Welcome to Litsy!

Hello, fellow #wintercamplitsy campers! We know you like to see some of the ‘nearly-made it‘ books when it comes to camp voting!

The above 9 books are in order of voting, with The Road to Tender Hearts being the closest to making our top 3.

Interestingly, The Antidote was in the top 3 for the first half of voting, but fell away later on, whereas Good Dirt did the opposite.

What do you think of these - any you‘ve read or plan to read anyway?

Hello winter campers! As a reminder, voting is open to determine the 3 books we will be reading and discussing at winter camp! There‘s a tight race at the top, so if you haven‘t voted yet, your vote will definitely count! Voting is open until Wednesday. Here‘s the link:

https://bit.ly/3MB5rGz

And the list of books to choose from:

https://bit.ly/4oQvaZ8

#wintercamplitsy #camplitsy25

It‘s time! Following publication of the ToB shortlist yesterday, here‘s your voting form for our very own #wintercamplitsy!

https://bit.ly/3MB5rGz

And here is our list to choose from. We also took out those books that we already read at #camplitsy25 in the summer plus a couple more that aren‘t available outside the US yet, but you still have 43 to choose from!

https://bit.ly/4oQvaZ8

Voting deadline is next Weds 17th December. ENJOY!

Light pick here, it's a smooth read, but I Did Not remember this girl. Sorry Nadya! Beneath a Sugar Sky was 7 years ago!

Too cute for words! 🐭🐢

Here‘s the tale: Tortoise & Mouse are best friends & share a burrow. When their burrow floods tortoise digs them a new burrow…only more & more friends come needing a place to stay.

Here‘s the long list: Rabbit, Spotted Skunk, the Mole Skinks, Wolf Spider, Cricket, Frog, the Moth clan, Scarab Beetle, Snake & Fly.

Happy home, right? Only Mouse is nowhere to be seen so Tortoise is heartbroken. 💧😔💧

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I colored this picture of a sea turtle and wrote this story about it.

#haiku #haikuhive

I adore turtles! They are one of my favorite animals. So when I saw this picture cross my desk multiple times this summer, I thought I should check it out. It's a cute little story about a sea turtle who overcomes her fear of following the other turtles into the sea. Very cute and quick read. I loved the illustrations! Great for elementary classroom shelves too.

The giant turtles, tidal rivers and a drowned girl are the main characters in this fun addition to the series. The characters are interesting. The plot takes Nadya on a trip through in her life with the three different mothers she has experienced. 4.5/5⭐️

I colored this picture on Zen Color. I‘ve seen sea turtles hatch on nature shows and they really do this. They hatch on the beach and go out to sea quickly so they‘re not eaten by predators and I root for them.

Sea turtles have hatched out of their shells on the beach
They‘re going out to sea now
They need to go out to sea quickly before they get eaten by predators
🌊Go sea turtles! Go! 🌊

#haiku #haikuhive

I love when McGuire gives us the in-depth dive into characters we've already been introduced too.

She not only writes epic adventures with well love characters, but she so fluently adds such hard topics that I'm always amazed by her brilliance.

Another dazzling addition to the series.
I feel like I need to re-read them all... again.