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🍁Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawli

🍁Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson and illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke🍁⁣
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🍁Fletcher’s favorite tree is sick. The leaves are turning brown! His mother encourages him, “Don’t worry, it’s only autumn.” When the first leaf falls, Fletcher gently ties it back on with a piece of grass, but soon there are too many leaves to repair.⁣
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🍁Fletcher grows more and more distraught as his tree continues to lose its leaves and he doesn’t know how to help. While parents may expect the story to end with a springtime renewal of the tree’s foliage, you might be surprised by how the author/illustrator creatively choose to end the book.
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🍁The beautiful art and sweet story make this one of my favorite fall picture books!🍁⁣
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🍁Ages 4-8 (and don’t forget to check out the other books in the Fletcher series)

🍁“Evelyn Del Rey is my major amiga, my númer

🍁“Evelyn Del Rey is my major amiga, my número uno best friend.” (disclosure: thank you to Candlewick Press for sharing a copy of this book with me to review.)⁣
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🍁Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Newbery Medalist Meg Medina and illustrated by Sonia Sánchez🍁⁣
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🍁Daniela and Evelyn are best friends who live across the street from each other. Today is like any other day…except that it's the day Evelyn is moving away. With the orange leaves of autumn around them, the two friends spend one last day of fun together and try to be brave as the time comes for Evelyn to drive away.⁣
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🍁We all wish our Littles would never encounter any grief or sadness in their lives, but in our broken world, it’s impossible. Books like these help kids process through change and big feelings. I love the friendship between these two sweet girls and the realistic story the author and illustrator created.⁣ ❤️
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🍁Excellent picture book for conversations about friendship, sadness/grief, and change. Ages 4-8.

🍁🍃🍂Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Jul

🍁🍃🍂Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson and illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke⁣
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🍁🍃🍂This is one of my favorite books on my Cozy September Picture Books list. Fletcher is extremely concerned about why all the leaves are falling. Watching him attempt to repair the trees is really sweet (and a little tragic! Poor guy!). I'll share more from this book later this week, but try to snag a copy for your fall reading if you can!⁣ ❤️

🌿Feeling like a Monday over here! I had great p

🌿Feeling like a Monday over here! I had great plans to clean every square foot of my house and well, so far I've washed dishes 👌🤷 #toddlerlife ⁣
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How is your Monday going? ❤️

Bias Tape Hair Bows--7 Ways! This new post + video

Bias Tape Hair Bows--7 Ways! This new post + video is up on the blog and I give you several ideas for how to use bias tape to make headbands (or clips!) for your baby girl (or toddler and up). I used handmade bias tape from @bessiepearl and oh man, I just want to buy ALL the styles she has right now. Making these bows is a great excuse to go order some! 😉

🌿I instantly related to this sweet picture book

🌿I instantly related to this sweet picture book because folding laundry with my toddler is one of my best “mom hacks” if you will. (Disclosure: thank you to @familiustalk for sharing this copy with me!) For whatever reason, folding laundry is SO exciting to toddlers! 🤷 Running back and forth to put things away, helping hand me more pieces to fold, toppling stacks of folded clothes (I learned quickly to put folded items out of reach). It seems like whatever productivity level we’re at for the day, I can almost always count on getting the laundry folded. 👌⁣
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🌸The Runaway Shirt by Kathy Macmillan and illustrated by Julia Castaño⁣🌸
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🌿This little picture book from Familius documents the fun of folding laundry as a mom and her little one take a break from folding to play with each other. “I think I will fold this shirt next,” says the mama as she picks up her child tucked inside an oversized shirt. They giggle and laugh as the “shirt” can’t seem to stay folded. Kids will giggle as the “shirt” continues the antics through the pages! Ages 3-8.

✨Two excellent books I read over the summer (dis

✨Two excellent books I read over the summer (disclosure: thank you @thegoodbookcompanyusa for the copy of Beautifully Distinct!):⁣
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✨In His Image by Jen Wilkin If you've ever wondered what the will of God is for your life...read this book! Jen explains that we are really asking the wrong question. In the various situations of life we encounter we want God to tell us what to DO, but in His Word, God couldn't be more clear about who He wants us to BE.⁣
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✨Beautifully Distinct edited by Trillia Newbell (with essays from Jen WIlkin, Jackie Hill Perry, Dannah Gresh, Jenny Yang, Courtney Ressig, and more). "Being sanctified in truth means that we become beautifully distinct from the rest of the world. We are given a new identity in Christ and set apart from the world." The book addresses many practical areas where we might experience confusion on what it means to be set apart and to follow Christ. From movies to food, work to literature, conversations on hospitality, race, and even social media, the book gives excellent insight in each of these areas using both practical examples and Scripture. One of the most valuable pieces of this one for me is the variety of voices throughout the book. ❤️

🌿Elmore by Holly Hobbie🌿⁣ ⁣ 🌿Elmore i

✨"The inspiring story of mathematician Katherine

The Mighty Silent e! by Kimberlee Gard and illustr

The Mighty Silent e! by Kimberlee Gard and illustrated by Sandie Sonke (Thank you to @familiustalk for sharing this book with me to review!)⁣
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Kids will love this book that tells the story of what happens when Little e (a “silent e” personified) misses school. His fellow students (all letters too) try to make words without him…but words like, “cak”, “ros”, and “tabl” sure don’t make a lot of sense without Little e. Just in time, Little e rushes in and saves the day. I love how fun and engaging this picture book is—especially all the cute illustrated letters.⁣
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I definitely suggest picking up a copy of this picture book if you will be helping kiddos with spelling this year! ⁣
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Note: When Little e makes his return and helps the other letters form correctly spelled words, the words are spelled out in the text (as well as by the illustrated letters). This clarity should help kids easily see the difference and understand the importance of the silent e in the English language. ❤️

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