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Midsummer Mayhem
Author: Rajani LaRoccaEleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least-talented member of her family seems possible when she discovers a contest at the new bakery in town. Plus, it'll start her on the path to becoming…
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The Language of Flowers
Author: Vanessa DiffenbaughThe Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go,…
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BOOKSHELF scavenger hunt 2.0
Every month my Avonlea and Windy Poplars tiers on Patreon get a bonus video from me. I have a lot of fun with my Patreon exclusive videos, they are a little more raw and always so much fun to film because I know who I am filming them for. For the month of July I decided to do a Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt video, I had a number of prompts and I had to find books that had to fulfill the…
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Not That Pet!
One of my kids really wants a pet right now so this book was perfect timing. Our main character in this book wants some pretty strange pets! Author: Smriti Prasadam-HallsSome are too scary, some are too smelly, some are too wiggly, and some are too giggly. Can Mabel find the perfect pet for her family? Not noisy or scary or covered in spikes. She'd choose something friendly that EVERYONE likes. Mabel's family is letting her pick what kind of pet…
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If You Live Here
My kids and I enjoyed reading this book together! We discussed which home we would like to live in (I think the train for me!) and the three year old had fun finding the black cat on each page. Author: Kate GardnerHave you ever imagined what it would be like to live . . . in a treehouse, underground, in a castle, or even in a spaceship? If You Live Here is a whimsical tribute to the unique and special places…
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books with BODY PARTS IN THE TITLE for the August READ YOUR BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE
I’ve been wanting to share ideas for books for each month’s prompt for the Read Your Bookshelf Challenge and apparently it has taken me until August’s prompt to finally do so! The prompt for August is to read a book with a body part in the title, and going through my shelves made me realize this was harder than I was expecting! I found a few books on my read shelves and a few more on my unread shelves to…
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