Category: Book Lists
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10 WWII Books that will Break Your Heart and Inspire Your Soul
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. Nonfiction – Biographies and Autobiographies | Historical Fiction We just wrapped up part 1 of the Things Good Readers Do series…
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10 Notable Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators
This week is Children’s Authors and Illustrators week, where we get to highlight the incredible people who create engaging texts for kids of all ages. I have a few different posts planned for you, and I am excited to share them with you! Last week, I wrote about what parents…
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Top Middle Grade Reads of 2020
Part 3 (of 3) Delightfully for me, reading middle grade books is part of my job. I suppose reading as many as I do is not *actually* part of my job description. But after reading about how one teacher knows all the books in her classroom library so she can…
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Top Nonfiction Reads of 2020
Part Two Ironically, I couldn’t narrow my nonfiction reads down to just 5. I say “ironic” because I read so much more fiction than nonfiction! So I decided, “Why limit myself to an arbitrary number?” Books can often be a “top read” based on when you and the book find…
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Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2020
As promised, here is my first installment of: My criteria for including titles on this list are a combination of most of these: I ranked it with 5 stars on Goodreads It stuck with me for a long time after reading it It made me think The writing itself was…
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5 Books on Technology, Productivity, and Relationships
When the pandemic hit this spring, I all of a sudden found myself in a very different position than normal: for the first time in pretty much ever, I had no set schedule. At that point, we hadn’t created a fixed online school schedule. With an entire work day at…
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50 Read-aloud Suggestions for All Ages
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. Want to skip straight to the read-aloud suggestions ? Click here Or, if you’d like to go to the recommendations for…
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