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My Birthday - Giving Back to the Community
GIVING BACK to the community. Let's fill this #lfl at a school I used to teach. See the Filled Library at the end with all books. I...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Christmas Picture Books
Happy Release Week for Hooray, It's Three Kings Day . 🎄 I miss how we used to build a tiny village under the tree with flowing water and...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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October Vibes
I had some fun decorating my shelves and reading some shorts by #marydowninghahn @marydowninghahn that I bought from @theshelfstuff...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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The Oferenda That We Built
💚🤍❤️The Oferenda That We Built - what is it and how to do it. 👉 Beautifully illustrated 🇲🇽 💛 My review: 5 ⭐️ One of the best books...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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Author Spotlight - Kate Messner
✍️ Author Spotlight: @katemessner 👉 This is one of my favorite prolific authors. Love this author's writing style, whether it's historic...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Sep 27, 20241 min read
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Harper Collins Reads
Happy Release Day, @theshelfstuff @harperkids 🗝 THE STOLEN KEY - mystery @haddixbooks middlegrade #24relesaes #thestolenkey ...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Sep 21, 20241 min read
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Hilarious Series
Happy Release Day #thedaynoraatethesun I loved book 2, so much went out and bought book 1. Thank you @andrewsmcmeelkids @andrewsmcmeel ...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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Goosebumps
Welcome SPOOKY season, not without welcoming the King of Frights. Thank you @scholastic and @tvsmediagroup for books 2 and 3. This is...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Sep 6, 20241 min read
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Fall Book Recs
Early Chapter books 📚 with @candlewickpress for your young ones. 🧡Educational 🩷Fun 💚Easy to read ❤️Illustrated 💚Slice of Life,...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Aug 24, 20241 min read
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Mo Seto
Currently Reading... #thelegendarymoseto With Wuxia vibes, this is a great Taekondo middlegrade. Dealing with the pressure to have her...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Aug 23, 20242 min read
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Author Spotlight - Spooky Recs
📚📮 Author Spotlight. Can you believe that... 👉 I only discovered this author when I was an adult because of a Master Class...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Gamerville Graphic Novel
Book here ● Review ● #gamerville This is an auto-buy graphic novel author for me. There is always a great balance between drama, serious...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Jul 26, 20241 min read
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Dogs & Books & Books & Dogs
Take a stick, leave a stick 🥰 Dogs & Books 🐶 🌺👉Here is a fun extra for a #lfl for our dear companions and friends. Stick library....
Vanessa Bettencourt
Jul 13, 20241 min read
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Book Mail
📚📮Bookmail Monday Happy Monday #bookmailisthebestmail #bookmail📮 #bookishmail Gifted by the publisher (thank you) : 👉 @theshelfstuff...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Jul 4, 20241 min read
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Ocean creatures...
🌊Where do Ocean Creatures Sleep at Night? Maybe in the open... maybe near a reef? Under rocks, or burrowed in the sand... One of my...
Vanessa Bettencourt
May 4, 20241 min read
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April was Autism Acceptance Month
Hope we all had a wonderful Indie Bookstore Day 🥰 Because it is also #autismacceptancemonth Here are some recs. 🌸🥰 #childrensbooks...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Apr 30, 20241 min read
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Book Mail + Independent Bookstore Day
📚📮 Which one would you read 1rst?☝️☝️☝️ With @harperkids @theshelfstuff 🩷💛 Graphic novels, fantasy books, and a wonderful full of...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Apr 27, 20242 min read
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Why do We Sing?
Happy Release week, fantastic picture book. Congratulations to the authors (also amazing illustrator) @thesamtsui @caseybreves...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Apr 21, 20241 min read
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Today's Releases
🎉March 26th: Happy Release Day to... ☝️ The Lighting Circle - #YAnovel #verse @tundrabooks @penguinteen Zandi's Song - #picturebook...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Mar 26, 20241 min read
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Happy Second Winter
I've been waiting for this day since Spring began, here it is! Snow. Also known as Second Winter in Chicago. There are 12 seasons in...
Vanessa Bettencourt
Mar 22, 20241 min read
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Middle-Grade novels, Graphic Novels, Ya Fantasy and Epic Fantasy - Reviews and Recs
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