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August Round Up and the Winner for the AWB Reading Challenge
August was just a whiff of cool air as September rushed in bearing Christmas tidings. It is that time of the month again when we do a round up of the activities we have done here in GatheringBooks....
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It’s Monday, What are You Reading and Nonfiction Monday: Library-Themed Books
We are once again very happy to join the meme hosted by Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts (and brainchild of Sheila at BookJourney). Our participation in “It’s Monday, What are You Reading?” is...
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Librarian’s Voice in Academic Nook: Benjamin Farr’s Book Week and the Power...
This is the first (and hopefully not the last) time that we have a Librarian’s Voice in our Academic Nook. We thought that this would be an especially brilliant touch given that our current bimonthly...
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A Boston Public Garden Special with Make Way for Ducklings
With our current bimonthly theme, we have more time to go over some of the books we have just recently bought and are gathering dust in our bookshelves. I have just recently bought this book while I...
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Poetry Friday: A Sinister Tale About Flattery
Woohoo!!! It’s that final stretch for a fabulous weekend once again. What better way to celebrate this than a dose of Poetry Friday? The round-up for this mind-soothing meme is hosted by the fabulous...
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It’s Monday, What are you Reading? A Caldecott Medal Book Binge: 1943, 1944,...
It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts (and brainchild of Sheila at BookJourney). Since two of our friends, Linda from Teacher Dance and Tara from...
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New Wave and the Edsa Revolution: Salingkit, a 1986 diary by Cyan Abad-Jugo
I have just finished reading Cyan Abad-Jugo’s Salingkit: a 1986 diary, a YA novel. It’s our featured storyteller’s most recently-published book and I was very excited to read it, knowing that it...
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It’s Monday, What are you Reading, Feast of Caldecott Honor Titles: 1947,...
We are once again joining the meme hosted by Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts (and brainchild of Sheila at BookJourney). Our participation in this meme is actually inspired by our blogger-friends...
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The Library by Sarah Stewart and Pictures by David Small
When I mentioned that our current bimonthly theme Books about Books is kin to our previous theme which was Dusty Bookshelves and Library Loot, I wasn’t kidding. I originally meant to share this book...
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A Peculiar Nighttime Odyssey for Bibliophiles: The Night Bookmobile by Audrey...
I discovered this graphic novel by accident in the library. I knew that its strange and atypical vibe is just right for our Oddballs and Misfits: The Surreal and the Peculiar bimonthly theme until end...
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