tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60791542025-10-27T23:44:18.643-05:00MUSINGS FROM A LIBRARY GODDESS <br>EXTRAORDINAIRE WHO HAS RECENTLY <br>EMBARKED ON AN EXCITING NEW <br>ADVENTURE AS A WIFE <br>AND NEW MAMAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079154.post-41873371120986714722014-08-04T08:13:00.000-05:002014-08-04T08:37:50.259-05:00

Last Tuesday, I did something I'd been thinking of for a while but just hadn't been able to commit to: I temporarily deactivated my Facebook page. For a while, I've been considering that there are better uses of my time and attention than checking Facebook a hundred times a day to avoid missing anything. And so, after a day that left me wishing my world was a little quieter, I did it. I'm not

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So much joy for a mere $5. Perfection.

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Have y'all seen the #100happy days challenge currently making the rounds? It's a pretty simple premise: every day, for 100 days in a row, notice something that makes you happy, take a picture of it, and share. You can share via Facebook, instagram, tumblr, twitter, or by email. You have the option to limit how many people you share with by changing your settings or even your hashtag. I know many

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...I've fallen far behind on my blog and, once again, I have an excuse: Meet Penelope Grace. Poppy. Of course, she's been here since January and has grown a smidge by now: She's pretty amazing but, if I thought life was crazy with a toddler, life with a toddler and a newbie is even more so. I'm going to try to be back, though I honestly don't know what direction the blog will take. Will I

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I have recently had a very cool quote appear on my Facebook feed a number of times. Various parenting sites are reposting the picture and it always gets a number of shares and "likes," thus helping it spread more. &nbsp; &nbsp; Everytime I see it, I smile, but I am every so slightly unnerved, too. Why? Because this is my work, uncredited, and appearing in a number of places. I cannot lay

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While I've been very remiss in keeping up with reviews as of late, I have been writing snapshot reviews of titles I have read this past year. I have been posting these on a Pinterest Board and have included all books except books for the very young. While I've read far less this past year than usual, perhaps you'll see a title that looks good to you.

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Max loves nature, a propensity I am doing my best to encourage. We try to spend some time outside every day, rain or shine. We visit our local Nature Center for playdates and programs, as well as just to hike and explore on our own.&nbsp;I recently watched him spend a happy half hour following an ant around the deck, giggling as he watched it navigate the jungle of his toys. &nbsp; His delight

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"This is my cow, she's called Daisy. She should eat grass but she's too lazy." Even before the first lines of Lazy Daisy, Cranky Frankie by Mary Ellen Jordan and Andrew Weldon, children are treated to a peek of the singular farm they'll be visiting. The end papers show an orderly place sparsely populated with animals. Everything looks as it should be. The next page, though, features a hyper,

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&nbsp; I don't think I have written publically about my breastfeeding journey before, but the time feels right... &nbsp; I knew I wanted to nurse my child as soon as I saw the double line on the pregnancy test. It seemed like the only logical choice to me. Nothing against formula feeding - I, myself, was formula fed as a child - but I wanted a nursing relationship with my child. I read lots of

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I've been away for a bit, dealing with everything Life throws at us, but I will be back in the next week or two. I have a nice big stack of picture books to review for you and will likely be having my first ever giveaway, so check back in!

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Really surprised - and disappointed! - not to see Wonder recognized, but a really great group of winners overall. I'll be back sometime later to clean up the formatting, add links, etc. Happy Awards Day!

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Winner The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Honors Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz Bomb: the Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon written by Steve Sheinkin Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

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Winner This is Not My Hat illustrated and written by Jon Klassen Honors Creepy Carrots illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds Extra Yarn illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Bennett Green illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger One Cool Friend illustrated by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo Sleep Like a Tiger illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary

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Winner Up, Tall and High written and illustrated by Ethan Long Honors Let's Go for a Drive written and illustrated by Mo Willems Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons written by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean Rabbit and Robot: the Sleepover written and illustrated by Cece Bell

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Katherine Paterson

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Anna, Emma and the Condors produced by Katja Torneman

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Winner: Bomb: the Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon written by Steve Sheinkin Honors Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin&nbsp;by Robert Byrd Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose Titanic: Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson

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Winner My Family for the War written by Anne C. Voorhoeve, translated by Tammi Reichel, published by Dial Books Honors A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return&nbsp;written and illustrated by Zeina Abirached, translated by Edward Gauvin, published by Graphic Universe, a division of Lerner Publishing Group Son of a Gun written and translated by Anne de Graaf, published by Eerdmans

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Andrea Davis Pinkney will deliver the 2014 Arbuthnot lecture

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Winner Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Honor The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano

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Winner Martin de Porres: the Rose in the Desert illustrated by David Diaz, written by Gary D. Schmidt no honor books

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Winner In Darkness by Nick Lake Honors Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Dodger by Terry Pratchett The White Bicycle by Beverly Brenna

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Winner The Fault in Our Stars written by John Green, narrated by Kate Rudd and produced by Brilliance Audio Honors Artemis Fowl: the Last Guardian written by Eoin Colfer, narrated by Nathaniel Parker and produced by Listening Library Ghost Knight written by Cornelia Funke, narrated by Elliot Hill and produced by Listening Library Monstrous Beauty written by Elizabeth Fama, narrated by

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Winner Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Finalists Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different&nbsp;by Karen Blumenthal Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose Titanic: Voices From the Disaster&nbsp;by Deborah Hopkinson We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March&nbsp;by Cynthia Levinson

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