I started my blog nearly 17 years ago and back then, the idea of having anyone helping me with it would have blown my mind. As it started growing over the years, Bart encouraged me to hire a virtual assistant and after about three years of him bringing it up, I finally did! Now I have three virtual assistants that…
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There are not many book series for early readers more beloved than the Mercy Watson series. It’s just hard to beat the delightfully off-beat stories, the bright, full color illustrations, and short chapters perfect for emerging readers or when you’re making the leap into the world of reading aloud chapter books. Basically, they’re unbeatable! But there are also a lot…
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This has been one of my best reading periods in ages – I feel like I’m just flying through one good book after another and every time I finish one, there seems to be another good book queued up and ready to go. It doesn’t always happen like this, so I don’t take it for granted when it does! Here’s…
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If you’ve purchased a Kids Kindle Ereader (more details about them in this post!), you probably got a free year-long subscription to Amazon Kids+. The great thing about that is that your child instantly has access to plenty of ebooks to read on their new Kindle. The bad news is that your child instantly has access to plenty of ebooks…
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A while ago on Instagram, in a chat about friendship, someone asked about ways to maintain friendships when your life is really busy or you are embarrassed about your house or you live far away. Of course, any relationship that you really want to thrive is going to require effort – there’s just no getting around that! – but there…
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