This Tuesday Book post celebrated Hobbit Day ! So let's have some fun : Hobbit Day is a name used for September 22 in reference to its being the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's popular set of books The Hobbit and The Lord of [...]
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National Dyslexia Awareness Month
October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month. All across the country, communities will be making efforts to spotlight a range of dyslexic needs, struggles, and signs. Dyslexia is one of the most common language-based learning disabilities. What can we do to help ? Talk about it -get diagnosed and find answers, . Some facts : It is estimated that 1 in [...]
An education in Murder
Welcome to my Library post on Tuesday ! I took over our town library this Summer and will be opening it after school so kids can do lessons in a safe environment. My family is big readers and we love a library or book store ! While searching to find something to read I find [...]
New School Year tips *
Hello Tuesday Readers in Blog land ! Usually you will find my Library / Home school post but we are on a short break as we ger ready for Back to School. School here starts back on August 8th -and College Aug 23rd. The Library will open back up August 13 @ 2pm. We will [...]
At the library * 6/25
We are back at the library for another week of reading and fun . On the schedule is : Tuesday ( computers, reading)Wednesday ( Craft time)Thursday ( its Movie and popcorn time) What everyone is reading this week : “Big Nate is funny, big time.”--Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid For fans of the [...]
Nurses Week * Florence Nightingale
We are celebrating Nurses Week ! with a look at Florence Nightingale : Tuesday's lesson is perfect for history and science class : National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Florence Nightingale : e, OM, RRC, DStJ [...]
What’s Your Sign ? Chinese Astrology 2019
Did you know that Feb 5th starts Chinese New Year ? And this Year we celebrate the Year of the Pigs ! The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, is based on a twelve-year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. These signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and [...]
Holiday Book List
The last Tuesday of November seems to be the perfect time to make a book list, This weekend I was in my Happy place - a book store doing a little Christmas shopping for my Son and Hubby. The both like the feel of real books in there hands -so I try to buy them [...]
Feel the Heat* Rockford Fire Department by Kan Shay
If you haven't read this Fire Department series it's one of my favorites. Which makes is my Tuesday Li bray pick -so go check it out the whole series at the library right now ! Lisa book link She saves him from a fire, then steals his heart without even trying. When white hot [...]
Banned Book Week * Sept 23- 29th
Today is book Tuesday here . And I am posting about Banded Books , Is your favorite on the list ? What can you do ? Why is To Kill a Mockingbird often considered controversial? And should be banned . But most 6-7 th grade curriculum includes this book. My Son read it in the 7 th grade [...]
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