By the Light of Fireflies
History is filled with stories of everyday people who have done extraordinary things. While many of these tales are readily shared in...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 29, 20219 min read
October Book Highlights
October has been a wonderful month of books! Thank you to everyone who has invited me to read their books this month; it has been a...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 26, 20212 min read
The Way I Say It
School can be really hard, especially when bullying runs rampant and friendships change over time. When I was in elementary school, I...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 22, 20212 min read
A Kind of Spark
The older I get, the more I realize I don’t know about the world and the people in it. One of the reasons I love books is because I get...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Petrichor
Mental illness is everywhere, but it is not always talked about in families. Depending on your upbringing, either you may have never...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 12, 20213 min read
Across the Desert
It requires fear to be truly brave, but those who demonstrate bravery are exceptional at concealing the level of fear they truly feel....
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Mary Lanni
Oct 8, 20213 min read
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching
In the last several months, I’ve had the opportunity to read many novels in the Rick Riordan mythological canon, including the entirety...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 5, 20212 min read
A Home Under the Stars
When I was working at the Denver Public Library, one of my first friends was an ambitious girl who loved challenges and helping others to...
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Mary Lanni
Oct 1, 20217 min read
September Book Highlights
September has been a wonderful month of books! Thank you to everyone who has invited me to read their books this month; it has been a...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 28, 20212 min read
People of the Sun (Eye of Ra #3)
If you could change history, should you? This is a question that is often asked by people considering the possibility and implications of...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 24, 20213 min read
Elvis and the World as it Stands
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, more and more stories for young people are coming into the world. However,...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 21, 20213 min read
The Wolf's Curse
Death is a necessary part of life, and it has captured humans’ attention for millennia. Even after studying death and how different...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 17, 20212 min read
What Lives in the Woods
I’m definitely a chicken when it comes to scary stories, but middle grade novels include just the right amount of fright without scaring...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 14, 20213 min read
The Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Stories of profound courage in the face of unfathomable circumstances pepper the memories of generations past. Though they can sometimes...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 10, 20212 min read
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers
Growing up, I remember my parents telling me about where they were when Kennedy was shot and when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon....
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Mary Lanni
Sep 7, 20212 min read
A Touch of Ruckus
Have you ever felt like you would do whatever was necessary to make life easier for those you love? I have often felt that way, setting...
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Mary Lanni
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Bald is Beautiful
It seems like the older I get, the more people I know who have received some sort of cancer diagnosis. This is probably just a reality of...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 31, 20219 min read
August Book Highlights
August has been a wonderful month of books! Thank you to everyone who has invited me to read their books this month; it has been a...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 27, 20212 min read
In My Neighborhood
It is hard work to fit big ideas into the limited confines of a picture book. Though it might seem trivial at first glance, using only...
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Mary Lanni
Aug 24, 20213 min read
Pahua and the Soul Stealer
The more mythology I read, the more I want to read. Like many, I grew up learning about Egyptian, Greek, and Roman mythology, but I...
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