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Wondering what I’m reading? Keep up with my diverse reading list – the good, the bad, and the ugly! – here.
This week, 4th and 5th grade readers and their families gathered in the library to celebrate and discuss Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano. This sweet and spicy story is all about family, tradition, and the way baking and sharing food is a way of showing the people you love just […]
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Does it fart?? As a kid, this would have been the book of my dreams! First graders and I were nonstop giggles sharing this nonfiction book by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti. I love any opportunity to show my readers that nonfiction can be exciting, engaging, and educational, and this book is a perfect example! […]
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What is Ms. Fitz reading? Here’s the view from November 4th! October was a hard month, and it impacted my reading. With travel, sickness, speaking engagements, and work craziness, I didn’t get to spend as much time with books as I wanted to. I’m looking forward to a more relaxed November (🤞🤞) with more time […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Well, I’ve reached a low point in my scaredy-cat reading ways. I had to put this book down halfway through because it gave me nightmares… and it is written for fourth graders. Laugh if you […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Calling all Percy Jackson fans – you won’t want to miss Who Let the Gods Out. Percy has a secret British cousin and he is just as stubborn, hilarious, and entwined in the complicated world […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Wolf Creek is reliable. Everyone looks the same, everyone thinks the same, and everything stays the same. For Nora Tucker, aspiring journalist, it’s a little bit frustrating. She’s looking for some excitement m – by […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Kay has shed her past and become someone sparkling and new at her expensive, elite boarding school. Every bit of her unimpressive, tragic, and guilty last is behind her…until a classmate is found floating, facedown, […]
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It’s Fall Family Book Club time, and we’re adding a pinch of magic to our Book Club recipe! Students and their families are invited to read Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble, by Anna Mariano. Family Book Club is designed for students and their parents/families to share the story together at home. After completing the novel, all […]
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What is Ms. Fitz reading? Here’s the view from October 1st! After about five weeks of school, my reading wall is much more full than I expected it to be. You might remember that I set reading goals for myself this year – check them out here – and I know I said I would take […]
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View this post on Instagram When a student suggested this to me, I thought I knew what to expect; boy faces tragedy, boy has to move far away to heal, boy makes a new friend to help him get over tragedy. And I was totally wrong. While The Ethan I Was Before has all […]
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