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When I Grow Up, I Want to Be A Dinosaur

Hindis Libraries Females of Fiction 2023 BEST PICTURE BOOK COVER Winner!

The perfect book for young dino lovers!

Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor! Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus, too! There are so many cool dinosaurs, which will you be when you grow up?

Wait…You can’t be a dinosaur?

What will you be instead?

A young girl wants to be a dinosaur when she grows up. Unfortunately, she is told she can’t be a dinosaur. Faced with this news, she has to change her goals and instead decides she wants to be a paleontologist.

Encourage your young dinosaur aficionado to embrace their love of prehistoric creatures and inspire them to consider a career in paleontology. Although they can’t be a dinosaur when they grow up, they can follow along with this fun and educational book to learn about what paleontologists do.

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12 Sleeps ’til Christmas

“It’s the best time of year! Snow is starting to fall.
It’s the month I love most – it’s the greatest of all!
Christmas is coming, and I have a list
Full of things we must do so that nothing is missed.”

There are twelve days until Christmas and there is so much to do! Lights, presents, carols, playing with friends. Count down the days together and find out how to pass the time and prepare for a festive, fun-filled Christmas.

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How Many Sleeps?

This fun rhyming story takes you through all the preparation for and emotions of waiting for a visit from Grandma and Grandpa.

“In only ten sleeps, our two guests will arrive.
That’s so many days—I’ll never survive!”

Ten days of anticipation and excitement! And maybe a bit of impatience. It seems like forever, but there is so much to do. Count down the days together and find out how to pass the time while waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to arrive.

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Waiting For You/Esperando Por Ti

Journey through the milestones of pregnancy with this sweet picture book about waiting for the arrival of a new baby. The perfect gift for baby showers and new and expecting parents.

Ultrasounds, baby’s first kick, decorating the nursery…There are so many exciting things to look forward to when expecting a new baby. But nothing compares to when baby finally arrives!

This bilingual English/Spanish book takes the reader on a journey through the milestones of pregnancy, all the while waiting for baby. The beautiful illustrations invoke the wonderful feelings of anticipation, excitement, and love for a new baby.

Waiting For You is the perfect gift for new parents or parents to be. And with a blank birth stats page in the back, you can personalize this book to make it your own!

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(Technology is so rude! I had a nice song as the a (Technology is so rude! I had a nice song as the audio, not my boys'cartoons 😅😅)

I've been dabbling in journals lately and this is my latest! I enjoy playing around in canva, and I love me a habit tracker. So, when I was thinking about buying one the other day, I thought, "why not create exactly what I am looking for!"

And here is the result! 12 months. Each month has a place for journaling about your intentions or goals for the month, one habit tracker with all the goals in one place, two individual habit trackers with fun shapes to color in as you do those habits each day, and a place to reflect on how the month went (because obvi the writer needs some space to write in the habit tracker, not just color in squares!)

(Available on amazon! I'll put a link in my story, in case this sounds like something you need in your life too!)

What habits are you trying to build??
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FREE ACTIVITIES

  • Download these Dino Coloring Pages
  • Dinosaur name tracing
  • Dinosaur memory game
  • Dinosaur matching activities
  • Dinosaur puzzles: Dinos 1, Dinos 2, other prehistoric creatures

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If you are in the Sacramento area and are interested in a book signing or reading, contact me at author@mikaylaruvalcaba.com.

I love sharing my love of reading with everyone, especially children.

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