Non-Fiction Monday Round-Up

Every Monday, kidlit bloggers celebrate some of the fantastic non-fiction available for kids and teens.  I have the pleasure of hosting today’s Non-Fiction Monday Round Up!  Leave a link to your post about a non-fiction title in the comments, and I’ll update throughout the day. My contribution this week is the DK Encyclopedia of Animals. [...]

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July I Can Read Carnival

Welcome to the July edition of I Can Read: A Carnival Celebrating New Readers. This carnival runs for 3 days in the middle of each month and I’m excited to be this month’s host. We’re sharing reviews of Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books that can set emerging readers on the path to confident reading [...]

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Summer Fun

I thought our summer would slow down after the 4th but we’ve immersed ourselves in summer as if we need to take in all the swimming, wading, and mudding we can get.  We’ve been ridiculously busy but in a wonderful way.  I’d planned to continue with schoolwork through the summer but other than a few [...]

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Non-Fiction Monday: It’s Best to Leave a Snake Alone

Three-year-old C has been fascinated by snakes this summer.  We visited Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC on our way to the beach and she could have spent hours in the reptile house looking at all the snakes including two enormous anacondas and some beautiful tree boas.  On a recent trip to the library, she asked [...]

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