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Everyone knows that it’s always more fun if you can win.  Right??  Watch this kid as he waits to find out if he got the right answer… He wants so badly to be right!  You can just see him bouncing on the edge of his chair!  “Gamification” capitalizes on that idea of winning.  Gamification is “the […]

Why I Picked It Up: It’s called the word collector.  How could I resist this book?  While browsing books online, this one caught my eye because of the title.  Then I found myself sucked in to the cover, which is simple, but makes it impossible to not become engrossed.  As a reader, the scribbling behind the […]

Why I Picked It Up: This is actually the second time I’ve picked up this book.  I started reading it a while back when Jessica recommended it as a definite “Sherry” book, but the demands of life and work and Battle of the Books forced me to put it down after only a few chapters. […]

Why I Picked It Up: I will have to come clean here.  I honestly don’t remember why I have this one. It probably came in a package of multiple books that I ordered one late night, when I probably shouldn’t have.  It was a surprise when the books arrived, because I couldn’t remember everything I had ordered! […]

We had a wonderful weekend in Galveston this past weekend.  We celebrated Halloween with our families AND made a lot of new social studies friends at the Texas Council for the Social Studies Conference!  During our sessions, we mentioned several of our favorite books and we thought we might round them all up in one […]

In honor of our presentations at TxCSS this weekend, we are hosting a giveaway!  On Sunday evening (at the end of the conference), we will select two lucky Literary Fusions fans to receive a $25 gift card to our favorite place – Barnes and Noble! There are three ways to enter, so click the links […]