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10 Middle-Grade FANTASY Books Featuring Strong Girls!
Last week I shared a post featuring 5 amazing middle-grade novels featuring strong female characters. This week, as promised, I have put together a collection of 10 of our very favorite middle-grade FANTASY books with strong, clever, and fierce young women! We have established that I love middle-grade books with my whole heart. But, if I had to pick just one type of middle-grade books…middle-grade fantasy would win the prize! These 10 books represent our favorite read-alouds, my favorite personal reads, and some of my kids favorite personal reads. Let’s check them out! Amari and the Night Brothers Up first has to be my girl Amari. We LOVED this book.…
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Mushroom Rain- A Beautiful New Book from Sleeping Bear Press
I am just going to come right out and say it. Homeschool Moms love mushrooms. If you follow any homeschool families on Instagram…then you will undoubtedly stumbled across a post or two dedicated to mushrooms. I dare say it might border on a love affair with these delightful fungi. So, this post is for all of you mushroom loving homeschool families. I have just received the most delightful and beautiful “Ode to Mushrooms”. Sleeping Bear Press has done it again…beautifully combined non-fiction with enchanting lyrical text. Huge thanks to Sleeping Bear Press for sending me a review copy! Who is ready to check out Mushroom Rain? Let’s take a peek!…
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Great Cities- The Stories Behind The World’s Most Fascinating Places
I can’t resist an amazing resource book. Something that not only catches your eye but also keeps your interest throughout. Great Cities- The Stories Behind The World’s Most Fascinating Places fits that bill perfectly. I want to thank DK Books for sending me a copy of this book for review! It has absolutely blown me away and I can’t wait to tell you guys all about it. Let’s check it out! Great Cities- The Stories Behind the World’s Most Fascinating Places I was immediately drawn to this gorgeous book. The cover is absolutely stunning with an abstract watercolor feel that just caught my eye and made me want to open…
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5 Middle-Grade Books Featuring Strong Female Characters
March is Women’s History Month! It is a month to celebrate the strong and amazing women that have come before us. The women who have paved the way and fought back against injustices. The women who have stood up not only for themselves…but for all of the women who will come after them. To celebrate this, I wanted to focus on some wonderful middle-grade books that feature strong female characters. These books all have young women who are brave, determined, and courageous. We are seeing more books like this and I. AM. HERE. FOR. IT. Let’s check out those books! Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed I have to start the…
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March Book Club at The Booknerd Cafe!
March is here and that means it is time for a new Book Club announcement! If you haven’t already joined us over at The Booknerd Cafe, then you should absolutely do it this month because the book is Ah-mazing! You can read more about the cafe here! It is a super fun place full of the best kind of book-nerds! Our book clubs are super chill…low pressure…no assigned pages. We just read the book and then do a Live discussion at the end of the month! OK, enough about that! On to our March Book! The Lost Dreamer Can we all just pause for a moment and feast our eyeballs…
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What’s New For March- Middle Grade Books
A new month is upon us and that can only mean one thing. New. Books. Are. Coming. And wow are they fantastic! Staring this past January I decided that every month I was going to put together a list of the top 5 or 6 books that I had my eye on for the following month. Since then I have been putting together Reels on Instagram…because that is apparently how we share content on “The Gram” these days. But, I also want to start sharing here as well. I feel like over here on the blog I am able to use more words and share more about each book…which you…
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Book Review- The Last Cuentista
I had seen The Last Cuentista everywhere since it was first published. It was ALL OVER Bookstagram and it caught my eye every single time I walked into a bookstore. I was so immediately drawn in by this stunning cover…truly one of the most gorgeous books I have ever laid eyes on. But, I never bought it. I am not a huge sci-fi fan. It has just never been my thing so I wrote this off as something I wouldn’t like. Well, fast forward to the ALA awards. Boom…it wins The Newbery. Well, maybe I should give it a try. Loved. Every. Single. Page. Trust me, I am as surprised…
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New Year…New Name!
Can you believe that I started Homeschool by the Beach almost 5 years ago?? I know I can’t! When I first started this blog I did so as a way for me to share what we were doing in our homeschool, as well as our new life here in Florida. It was also a creative outlet for me to write and connect with people. As my kids have gotten older I have noticed a shift in the content I share here. I began sharing more about books than I did about homeschool. Posts sharing book recommendations are truly the ones that bring me the most joy. So I decided to…
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Bring Big Screen Magic Home with Movies For Families
Raise your hand if your family loves documentaries and educational films as much as mine does! All 5 of us adore them. I am beyond excited to share with you a brand new online streaming platform geared toward families like ours that LOVE big beautiful educational films. Movies for Families takes the magic of IMAX and brings it into the comfort of your own home! As a homeschool Mama I am always looking for ways to bring our homeschool lessons to life. Adding Movies For Families is such an easy way to do that. Whether you are learning about the ocean, Greece, or Vincent Van Gogh, Movies for Families has…
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Adding Magic to Your Homeschool with a KidArtLit Subscription!
Picture Books are magic. There is something so incredibly special about diving into a beautiful picture book with a child! We were recently given the opportunity to check out an amazing subscription box that is perfect for picture book lovers! KidArtLit so generously sent us their October box to review and it is pure magic in a box! I can’t wait to tell you all about it and give you our thoughts!! If you are looking for an out-of-the-box idea for the Holidays…this would be a fan-tastic gift for the book loving, artistic, and creative kids in your life!! What is KidArtLit? My family and I adore…ADORE…subscription boxes. What is…
