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Best of 2025
All Gertie’s favorite picture books from this year. New or newly discovered. I’ve been away from Gertie and the book blog for so long! But that is because I’ve been hard at work learning to be a real, authentic, children’s library person and keeper of books and reader (out loud!) of stories in a brick […]
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Gertie’s Pearls: Fashion Fun for Every Human
Gertie was such a cozy fashion icon to her family. She had a look, which reflected her pride and dignity as a woman with a college degree, a beautiful soprano singing voice, and her background as a farm girl from Maryland. Even when she worked in the garden she wore a blouse and slacks. I […]
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Cozy Day Reads
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There’s snow on the ground and it’s cold and sparkling outside. Sometimes the winter seems long, and we’re waiting for the spring. Difficult things have been happening in the big grown-up world lately. We’re looking for signs of hope, and signs of help. We’re waiting. We’re enduring. But sometimes we need the comfort of people […]
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The Little Red Chair
Welcome to the place where Gertie reads. Books are places waiting to be visited and people waiting to be known. Books are a magic wardrobe, or a magic wand, or, sometimes, a magic mirror. Who is that waiting to be met? Who do you see there staring back at you? Sometimes it’s stranger, holding out […]
A Book for Every Reader
I’m Gwen, the author of Gertie’s Book Blog, a place for book recommendations for kids, teens, and their grown-ups. I’m a reader, writer, public library enthusiast, parent of not-so-littles, and former teacher. Gertie was my grandmother, and is the inspiration for the voice of Gertie’s Book Blog. I hope you find it as warm and wise and thoughtful about books and the kids who read them as she was. All artwork is by Christy Boyer.
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