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The picture book that's curing my back-to-school blues
Plus four irreverent read-alouds for the season
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7 things that worked in the library last year
and why I'm doing them again
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Litfic meets kidlit: AUDITION by Katie Kitamura
3 standout passages and what they say about the art of the read aloud
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Summer Reading Raves
The grown-up books I've been loving this summer
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July 2025

Chrissie Writes, Vol. 31
3 picture books + 3 middle grade novels I can't wait to share in the library
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My Favorite Books for Kids of 2025 (so far)
Plus 4 favorite grown-up reads
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My Ten Favorite Read-Alouds of the 24-25 School Year
From a school librarian who reads aloud to kids over 1,000 times a year (literally), plus links to every book I read aloud this year
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Read Alouds, Ranked - No. 10
Everything I read aloud in June, and what I thought
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June 2025

Chrissie Writes, Vol. 30
3 picture books, 3 short chapters, 5 graphics, and a picture book pre-order duo
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My epiphany about picture books that make electric read-alouds
...and the unit that inspired it (with 9 book recs)
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A not-fancy research project for the library
An mystery animal guessing game, databases, digital creation tools, and UDL -- oh my!
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Reading Raves
What I read and loved in May
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