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Hi! I am Melissa, the face behind the blog. I am a mom to 3 beautiful young ladies. We are a multicultural family as my husband is a native of Mexico. If you love anything to do with reading then this blog is for you.

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This calendar is free so you can keep up with all the books that you are reading. Check it out at WhatMommyDoes visitors. I think it has the perfect amount of…

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Growing Character with Great Books

One of the greatest gifts we can give our children isn't found on a toy store shelf—it's found between the pages of a good book. Stories have an incredible way…

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For your next book-sharing project, capitalize on the popularity of scrapbooking! Have each child or small group of students design a scrapbook about a book’s main character. Explain that the…

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    Lethal { Free eBook}

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    A teenager with no one to turn to must make a choice: save her classmates from a brutal school or defeat a sinister conspiracy that will change the world.Hildi doesn't have much left. Her life has Read more [...]

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    My baby girl. This morning she was so excited for school. I bought her new shoes last night. Pink, sparkly shoes. She loved them so much. She wore them for the first time today. And now she is gone…It Read more [...]

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    February 21, 2023 /

    Deborah Jenkins pulls her coat around her for the short walk home in the pouring rain. But she never makes it home that night. And she is never seen again…Four years later, an abandoned baby girl Read more [...]

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