
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Young Readers Will Devour the Fast-Paced Safe Passage by G. Neri
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🚸💰⚠️Welcome to my stop on the Hear Our Voices Book Tour for Safe Passage by G. Neri and David Brame🚸💰⚠️
So this book started a tussle in my family of who was going to get to read it first. My kids love graphic novels so when they saw it on my desk, both of my older children gravitated to it. I tried to throw up the mama block by telling them hands off because I was on a…
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March Reading Goals Include Fantasy, Adventure and History
For my March Reading Goals, there is an interesting mix of fantasy, horror, adventure and reality on my TBR. Most of the books this month are recently or soon-to-be published. One book, The Afro-Indigenous History of the United States has been on my shelf for a while and I picked it as my #readmyshelf goal for this month.
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The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste
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My February Reading List Was Short But Impactful
February Reading Wrap-Up: Library Holds Dominates the Game
For February, half of my reading list were books that I was participating in for Blog and Instagram Tours. The other half were books that came off my library holds list. Audiobooks were the format that I stuck with for most of the month, as I found myself doing a lot of driving.
I don’t know if I could say I had a favorite book this…
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Black Society, Romance & Intrigue in The Davenports
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Where are all my historical fiction girlies? Romance and Black Society in early 20th Century Chicago is an awesome combination in The Davenports by Krystal Marquis. This is the representation I wish I had in novels growing up since historical fiction was and is my main jam. As a young Black girl I craved a book like this that centered Black life, romance and family in the elite…
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An Ode to Black Girlhood in Black Girl You Are Atlas
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Review: Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson and fine art by Ekua Holmes
Welcome to my stop on the #BlackGirlBookstaTour, check out my IG account for additional content. I chose Renée Watson’s recently released Black Girl You Are Atlas to feature. You will be blown away by the poetry in this semi-autobiographical collection.
Renée Watson’s latest book (pub date: Feb. 13) is…
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