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And if you do please tag me in it so I can actually find it.

New shelves who dis? Say hello to my Easter long weekend/self-isolation project 😍🥰 . . . . #bookshelves #booksofinstagram #bookshelvesofinstagram #ausbookishfeatures #royalreader @thelattelaboratory #readbyamity #diybookshelf #flexistorageshelves #flexistorage #tbrcart #personallibrary #readingnook #ausbookstagram (at Wollongong, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_BzqDiAau_/?igshid=1g3qpug1lnyh9

In the 7th grade, our school, had a program called the Royal Reader. There was a list with about 30 books that students could check out and read. Once the student completed the book they could answer some questions about it (proving they had read it) and then check out another from the list. At the end of the month, the student who had read the most, would win a special field trip with their favorite teacher to a luncheon celebrating the readers! I was the winner for my middle school, for both the 7th and 8th grade! Because of this, I was fortunate enough to meet Lois Lowry and to this day treasure that event and the book that was one of the eligible titles for the royal reader contest! I’ve taken the opportunity during our social distancing quarantine to re-read Number the Stars and am so glad I did. It brought back so many memories (and tears). Number the Stars is a story of bravery, even in the face of terrifying times. It’s about the ripples each one of us is capable of making and how we can, as individual pebbles, directly change the world with those ripples! What could be more timely? I see so clearly now, how this book has helped to influence my beliefs and my actions since reading it. *I’m happy to give my copy to anyone who’s interested in reading it. Parent and/or child. Just private message me! ✨📚 #royalreader #royalreaders #loislowry #read #books #imagine #numberthestars #quarantine #quarantineandchill #quarantinelife #covid_19 (at Studio City, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B97byochDl4/?igshid=8h55ogxm6emg

For some time now, Leah and I have been trying to plan a photo shoot. Over the past week, I had contacted Leah, telling her that I wanted to get this thing popping.  Our original plan was to do a beach shoot. Coming nearer to the time of the shoot....actually yesterday, it dawned on me (It was raining too yesterday so I had to think of a plan B just in case it rained.) I always see Leah posting on Facebook about how she loves to read and the vast collection of books that she has. So I was like BINGO! We are gonna shoot on her books!!! But she had an even better idea! It so happened that she was thinking along the same lines AND she happened to have access to a library. So she ringed them up and they said COME ON OVER!  Everything worked out as planned and we had an awesome shoot despite the fact that she was feeling a bit "flu-ey." It's like the library was set just for this shoot. It was also the first time that I have been in a Library since I left high school...I KNOW! That's sad! BUT....I google everything so I really have no need to go into a library. Leah also has ties to the Southern Public Library, as this is a childhood spot where she used to come and read. Her grandfather, the late Dr. Cleveland Eneas Sr. was also the chairman of the board of trustees for the Library.  As Leah sat in this window...she looked over the park, towards the house where her grandparents lived and she started to get teary eyed. She said that the memories were just flooding back into her head.  I really enjoyed my time today, getting a bit of history from one of our nation's forefathers, grand daughter.  Thanks a lot Leah. For a last minute shoot...we did good