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I read 100+ pages a day for a week!

April 30, 2023 ♦

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I was watching Tori Between Pages on YouTube while waiting for…Love Is Blind reunion (don’t get me started) and was inspired to try a 100 page a day reading challenge! Watch my newest episode on my book tube channel below. I also have the books I read linked to Goodreads…

Picture Book Reviews

July 13, 2021 ♦

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Here are some short and sweet reviews of some recent picture book reads. Have you read any? Planes by Jan van der Veken My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thank you Prestel for sharing this book with the LitReviewCrew for an honest review.This is a great informational read for readers…

A Snake, A Flood, A Hidden Baby by Meir Shalev, Illustrated b y Emanuele Luzzati, Translated by Ilana Kurshan

June 9, 2021 ♦

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A Snake, a Flood, a Hidden Baby: Bible Stories for Children by Meir Shalev My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thank you Kalaniot Books and Media Masters Publicity for sharing this picture book with the LitReviewCrew. This is a collection of classic biblical stories written with more modern language. 3…

Feature: Dreamy Days and Random Naps by Mawson

February 22, 2021 ♦

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Do you love to take naps? Are you a dreamer? Are you a creative soul? Then this book, Dreamy Days and Random Naps is just for you! Thank you to the publisher Obscura and Blackberry Book Tours for sharing this dreamy book with me in exchange for a review! Read…

Legit Kid Lit Episode 10: Saadia Faruqi

October 29, 2020 ♦

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Picture Book Frenzy: Benjamin’s Blue Feet by Sue Macartney

July 15, 2020 ♦

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Thank you Pajama Press for sharing this engaging and nature-centered picture book with the Lit Review Crew. I really loved the inside cover with the Galapagos creatures inside and the note at the end about waste in the oceans. I also enjoyed the unique vocabulary, like “string-stretch-it” to describe the…

Picture Book Frenzy: Pinky Crashes the Party by Michael Portis and illustrated by Lori Richmond

July 15, 2020 ♦

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Thank you Crown Books for Young Readers and creators for sending this book to the Lit Review Crew! This was such a fun book to read and would be a blast to read with a younger reader because you could play hide and seek! Pinky hides on each page and…

Picture Book Frenzy: No Fuzzball! By Isabella Kung

July 15, 2020 ♦

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Thank you Scholastic and Isabella Kung for sharing this book with me and the Lit Review Crew! I am a cat person, all the way. (I am not a dog person…shhh…don’t tell!) This book was laugh out loud hilarious and adorable. One thing I really liked was that the book…

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…

Picture Book Frenzy: A Journey Toward Hope by Victor Hinojosa and Coert Voorhees and illustrated by Susan Guevara

July 15, 2020 ♦

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Four unaccompanied migrant children come together along the arduous journey north through Mexico to the United States border in this ode to the power of hope and connection even in the face of uncertainty and fear.Every year, roughly 50,000 unaccompanied minors arrive at the US/Mexico border to present themselves for…