Throwback Thursday | Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo: The Road to Epoli | Ben Costa and James Parks

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Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo: The Road to Epoli by Ben Costa and James Parks  Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2017, 208 pages  About the Author: Ben Costa is

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Writing While Speechless | Welcoming Grace Kennedy to the Pine Reads Team

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Talking to people is terrifying.  Okay, maybe not, hanging-off-a-cliff-over-a-pool-of-man-eating-sharks terrifying, but sometimes, the thought of having to speak up about what I want is difficult for me. And the fact

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Today Tonight Tomorrow | Rachel Lynn Solomon

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Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon Simon Pulse, Releasing July 28th 2020, 386 pages Trigger Warnings: Abuse, Anti-Semitism About the Author:  Rachel Lynn Solomon writes, tap dances, and collects

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Yoga Baby | Amanda Flinn

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Yoga Baby by Amanda Flinn  Illustrated by Shane Crampton  Beaming Books, 2020, 26 pages About the Author: Amanda Flinn is an award-winning author, a member of the SCBWI and the

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Percy Jackson: A Book, A Movie, A Musical…and Now a TV Show?

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 When I was ten years old, I discovered the book series that would change my life.  I distinctly remember cracking open the cover of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The

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Taking Advice From Pillows | Welcoming Wendy Waltrip to the Pine Reads Team

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I have a pillow that says, “A day without reading wouldn’t kill me, but why risk it?”  Now, I don’t entirely recommend taking advice from inanimate objects (other than books),

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