KidLit Challenge - Raymie Nightingale by Kate Dicamillo

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

KidLit Reading Challenge 2019 Title: Raymie Nightingale Author: Kate DiCamillo Age Range: 8-12 years Publication Year: 2016 Length: 263 pages Official Summary Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. And she has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with...
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KidLit Challenge - Tumble and Blue by Cassie Beasley

Saturday, January 19, 2019

KidLit Reading Challenge 2019 Title: Tumble and Blue Author: Cassie Beasley Age Range: 8-12 years Publication Year: 2017 Length: 390 pages Official Summary Blue Montgomery is cursed to lose. At everything. And to make matters worse, his dad abandons him at his grandmother's house, which is full of madcap relatives with terrible fates - all fighting for the one chance to have...
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hope is the thing with feathers

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

So begins a new year! A part of me wants to throw confetti in welcome, but another part of me looks back on 2018 with a bit of sadness for everything that happened and can never be forgotten. Some of it's good, but some parts of it were overwhelming, hence the never to be forgotten bit. My hope is that the growing I did in 2018 will benefit me in this new year. A new year is never going to...
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