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Top 10 Tuesday – Top New Treasures from a Sunday Indy Book Store Browse!

Walked into my favorite indy bookstore this weekend... and the next thing you know, I am sitting in a tiny chair with a pile of new picture books on the tiny table! Here are my top 10 (okay - 11!) new finds!

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March 29, 2023

1 - Middle Grade Novels / 1 - New Books / 1 - Novels / 1- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion / 2020 Releases / environment / Family / Friendship / Historical Fiction / Identity / immigration / Point of View / Racism / Read-Aloud / Sci-Fi

Favorite Middle Grade Novels of 2020 (so far!) for summer reading!

It's August! Eeeek! Only one more month to catch up on our READING, so thought I'd post a list of favorite middle grade novels. (You can read last summer's post…

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August 3, 2020

1 - Connect / 1 - Infer / 1 - New Books / 1 - Question / 1 - Transform / 1- Visualize / 2019 releases / Identity / immigration / Picture Book 10 for 10 / Refugee

Picture Book 10 for 10 (2019) – New Books for Your Reading Power Collection

I'm excited to be, once again, participating in this summer's 10 for 10 Picture Book celebration! #pb10for10 This annual celebration of picture books is hosted by Cathy from Reflect and…

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August 10, 2019

1 - New Books / 1 - Social Studies / 1 - Top 10 Tuesday / Diverse Children's Books / immigration / Picture Book

Top Ten Tuesday – Top 10 Books to Explore Themes of Immigration and Refugees

With the recent events in the US, immigration has become an increasingly important topic to explore and discuss with our students. I am currently working with a grade 6 class…

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November 15, 2016

1 - Lesson Ideas / 1 - New Books / 1 - Novels / 1 - Transform / 1 - Writing Anchors / 1- It's Monday, What Are You Reading? / graphic novel / immigration / Picture Book / Social Responsibility

It’s Monday! What are you reading?

It's Monday and I'm happy to be participating in a weekly event with a community of bloggers who post reviews of books that they have read the previous week. Check out…

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October 27, 2013