It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA!
It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme started by Sheila at Book Journeys and now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It’s also a great chance to see what others are reading right now…you just might discover the next “must-read” book!
Kellee and Jen, of Teach Mentor Texts, decided to give It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit – join us! We love this meme and think you will, too.
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Tuesday: OCPS Appetite for Instruction Podcast with Kellee: Unleashing Young Readers
Thursday: The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros
Friday: Educators’ and Discussion Guide for What Can a Citizen Do? by Dave Eggers
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Kellee
- Will be reviewing My Name is Wakawakaloch! this week.
- What We Buried by Kate A Boorman: Siblings that resent each other on a road trip after their parents disappear right before their emancipation trial; however, “what starts as a simple overnight road trip soon takes a turn for the dangerous and surreal.”
- The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais: “Moving halfway across the country to Colorado right before senior year isn’t Maya’s idea of a good time. Leaving behind Pratt School for the Deaf where she’s been a student for years only to attend a hearing school is even worse. Maya has dreams of breaking into the medical field and is determined to get the grades and a college degree to match, and she’s never considered being Deaf a disability. But her teachers and classmates at Engelmann High don’t seem to share her optimism.”
- The newest Dog Man is just as good as the others! Trent loves these books as do I and so do my students–it is just a win-win-win book!
- Who Wants An Old Teddy Bear is Jim’s book from when he was a kid which we were told is one of his favorites, so it was so much fun to read it to Trent for the first time.
Ricki
This week, I read If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. I loved listening to the author’s note and how Meredith Russo talks about essentializing transgender identities. I have been thinking about this a lot since I finished the book, and I think it will give readers much to ponder. This is a great book. If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend it highly.
Kellee
- Reading: 100 Days of Sun Light by Abbie Emmons
- Listening: I don’t know! I can’t find what I want to listen to through my library…
- Reading with Trent: We’ll see what we start tonight!
Ricki
I am rereading The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah. This time, I am listening to it on audio. I really like this book and am excited to share it with students in a few weeks.
Wednesday: Review and Giveaway!: My Name is Wakawakaloch! by Chana Stiefel
Friday: Educators’ Guide for Lights! Camera! Alice!: The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker by Mara Rockliff
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I just got the newest Dog Man – actually I got two because I know how popular it will be. School hasn’t even started yet, but I’m beginning to think I might need another!
If I was your girl and The Lines We Cross are both new titles to me, Kellee and Ricki. Thanks for them, and have a wonderful week!
Kellee, My Name Is Wakawakaloch!looks like an interesting book. I’ll look forward to your review. I checked out 100 Days of Sun Light. It sounds powerful!
Ricki, If I Was Your Girl is on my list, but after reading your comments here, I’ve added it to my tentative #MustReadIn2020 list.
What We Buried kinda freaked me out — still have a couple questions about what happened there. lol And I’m going to have to look up If I Was Your Girl after the comments on Meredith Russo’s talk. Sounds very important. Thanks for all the shares and hope you both have a wonderful week!