Zachary’s Ball Giveaway! — Contest Closed

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After the heartwarming story about Zachary’s Ball from Matt Tavares posted earlier this week, we are very excited to offer three lucky winners a chance to win a copy of this picture book.… Continue reading

The Thrill of Being an Author: A Guest Post by Matt Tavares

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We are very excited to share this heartwarming story from Matt Tavares in the second installment of the author/illustrator guest post series on Books in Bloom.  We think you’ll really like this one!… Continue reading

Best of the Best Science Titles

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Our team recently had the opportunity to do a presentation on some of the best books of 2015 at a conference for librarians and educators. We get to do this each year at… Continue reading

Middle & High School Horror : Read with the Lights On!

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In my last post, I offered suggestions for scary books for middle schoolers. You can see that it’s been a good year for horror because I have even more super scary books to… Continue reading

Tell Me Your Story

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History is full of interesting people! Reading about the lives of others is often captivating. Sometimes luck comes into play, but often, it’s what’s inside of a person that compels them to be… Continue reading

Music and Literature

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Last fall, my soon-to-be kindergartener was struggling to learn all of the information she needed to know before starting school including our phone numbers, address, bus number, etc.  I quickly realized that singing the information… Continue reading

The Accident Season Giveaway – Contest Closed

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  Moira Fowley-Doyle shared a bit about her new book, The Accident Season, for Books in Bloom readers recently. She said, in part: “For me the most interesting part about writing magic realism… Continue reading

Spirits & Ghosts in Middle School Fiction

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Today’s Halloween attire runs the gamut from fairy tale characters, superheroes, and smiling pumpkins, to monsters, classic ones like vampires and witches as well as current characters such as Sulley from Monster’s Inc.… Continue reading

Exploring Social Skills in Early Childhood

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Since summer tends to be a fairly quiet time in the office here at Mackin, we try to use that time to focus on professional development opportunities. One of the opportunities I took… Continue reading

ITEM 2015: Historical Fiction & Graphic Novels

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Four days from now, at the ITEM Conference in St. Cloud, MN, a number of our Mackin Librarians will present top titles for school libraries across multiple interest levels and genres.  My two… Continue reading
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