winter

What’s Saving My Life – 2023 Edition

It's half-way through winter and time to celebrate all the little things saving my life right now.
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Children’s Book Review: The Snowman Waltz by Karen Konnerth

The Snowman Waltz gently glides through frozen pond until a line of marching penguins come down the hill and collide with the snowmen.
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Children’s Book Review: Bright Winter Night by Alli Brydon

All the animals of the forest need to work together so they can see something amazing on this bright winter night.
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What’s Saving My Life? – 2022 Edition

I'm halfway through winter here in Iowa and today I'm sharing things that are saving my life right now.
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What’s Saving My Life? – 2021 Edition

At the halfway point of winter, I'm sharing the little and big things bringing me joy today.
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Children’s Book Review: The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell

The magic of a snow day in the eyes of a young dancer.
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What’s Saving My Life Right Now? – 2020 Edition

A celebration of the few things saving my life this winter!
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Children’s Book Review: All Around Bustletown Winter by Rotraut Susanne Berner

A seek and find type of book with no words, just detailed illustrations to keep kids interested time and time again.
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What Saving My Life Right Now? – 2019 Edition

February 1 is the half-way point of winter and if winter has been anything in your area like it has been here in Iowa, I am quite sure you are sick of it. Celebrating that we have made it half-way through winter sounds like a good plan to me. All of us have little ways…
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Children’s Book Review: First Snow By Nancy Viau – Books as Gifts

Books make the best gifts. I may be a little biased, but I love giving books as gifts. I think they offer a personal connection. You are either saying, I loved this book and I think you will too. Or, I know you love cats, science, history, etc so I thought this would be a…
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Stacie's read-in-2022 book montage

Master Your Core: A Science-Based Guide to Achieve Peak Performance and Resilience to Injury
Hidden Figures
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living
Waiting for Tom Hanks
The Maid
The Other Black Girl
Anxious People
The Body
Great American Road Trips- National Parks: Discover insider tips, must see stops , nearby attractions  more
Apples Never Fall
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love
Love and Other Consolation Prizes
The Vanishing Half
How to Find Your Way Home
People We Meet on Vacation
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Wave
Dear Evan Hansen
The Unsinkable Greta James
The Road We Took


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