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I love most books but books ABOUT books? Those might be some of my very favorites 📚

I put together a list of 7 non-fiction books all about books and reading on my blog today and I love every one of them 🥰

I’d love to hear YOUR favorite book about books (fiction or non-fiction!) - I’ll leave one of my favorite fiction ones in the comments 👇🏼 #janssenreads

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You guys!!!! Remember when I told you earlier this fall that I was working on a new project and needed designer recommendations?

By far the most popular suggestion was Tara from @radandhappy and I was thrilled when she agreed to bring my idea life!

Working on this project together was a DREAM collaboration. I cannot wait to share what we’ve created with you!

It will be released November 4th (two weeks from today!) and I’ve already lost my cool completely over how GOOD it is. Tara literally made magic happen with this ✨💫 Watch for some sneak peeks on Wednesday when we shoot photos for the launch 👀

Who else is excited about this???

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Probably the very most popular posts on my blog are the GIRL TALK posts where I collect the funny things my girls say.

And today I have a new collection up on my blog!

My girls never read my blog but they LOVE these posts and often ask me to go back and read them the funny things they’ve said over the years - they’re such a fun collection for our family and I love that so many of you get a kick out of them as well!

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At the playground, I started chatting with another mom and she told me her daughter was named Blythe.

That’s one of the names I LOVED long before we ever had children and one I could never get Bart to agree to - he said “we are NOT naming a little girl after Gilbert Blythe” and . . . I couldn’t really argue because that’s EXACTLY why I love that name.

What baby names did you never get to use? Bronte was another favorite of mine that ended up on the cutting room floor 😏

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It took me a while to jump on the real pajamas bandwagon but I finally did this summer and now I’m all in.

I’m sharing some of my favorites plus a bunch of favorites you guys recommended when I asked a few months ago. They’re all over on my blog today so if you’re in the market for some cozy pajamas as the weather cools down, hop over and check them out!

And tell me what YOUR favorite pajamas are!

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She might be silly but she’s very serious about her reading 😮

Ella’s back with five book recommendations on the blog today. If you have a reader somewhere between 3-6 grades, I hope they’re helpful!

Watch for her reviews on stories later this week!

#ellaenjoyed #janssenschapterbooks

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What are your favorite spooky read alouds? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
One of my favorites is Bunnicula (it was ridiculously popular when I was an elementary school librarian and I’d never heard of it the first time a child asked me for it). Now I’m a little smarter 😉
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I love this velvet covered edition and I have an extra one to give away! If you’d like it, details for how to enter in my stories! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#janssenreadsaloud #janssenshalloweenbooks

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I’m always on the hunt for easy and healthy snacks for my girls and these banana cookies are one of our family favorites. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
They are packed with coconut and oats and banana and chocolate chips and my girls love them after school or packed in their lunches. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The recipe is on my blog today - hop over to check it out and if you make them, let me know how you like them! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#jansseninthekitchen

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Have you heard of @chirpbooks?
I’ve been getting questions about it all summer so I finally did a whole post about how it works (short answer: deal site for audiobooks, usually less than $3-4 each!) and it’s live on my blog today.
Hop over to see all the details and before you go, just for fun, tell me what audiobook you’re listening to right now.
Mine? Fair Play by Eve Rodsky.