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20/03/2018

Popping in here real quick to remind all you passionate readers that my friend Bethany Edwards of Biracial Bookworms is launching her course that will give you the tools to teach your littles how to read from birth to age 5. Just three more days to get the early bird rate! See it all at https://biracialbookworms.teachable.com/?affcode=152313_inaemjwg (affiliate)

31/01/2018

And since this is our last day on Facebook for awhile, this is our last Kindle deal announcement for awhile. Check out this middle grade novel, which got rave reviews last year.

People have asked me where I find these deals. I get regular emails from Amazon, Goodreads, and BookBub. I also follow authors on Instagram and Twitter, which is where I found this one!

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Two starred reviews! One of the New York Public Library's Best Kids Books of 2017!"Offering a mixture of suspense, mystery, tragedy and humor, Pla's story captures both the literal and figurative meanings of journey." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Pla gives us a memorab...

31/01/2018

Hi friends! Thanks so much for following along with us on Facebook for the past two years. We're taking a little (or maybe a forever) break from Facebook to focus on where we can actually reach people! Please, please, please connect with us somewhere else to keep the new book recommendations rolling!

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30/01/2018

Recommended for *mature* middle grade readers: SKELETON TREE by Kim Ventrella

SKELETON TREE review: A unique and heart-wrenching middle grade novel about coming to peace with the end of life.

29/01/2018

Today on the blog: Two fantastic new picture books for kids who miss their mamas when they travel

Two fantastic new books for kids with traveling mamas Jan 29, 2018 | Childrens books by topic, Kid Lit Exchange, Picture books | 0 comments As a member of the leadership team of the Kid Lit Exchange, I receive a steady flow of the newest picture books. These two new books (both published in January....

27/01/2018

Today we are joining with more than 500 book bloggers to celebrate Multicultural Children's Book Day! Start here>>>

Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day with Rice & Rocks by Sandra L. Richards Jan 27, 2018 | Childrens books by topic, Diverse books, Picture books | Today we are joining more than 500 diverse book reviewers in celebrating Multicultural Children’s Book Day! This is the fifth annual Multicu...

25/01/2018

This week on the podcast we talked with Bethany Edwards of Biracial Bookworms about:
--writing for kids
--teaching kids to love reading
--journaling best practices
--resources to connect with more diverse books
--our top book recommendations for biracial families.

Listen at https://www.luandbeanread.com/episode47

24/01/2018

My book club just read and loved this powerful book by Jason Reynolds.

Jason Reynolds, author of "Long Way Down," shares his path from reluctant reader to prolific writer.

23/01/2018

If you haven't seen LOVE yet, please get your hands on a copy soon! I haven't read through it yet without crying (in a good way).

Love by Matt de la Pena and Loren Long is beautiful, moving, diverse and honest.

19/01/2018

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five stars for THE UNLIKELY STORY OF A PIG IN THE CITY!

I laughed and I cried at THE UNLIKELY STORY OF A PIG IN THE CITY

18/01/2018

Oh hey, look! As of last night, 900 people are following us on Instagram! Are you? (You should, because we're closing this page soon!)

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17/01/2018

Tired of numbers, letters, and early vocabulary in your child's board books? Check out this new Our Legendary Ladies board book series!

Our Legendary Ladies is a new board book series about women who have changed the world. The first book in the series is about Harriet Tubman.

16/01/2018

I finished an advanced review copy of the middle grade novel THE HOUSE THAT LOU BUILT and then immediately pre-ordered 2 copies.

There is so much to celebrate in middle grade novel THE HOUSE THAT LOU BUILT by Mae Respicio.

15/01/2018

FRIENDLY REMINDER: This page is going away at the end of the month. Follow us on Instagram so you don't miss out on future picture book, middle grade, young adult, and adult book recommendations!

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12/01/2018

This article by Matt de La Pena is really touching.

Maybe instead of anxiously trying to protect our children, our job is to simply support them

12/01/2018

I was just meh about Mindy Kaling's first comedy book, but I found this one to be highly entertaining. It's on sale across all e-book platforms today. (affiliate)

From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal. In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey ...

11/01/2018

We had the pleasure of interviewing the author of one of our favorite books of 2017 on the podcast this week! We chatted with Melissa Savage about her middle grade novel LEMONS, which manages to be about death, grief, friendship, family, and Big Foot. It's a gem.

On episode 46 of the Lu and Bean Read podcast, we discussed the book Lemons by Melissa Savage -- one of our favorite middle grade books of 2017!

09/01/2018

Read this fantastic post by Addison Reads about how to set and achieve your reading goals in 2018! (Ahem, she mentions our journals as a tracking and reflection tool!)

