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#ReadYourWorld: Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018

January 26, 2018by asantori Leave a comment

  For more content on children’s books and media, please visit our sister site (https://happeninginsideyourhead.wordpress.com/). 10 Little Ninjas by Miranda Paul.  Illus. by Nate Wragg. 10 Little Ninjas is a […]

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Book Review, library life, MCBD

History of Children’s Literature: The Baldwin Library

December 12, 2017by asantori Leave a comment

  The University of Florida’s George A. Smathers special collections library in Gainsville, Florida contains the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature collection.  In the Baldwin collection, there are over 13,000 […]

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YALSA 2016 HUB Challenge: X; The War That Saved My Life

June 13, 2016by asantori Leave a comment

In less than two weeks, the 2016 YALSA Hub Challenge comes to an end, and, just in time, we’ll be putting our toes across the finish line (21/25 books completed!).  And, since […]

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Book Review, HUB Challenge 2016, library life

Old San Juan- The Walled City

June 11, 2016by asantori Leave a comment

Click through to enjoy my beautiful, talented best friend’s recap of our time in Old San Juan!

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"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." - Virginia Woolf

Join me as I muddle through the end of my 20-something years and the beginning of my career as a children's librarian . . . traveling, reading and indulging in an overabundance of introspection along the way.

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