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Level M Books!

My earlier panic over not having any good Level M books to recommend to you has subsided. For ten years one of my strengths as an educator was matching readers with books they could read and enjoy, so I’m going … Continue reading

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My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories

My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephane Perkins I was dying to read this from the moment I knew it existed.  After all I was a huge fan of Let it Snow! another YA holiday … Continue reading

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Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream

Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han Clara Lee is super excited for the Apple Blossom Festival.  More than anything, she wants to be Little Miss Apple Pie and wear her beautiful red Korean dress and stand … Continue reading

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We’ll Always Have Summer

We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Jumping even further into the future with this one, Han brings us to Belly’s freshman year of college. Reading this gave me an almost claustrophobic feeling, because I pretty much knew what was … Continue reading

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It’s Not Summer Without You

It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han Picking up a year after The Summer I Turned Pretty, at first we know almost nothing about what has gone on during the past school year.  But Han slowly fills in the … Continue reading

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The Summer I Turned Pretty

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han You know it’s a beach read when the title even has summer in it!  This is a summer read that you won’t want to miss. For her whole life, Belly has spent … Continue reading

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Once Upon a Wintertime

Walt Disney’s Once Upon a Wintertime, A Little Golden Book by Tom Oreb I unearthed this in a box of old books that had once been my mother’s and remembered it from my own childhood.  It’s terribly old-fashioned (something I … Continue reading

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The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

I cannot possibly give you an explanation for why I was so incredibly attached to the story of a hedgehog leading a secret life as a washerwoman. I’m honestly a bit concerned about what that might say about me as … Continue reading

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