Learn how and why to set a reading goal with your family this year to motivate your children to read more quality books and work together towards a common purpose.

09/01/2018

Two fun new nonfiction picture books for your shelves in 2018

These two new nonfiction picture books are fun, fun, fun for your 2018 bookshelves

08/01/2018

Middle grade review: BEYOND THE BRIGHT SEA is a joy for adults as much as it will be for mature middle grade readers.

Middle grade review: Beyond the Bright Sea is a delight for mature middle grade readers looking for more complex story lines.

06/01/2018

This adorable new picture book will publish in March. I smiled the whole time we read it.

I Am Famous Picture Book Review: The perfect book for kids who love to be the center of attention, but are afraid of making mistakes.

05/01/2018

Yesterday we shared our favorite books of 2017. Today we're sharing your favorite books of 2017 (according to our web site stats). These were our most-viewed posts last year.

The most popular kids books of 2017 according to you

04/01/2018

The best picture books, middle grade novels, and young adult novel of 2017. According to us.

The best kids books of 2017, according to us.

04/01/2018

**ANNOUNCEMENT**

Happy New Year! We are slowly easing back into real life over here at Lu and Bean Read HQ.

One thing that we will be changing in 2018 is a slow phase-out of our page. We will continue to review books at Lu and Bean Read, but this page will be gone by the end of January.

Why? Because Facebook hides you from me! Or me from you. However you want to look at it. So few of you can actually see the posts organically, and it takes a lot of work to get them to show up in your feeds.

What does this mean for you? If you still want to see our regular posts, make sure you follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/luandbeanread.

If you prefer email, you can sign up for our blog post digest on Bloglovin or at https://www.luandbeanread.com.

I'll send a few more reminders over the next week. Thanks for being a part of this experiment! It's been a great two years.

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31/12/2017

Happy Almost New Year! I took the week off to relax with my family, but we have a stash of great book reviews and best-of posts saved up for you next week.

In the meantime, I'll share this Kindle deal for you. I bought this book for my husband for Christmas and he loves it so much he's afraid to read it too fast because then it will be over. It's $3.99 today.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller: The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acc...

21/12/2017

Today we released our last podcast of 2017, a chat with John Coy, author of THEIR GREAT GIFT.

LBR 045: Their Great Gift with Author John Coy Dec 21, 2017 | Diverse books, Picture books, Podcast | 0 comments This post contains affiliate links, which means that Lu and Bean Read may receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you) on THEIR GREAT GIFT and other products purchased throug...

20/12/2017

I know many of us are thinking about December holidays, but Bean and I both celebrate birthdays this month, too. This is THE PERFECT birthday book to celebrate with your little one.

https://www.luandbeanread.com/review-whens-my-birthday-by-julie-fogliano-and-christian-robinson/

18/12/2017

Tomorrow is the USPS deadline for shipping packages by Christmas. Do you have all your stocking stuffers yet? Last chance for reading journals!

Reading journals for the book lovers in your life Buy Now As a parent, you want your kids to love reading as much as you do. Books are a gateway to creativity–they teach us to explore, to reflect, to embrace diversity, and to create new ideas of our own. We created the Lu and Bean Read journals to...

14/12/2017

The 2018 Modern Mrs Darcy reading challenge is here! Here's to more reading in the New Year!

Devoted readers and aspiring readers: want to get more out of your reading life in 2018? We’ve got a challenge just for you, and a free reading challenge kit to help you see it through. Here on Modern Mrs Darcy, we love reading, but don’t believe it’s a competitive sport. We care about quality...

12/12/2017

Tired of the same old Santa stories? Try the 12 Sleighs of Christmas

The 12 Sleighs of Christmas is your family's new go-to Christmas picture book

12/12/2017

Another e-book deal to share! This was such a fun book. It was written by Mary Ann Shaffer, but when she died while writing, her niece Annie Barrows (author of the Ivy and Bean series) finished it for her. $1.99 across all e-book platforms today!

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking f...

12/12/2017

It's a good day for Kindle deals! A great book about books, $1.99 today.

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"Gabriel García Márquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis Borges for a sprawling magic show." --The New York Times Book ReviewA New York Times BestsellerBarcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer&...

11/12/2017

I love Junot Diaz! This is $1.99 today for Kindle.

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"This stunning collection of stories offers an unsentimental glimpse of life among the immigrants from the Dominican Republic--and other front-line reports on the ambivalent promise of the American dream--by an eloquent and original writer who describes more than physical dislocation in conv...

11/12/2017

A peek inside of the new reading journal! Get MY LIFE IN BOOKS at the shop or on Etsy! Https://www.luandbeanread.com/shop

11/12/2017

This was such a readable nonfiction book. $1.99 today for Kindle!

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In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airp...