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Math! It's not just for elementary school anymore! (My favorite early math picture books)
Did you know learning about math begins early? I'm not talking learning to add and subtract, I'm talking about foundational math skills ,...
Mary K
Sep 192 min read
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The case for funny books
Recently I was attending a webinar overview of a new online product with digital books for kids. Overall, the product was nice, and will...
Mary K
Jul 272 min read
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New Middle Grade and YA Graphic Novels You're Going to Love. I Promise.
Some recent YA and MG graphic novels worth reading!
Mary K
Jul 65 min read
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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, 20249 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...
Mary K
Nov 11, 20244 min read
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