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Happy Book Birthday Chris Baron!

June 13, 2023 ♦

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Chris Baron has written some of my favorite novels in verse and now he has a book not in verse, but in prose! And it comes to the world TODAY! Give this book a warm welcome by adding to your TBR, checking from the library (or requesting your library to…

Labor Day Weekend Picture Book Frenzy Book 6: School by Britta Teckentrup

September 7, 2020 ♦

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Book#6 for my Labor Day Weekend #picturebookfrenzy is School by Britta Teckentrup. Thank you Prestel and Media Masters Books for sharing with the Lit Review Crew💜. This would be a great first day read for middle schoolers. It touches on community, understanding each other’s stories, finding your place, and finding…

Picture Book Frenzy: This is A. Blog by L.A. Kefalos and illustrated by Yuriy and A. Blob on a Bus by Kefalos and illustrated by Jeffrey Burns

July 15, 2020 ♦

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Laughing Leopard Press reached out and asked me if This is A. Blob and the sequel, A. Blog on a Bus, would be good reads for the Lit Review Crew. I said yes, and now it is time to share this blob with my followers! Here is an excerpt from…

Mini Review: Ollie Oxley and the Ghost

July 4, 2019 ♦

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Ghosts Rule! Bullies Drool! Those are the words Lisa Schmid inscribed in the ARC copy I won on a Twitter Giveaway. Those words will definitely draw my students in to read this book because these sixth graders love ghost stories. Overall, I really enjoyed this mystery. My students love ghost…

Book Review: Save Me A Seat by Sarah Weeks

November 12, 2017 ♦

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Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan Started Reading: September 12 Finished Reading: September 22 Pages: 216 Summary Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they’re both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL. Joe’s lived in the same town all his life, and was doing…

Mini Review: Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

May 15, 2017 ♦

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Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk A 2017 Newbery Honor Book A young girl’s kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying. ★ An NPR Best Book of the Year ★ A Booklist Best Book of the Year ★ An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of the Year ★ A Kirkus…

What I Learned From Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

March 20, 2017 ♦

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Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who’s ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn’t fit in. “Everybody is smart in different ways. But if…

REVIEW: Inside Out and Back Again

July 28, 2016 ♦

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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhaa Lai Published: 2011 Inside Out and Back Again is a New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award! Inspired by the author’s childhood experience of fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to…