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Picture Books About Butterflies For Preschoolers Flutterby Butterfly: A Slide-and-Seek Book by Emma Parrish I love books like this since they are a wonderful fun way to introduce children to reading. They will be delighted as you slide and show the hidden pictures in the book as the characters search for Flutterby Butterfly. Butterfly’s Surprise: A Lift the Flap Book by Grace Maccarone (author) and Valentina Belloni (illustrator) This is another lift-the-flap surprise book....

Science fantasy is exactly as advertised: a mixture of science fiction and fantasy elements blended together. Classic examples that most people will probably recognize are Star Wars and Star Trek, but the genre first came to prominence in American pulp magazines through writers like Robert A. Heinlein. The science fantasy genre utilizes fantastic elements made more plausible through the lens of science fiction or science fiction elements made even more extraordinary with a bit of magical thinking applied....

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2022 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists PEN/Jean Stein Book Award ($75,000) This award is given to a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, which has broken new ground by reshaping the boundaries of its form and signaling strong potential for lasting influence. And this year’s judges are Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Angie Cruz, Maurice Manning, and Steph Opitz. The President and The Frog by Carolina De Robertis (Knopf) The Trees: A Novel by Percival Everett (Graywolf Press) The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández (Tin House Books) Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W....

Bilingual Spanish/English Board Books Alrededor Del Mundo Con Cantinflas by Patty Rodriguez, Ariana Stein, and Citlali Reyes Introduce your littles to their first English and Spanish words while you travel around the world – including by train through the U.S. and in a hot air balloon through France. This book is one of the few from the Li’l Libros series, worth investigating for more great bilingual board books. Cerca – Close by Juan Felipe Herrera and Blanca Gómez This book will help your child understand the notion of things being near to each other – and people, too....

If you’re looking for more great LGBTQ books to celebrate this Pride month, you might also like these 20 must-read queer books out in June to preorder, 40 of the best queer books, must-read contemporary sapphic novels, and 20 must-read happy queer books for Pride. Release date: June 29, 2021 from Bloomsbury YA —Rachel Brittain —Rachel Brittain —Rachel Brittain —Rachel Brittain —Erika Hardison —Sarah S. Davis Release date: September 21, 2021 from Tor Books —CJ Connor Release date: September 7, 2021 from Doubleday —CJ Connor —Aurora Lydia Dominguez —Carole V....

1.“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” 2.“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.” —Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3.“It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” —Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 4. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends....

Picture Books About Emotions Oh, the tamper tantrums that come with toddlers and preschoolers. You know the ones, where you’ve got a hungry and overstimulated little human who just saw her favorite toy at the end cap of the isle you’re trying to rush past in Target. Suddenly the world is over. Suddenly she is kicking and thrashing and screaming and nothing is working. It happens to all of us, and the best of us....

Most of the divorce literature out there seems to be geared toward women. Furthermore, it appears to be dominated by white authors writing to the concerns of white communities. While I only found a few authors of color writing about this topic, I hope there are more. I included those that I could find on this list. Likewise, there’s almost nothing current about LGBTQ divorce. I’m going to go ahead and assume that it’s just because we’re so blamed awesome....

There are very few adaptations of work from BIPOC authors to note here, not because there aren’t numerous books that would make fantastic films, but because those works continue to be underappreciated and under-promoted by major film studios. Several of these works featuring all or mostly-white characters in print have been adapted to change some characters to POC, but the dearth of adaptations of books by BIPOC and women is notable yet again in 2021....

A post shared by Little Free Library (@littlefreelibrary) on Feb 11, 2019 at 10:31am PST The Best Little Free Library Patterns And Pre-Builts There are 25 patterns or unfinished Etsy boxes on this list to delight your inner DIY fanatic. They range in difficulty from super easy to super advanced, but every one is an adventure that leads right into the heart of your community. Links to blueprints are in the headings unless otherwise stated....

The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks This series originally started out as a trilogy but blossomed into a quintet of wordy fantasy novels with excellent world-building and character development. Lightbringer takes place in a world where different frequencies of light are used to create the magical substance luxin. These people are referred to as “drafters.” In this world, aka the Chromerian Empire, supreme power is split between The White and The Prism, with the former covering the political aspects and the latter in charge of maintaining the balance between the seven kingdoms, all of which are organized around the seven primary colors....

This list could be fifteen zillion books, and it could incorporate board books, middle grade novels and nonfiction if one had the inclination. Truly, it was hard to find a stopping point in terms of the picture books, so I chose to hone in on them and then throw in a handful of easy reader titles at the end. Picture Books About Animals Some Pets by Angela DiTerlizzi and Brendan Wenzel A follow up to Some Bugs by the same author-illustrator team, this story in verse is set at a pet show being held at a city park....

We don’t get a break with this hanging over our heads. However, we press on no matter how impossible it seems. We wake up everyday and do what we have to do, for ourselves, for our families, and for our communities. Times like these call for voices to bring calm in the madness. When life get’s overwhelming we can reach back to the greats and let their words drift over us as a balm....

Court of Lions is the highly-anticipated second and final installment of the international bestselling Mirage series. Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire? Backlist Bonus Pick Want more “3 on a YA Theme”? We’ve got you covered!

Trackers are one of the things you can add to your bujo to hold yourself accountable for various tasks or just to keep a record. There are mood trackers, chore trackers, exercise trackers, and, of course, reading trackers! If you’re feeling a bit lost, check out this guide that explains everything much more in depth. Bujo Spreads of Book Bindings Minimalist Trackers For Open Books (Get It?) For Those Who Want Detailed Notes Unconventional Shapes For Those Who Are Motivated By Numbers Ones You Can Print For Yourself!...

Looking for more poetry? Check out this list of collections that can help you meet our 2021 READ HARDER challenge of reading a poetry collection about nature or, if you like a blend of prose and poetry, maybe some of these books written in verse will be for you!

“Girls can’t play football!” Hearing gendered stereotypes like these on the playground was a regular occurrence when I was a kid, and sadly, it’s still prevalent today. What’s different now is the growing number of authors who recognize the need to challenge these norms. Robert Munsch’s The Paperbag Princess was one of very few books from my childhood with a main character who defied gender stereotypes. (Princess Elizabeth had dragons under control way before Daenerys Targaryen did!...

A Note: For what it is worth, I have kept this post reader friendly. But these books contain content that will be triggering to some readers, often to such a great extent and variation that offering individual warnings is kind of a moot point. Reader take care. On the other hand, you’re reading a post specifically about body horror comics. So you probably know, and want, what you’re in for....

I read some of these books first as graphic novels and memoirs, and then reread them as audiobooks. Some of them I’ve only read on audio, and I loved that experience just as much. While listening to the books I hadn’t read in print first, I found myself continually imagining the art. Just knowing the book was originally told in graphic form awakened my imagination in ways I didn’t expect....