Give a Child a Shot @ Tea Parties #VaccinesWork
Think about it. Twenty bucks (20!) can provide a lifetime of vaccines for a child in another country who might die from disease otherwise. That’s four children who can now have a shot at reading a book...
View ArticleThe 12 Books of Christmas
Welcome to The 12 Books of Christmas Every day we’ll share a new book together as we count down the days to Christmas! On The NINTH Day of Christmas An Unconventional Librarian shared with you, a story...
View ArticleAn Unconventional Librarian’s 2015 #DiversityReadingChallenge
IT’S TIME FOR DIVERSITY! I’ve been wanting to start my own reading challenge and I’ve finally done it! Let’s ring in 2015 with a reading challenge that celebrates the multicultural reader and...
View ArticleThe Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 is Here!!
Please read and follow the sign-up instructions outlined below so you sign onto the list correctly! The brainchild of Arlee Bird, at Tossing it Out, the A to Z Challenge is posting every day in April...
View ArticleBlogging from #AtoZChallenge- H Hot Hot Roti!
I’m so excited to share H day with you today! There are lots of books that start with the letter H. And I’m sure they’re fine books. But since I love food, I wanted this book to be about food. And...
View ArticleLola and Tattletale Zeke by Marcia Goldman
Tattletales are the WORST!!! I have two kiddos of my own and I have seen the damage tattling can cause. In our house, Pumpkin, the younger sister, would tattle on #1 son about EVERYTHING. It was awful....
View ArticleI am Jazz. A Book for Transgendered Children.
Here’s a book I love about a young girl and her family who figured out early on that she was different. I am Jazz. A gentle understanding of kids who are born into the wrong bodies. I can’t express...
View ArticleThe Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
There is so much going on in this book it’s difficult to know where to start. Our heroine is Hayley and her father is an Iraq war vet. Dad suffers from a MONSTER case of PTSD and isn’t able to follow...
View ArticleThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The message in here is not pedantic so readers who hate books that they think are teaching them a lesson will love it. Who doesn’t love animals, right? On the surface, The One and Only Ivan is a...
View ArticleGone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams Garcia
I don’t know why I haven’t read anything by Rita Williams Garcia, but her books, PS Be Eleven and One Crazy Summer have been on my TBR for ever! I love this book so hard! Look at those little Minnies...
View ArticleBuzz Aldrin Welcome to Mars (and maybe the first library on Mars too)
So…You might not know this about me but I love space stuff! I briefly worked at NASA many years ago and it was so much fun. I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut (who doesn’t) and now you thanks to...
View ArticleWhat Do Kids With Autism Like to Read?
So I made a new friend recently. Her name is Leyla Kader Dahm, which sounds like the name of a musical princess. As it happens she’s written a book which I will share with you later. Anyway, we got to...
View ArticleThe Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
As with all self help books, I suggest you read with a keen eye; what works for one person might not work for you. That said, there were things about The Four Agreements that I found helpful. Although...
View ArticleThe 2016 Diversity Reading Challenge
It’s time for diversity! Last year I started a diversity reading challenge for myself and I was amazed at the number of people who were drawn to it. It’s so great to know that I’m not the only person...
View ArticleBlogging from A to Z Challenge
Calling all Wordsmiths, Party Animals, Bloggers, Readers, Droids, Orcs, Pirates, etc. I’m looking for members to join an Unconventional Alliance for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! Why an...
View ArticleDiscover Black History Month with Toni Morrison
You can’t have Black History Month without Toni Morrison, right? After all, Oprah picked Sula as a book club choice in the 90s!! Let the record show that I already knew about Ms Morrison by then....
View ArticleStart Where You Are journal by Meera Lee Patel
I love journals. I’ve been keeping journals since I was a kid. I can’t walk past a journal without admiring the paper, smelling the lovely fresh smell (shut UP I know you smell books too), and...
View ArticleI’m talking kids, books, & diarrhea on Capitol Hill with Shot@Life
Thanks to my volunteer work with Shot@Life, I am able to help future little readers all over the globe grow up to be healthy readers. In the photo above, I talk to new Shot@Life champions about how to...
View ArticleHow to Blog a Book by Nina Amir
If you’re like me, you’ve read many, many books and have always wondered how books get published. Maybe you’ve even read books and thought you could write better than the author of the book you were...
View ArticleWhat Our Lovelies Are Writing 6.21.16
The Pushing Lovely community is dedicated to sharing and supporting our members and their individual journey with their writing. We are a diverse and eclectic group and we all have a passion for the...
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