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IRL: Going on hiatus!
Hi friends! Thank you all for reading my goofy thoughts about books for the past little while. I wanted to give a heads up that I will be putting this blog on hiatus for the foreseeable future. It’s for a great reason though – I’ve been invited to serve as the administrative assistant to the…
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We Belong to the Drum / mistikwaskihk kitipêyimikonaw
Nikosis had been listening to the drum before he was born. p. 1 Introduction Orca Publishers is knocking it out of the park again with this one, friends. We Belong to the Drum is a delightful picture book written by Sandra Lamouche (Bigstone Cree), illustrated by Azby Whitecalf (Plains Cree), and translated into Plains Cree…
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Artie and the Wolf Moon
No, that’s not how it works. In movies, maybe. But you can’t become a werewolf. It’s passed down. You have to be born a wolf. Everyone on my side of the family was. p. 23 Introduction After a bit of a break, I’m back! I’m trying to get through the backlog of stuff I’ve had…
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Doodles from the Boogie Down
Introduction Any librarian can tell you that one of life’s great joys are the Advance Reader Copies from major librarian conferences. (It could also be considered a curse depending on the size of your carry-on!) It’s a lot of fun to be able to read books ahead of their release to get a better sense…
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