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MAMA’S BELLY By: Kate Hosford Illustrated by: Abigail Halpin Published: April 17, 2018 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Fiction Perfect for gifting and reading this Mother’s Day weekend, MAMA’S BELLY shares the curiosity, love, and apprehension of a young girl awaiting the birth of her baby sister. As the older sister hugs, talks, and sings to her…

LET ME LIE By: Clare Mackintosh Published: March 13, 2018 Publisher: Berkley Fiction/Suspense LET ME LIE is the third novel by Clare Mackintosh, a former UK detective who uses her background in police work to write thrilling novels. Her newest thriller will leave readers in disbelief as the twists are revealed. Anna is overwhelmed with…

ANNA AND JOHANNA A Children’s Book Inspired by Jan Vermeer By: Geraldine Elschner Illustrated by: Florence Koenig Published: April 10, 2018 Publisher: Prestel Junior Fiction Jan Vermeer was a 17th Century painter from The Netherlands. He married, had at least ten children, and died at the young age of 43, leaving his family in debt,…

Boy, you can tell I have a lot going on, I only read 6 books in the last month and four of them were children’s books. I also had one audio that I was listening to, but it expired before I could finish it, so I’m currently back on the waitlist. April was full of…

THE GREAT ALONE By: Kristin Hannah Published: February 6, 2018 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Fiction After reading my seventh Kristin Hannah novel, I think she just keeps getting better. I didn’t think she could top her latest best-selling historical fiction novel, THE NIGHTINGALE, but I think she has. Hannah has a family connection and great…

I AM FAMOUS By: Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie Illustrated by: Joanne Lew-Vriethoff Published: March 1, 2018 Publisher: Albert Whitman and Company Fiction In our era of smartphones, tablets and social media it seems even the youngest of toddlers knows how to take a “selfie”. Parents are posting videos of their children being silly and…

On March 4, 2018, I started using Hyalogic Scar Serum on a scar that is from a burn several years ago. It was a really bad burn and left behind quite a line on my left hand. I was hoping to find a product to reduce the appearance of this burn on my hand. I…

BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW! Fascinating, Far-out, Fun-tastic Facts Published: August 8, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books Non-Fiction I’ve been subbing in the elementary classrooms long enough now that the students know I usually have a few fun books to share in my teaching bag. I recently taught remedial readers in fourth and fifth grades and their…

  I’m trying to read more books that I choose for my own reading enjoyment. Not for review, but because I’ve been wanting to read them or they caught my attention. Most of them have been talked about ad nauseam or have been on my to-read list for a long time so they don’t really…

THE BOO-BOOS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD A True Story About An Accidental Invention (Really!) By: Barry Wittenstein Illustrated by: Chris Hsu Published: February 13, 2018 Publisher: Charlesbridge Non-Fiction Who knew the story of how band-aids were invented would be so interesting! Wittenstein has a way of telling a story from history but injecting enough humor to keep…