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Back to School Books for Your Favorite Ducklings
It’s Back to School time again and there are some great new books with that subject in mind. We’ve got recommendations for all your favorite literary ducklings, from preschool to high school. Read on…...
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Halloween Books for Your Favorite Little Goblins
From the smallest little goblins to the most monstrously wonderful middle grade readers, we’ve got spooky book recommendations for everyone. Have a ghostly Halloween! Ghost in the House By: Ammi-Joan...
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Picture Books for Your Favorite Ducklings
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. ~ Emilie Buchwald Picture books are always a delight for imaginative children. Here at the Literary Duck, we’re happy to say that 2013 has...
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Winter Books for Your Favorite Ducklings
Jack Frost is in the house and it looks like he intends to stay a while! Which means it’s a great time to snuggle up with your favorite little people and a good book. We’ve got some spectacular...
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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year...
What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than to give a shout-out to the CBI Book of the Year Award winners? For twenty-four years, Children’s Books Ireland has been giving out annual awards to...
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April is National Poetry Month!
April is National Poetry Month, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than to introduce a whole new generation of children to the delights of poetry. The Academy of American Poets agrees and...
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Mandi’s Reads: That (Children’s) Librarian Life
I am a children’s librarian. I love my job, and I love the kids I work with. I mean, yeah, sure, there are times when they make me want to sob. Just yesterday, I did story times for 125 kindergarteners...
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School’s Out: Summer Reads for Kids
Summertime is for making childhood memories: running in sprinklers, setting off fireworks, and…reading! Yes, reading. (This is a book blog. Would you expect us to advise any activity other than...
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Teddy Bear Picnic!
Have you picnicked yet this summer? If you’re looking for an excuse, July 10th is Teddy Bear Picnic day. (Sometimes obscure holidays are the sweetest and most heartwarming.) If you have any little ones...
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Time for School, Little Ducklings!
It seems as though we were just celebrating the beginning of summer and congratulating the kiddos on their months of sunshine and freedom. Now it’s almost that time again: time for little ducklings to...
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Silly, Spooky Books for Halloween Ducklings!
Halloween is a wonderful time for kids and adults alike. We give over fully to our imaginations at Halloween because we know that spooky can be fun and spooky can be silly! If you are looking for some...
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Children’s Books for Changing Seasons
Leaves are falling, and rain and snow are, too. We are only a few weeks away from saying goodbye to fall and hello to winter. If a child in your life is curious about how fall becomes winter, we have...
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Happy Holidays, Little Ducklings!
If you are searching and searching for the perfect gift to give the little ducklings in your life, then we have you covered! Toys break and candy is quickly eaten, but books? Books are forever. There...
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Sing Your Books!
You sing songs to a child, and you read books to a child, but have you ever sung a book to a child? Singing books to children not only makes reading more fun and engaging, but it also serves an...
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Oregon Children’s Books
Oregon is known for many things. We can claim the Columbia River, Lewis and Clark, the Spruce Goose, Portlandia, and rain. In addition to these wondrous things, we can also claim a long literary...
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All Things Green: Children’s Books About Colors
Happy (almost) St. Patrick’s Day! Tomorrow is the perfect day to practice a little color knowledge with your little ones. Why not start with all things green in honor of everyone’s favorite March...
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Put a Poem in Your Pocket: Poetry for Children
Poetry Month isn’t just for adults. In fact, probably the most important audience of National Poetry Month is kids! Teaching a love for poetry at a young age opens a whole world up to kids. It helps...
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Level Readers for Young Bibliophiles
There’s a stage when children are learning to read when they feel they’ve become too grownup for picture books, but they aren’t ready to read chapter books. But those chapter books look so cool to...
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Classic Picture Books in Translation
Alas, for us adults, the best time to learn a new language is in childhood. Kids’ brains are little sponges, soaking up every new tidbit of information that comes their way. In fact, 90% of brain...
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YA for May!
There is such controversy about Young Adult novels. A real genre war over them. There are those who say YA novels should only be read by actual young adults. Anyone who doesn’t have the word “teen” in...
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