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Favorite Books of 2024: Middle Grade!
I love middle grade fiction. Next to picture books, I read these the most. I have a long commute, so I get a lot of reading done in the...
Mary K
Mar 165 min read
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Favorite Books of 2024 - Picture Book Edition
Look, it's well into February and I'm finally getting around to writing about my favorite books of the previous year! Let's just say that...
Mary K
Feb 288 min read
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In Which I, a Person With OCD, Share Four Graphic Novels About OCD.
In my 30s I was diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I'm not sure what triggered it, although I was an anxious kid and so always...
Mary K
Feb 24 min read
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Favorite Books for Preschoolers
Oh, preschoolers are fun. They've got OPINIONS and FACTS (about dinosaurs and firetrucks and Disney characters) and THINGS TO TELL YOU....
Mary K
Dec 23, 20248 min read
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Plant the seeds of reading with these fun picture books about plants!
In my monthly library program, I choose an early literacy theme on which to focus. In November it was vocabulary - or, more specifically,...
Mary K
Dec 11, 20242 min read
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Reading is reading is reading is good!
Occasionally I'll encounter someone who thinks that reading graphic novels, magazines, series fiction, comics, books below your reading...
mkkuehner2
Nov 11, 20244 min read
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Picture books to develop empathy
Sharing picture books is a great way to grow social-emotional skills like empathy. Reading a story offers a great opportunity to put...
Mary K
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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Let's learn about shapes and letters through picture books!
Did you know that learning about shapes helps with learning letters and numbers? It does! Being able to recognize shapes helps with...
Mary K
Oct 8, 20242 min read
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Great picture books about colors!
Every month I share a booklist to go along with the theme of the program I'm doing at my library that month. This month we're exploring...
Mary K
Aug 10, 20242 min read
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