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Giveaway winner!

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

It’s time to announce another giveaway winner!

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Simply 7 with Jessie Atkin: OODLES OF NOODLES

July 1, 2026June 28, 2026 / jenabenton / 3 Comments

Counting + Eating + Animals = board book genius!

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Simply 7 with Nazanin Agange Ford & Fateme Mokhles: MY AMERICA BLOOMS

June 30, 2026June 28, 2026 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

As we are getting closer to celebrating the 250th birthday of America, books like this speak of the hope we can still find.

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Simply 7 with Magaly Morales: TAJIN & THE TWELVE THUNDERS

June 26, 2026June 22, 2026 / jenabenton / Leave a comment

This retelling of a Pre-Columbian myth follows a boy so full of energy he is able to stir up the sky!

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Simply 7 with Deborah Hodge & Karen Reczuch: THE BURROWING OWLS OF THE PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS

June 24, 2026June 25, 2026 / jenabenton / 2 Comments

Burrowing Owls do in fact live underground, but did you know that they’re also endangered?

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Simply 7 with Jessica Milo & Giveaway: MY PONY WONDER

June 22, 2026June 21, 2026 / jenabenton / 6 Comments

This book is for the horse lovers out there!

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Simply 7 with Monica Acker: THE LEGEND OF LEO

June 18, 2026June 16, 2026 / jenabenton / 6 Comments

What’s yellow and full of sunny bravado? A Dandy-Lion of course!

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Simply 7 with Lisa Rogers: JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY; & WOODY’S WORDS

June 16, 2026June 15, 2026 / jenabenton / 7 Comments

What do a famous painter and an influential writer have in common? They’re both creators of course!

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Simply 7 with Roni Schotter: BIBI STEPS OUT!

June 11, 2026June 9, 2026 / jenabenton / 2 Comments

When a shy, artistic girl finds community members renovating her favorite hideaway, does she pitch in to help or hide behind her reserve?

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Simply 7 with Lauren Kerstein: HOPE RODE

June 9, 2026June 8, 2026 / jenabenton / 3 Comments

Did you know that in Kentucky in the 1930s there was a very unique job posting for women? Yes, a horseback librarian!

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