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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 Fresh out of juvie, Joseph is a quiet, stoic 14 year old with a lot of dark history – and a newborn daughter he's never met. Seems clear cut, right? Bad kid, bad choices, […]
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Exciting news, St. Anne’s-Belfield middle school families! Next Tuesday morning, middle school students can celebrate the holidays AND Computer Science Education Week with a holiday-themed Hour of Code Pop-Up Makerspace in the LV library. Code is hard work, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun, too! We will be opening the library early for students […]
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Running a K-8 library is hard. It’s not the curriculum that’s difficult, or even the task of purchasing relevant and exciting texts for such a wide range of ages. Switching gears from 5th grade to kindergarten on a dime isn’t easy, but that’s not what I’m talking about. No, I’m talking organization. That’s the hard […]
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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 Oh Zoe. Wanted a piano, got a Perfectone D60 organ. Wanted a best friend, got girl drama. Wanted a boyfriend, got a…Wheeler. Zoe is an underdog that is relateable and lovable, and her tumultuous […]
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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 😍😍 With fun illustrations, quality writing, and sassy humor that kids will go nuts over, The Terrible Two hits it out of the park. If the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Diary of a […]
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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 As I puzzled my way through Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat, I couldn't shake one overwhelming question: has Gary Paulsen ever actually had a conversation with a middle schooler? I'm not exactly an […]
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November is Picture Book Month, a fun opportunity to celebrate our favorite books, as well as our beloved experiences and memories with them. The beautiful pictures, the thoughtful words, the silly characters – there is so much to celebrate! We’ve been reading wonderful pictures books both new and old all month long, and have had a […]
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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 If I were reviewing just the second half of this novel, it would get full marks. Deep, meaningful friendship, forged in a believable way! Drama! Science! Enriching historical references that even this history-challenged reader […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! https://www.instagram.com/p/BLL297yD0DW/
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Attention, 7th and 8th graders! Consider this your official invitation to the our very exclusive End-of-the-World Book Club. (Yes, you read that right.) WHO: 7th and 8th grade students as well as staff like Mr. Price, Ms. Mathieson, Ms. Beckwith, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Gulotta, and yours truly! WHAT: An exciting and thought-provoking book discussion about Life as We Knew It […]
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