It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Sharing Picture Books, Early Readers, Middle Grade Books, and Young Adult Books for All Ages!
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop co-hosted by Unleashing Readers and Teach Mentor Texts which focuses on sharing books marketed for children and young adults. It offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.
The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.
We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.
Happy reading!
Tuesday: Student Voices: Favorite Reads from Derrick T., Gavin Z., Kyan V., Leticia R., and Reed R.
Saturday: Guest Review: Why? by Nikolai Popov
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Kellee
- Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy: I love this webcomic turned graphic novel, and it is so funny–Huda’s humor is ON POINT. My past student, Basma, who shared how important books with Muslim representation are to her as a Muslim woman here on Unleashing Readers, stated on her review, “This book is a fantastic story of figuring out who you are and how you fit into the world. From a representation standpoint, it’s exactly what I was looking for. To be seen, not only as a Muslim woman, but as a someone who’s struggled with their identity and where they fit.”
- Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi: This manga was given to me by a past student because it is their favorite anime, and I can see why! Gon is amazing and the supporting characters are characters. I can definitely see why this story is loved.
- Almost American Girl by Robin Ha: This was an intense and beautiful graphic memoir that is just so easy to connect with and is accessible. It is such an important story for kids to see themselves in or learn about others with similar stories to Robin.
- The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen: The beautiful way the author weaves Tíên’s story and fairy tales is just breathtaking; the inclusion of the fairy tales really moved along Tíên’s story in a way I hadn’t seen in a book before. Oh, and the art is GORGEOUS!
- Moving Target and Return Fire by Christina Diaz Gonzalez: I am so excited that Christina Diaz Gonzalez is going to be our author for this upcoming school year, so I am working on reading all of her books (I already LOVED Invisible and Concealed). This series is one that it going to be an easy sell to students because it has so much adventure, action, and mystery! I can’t wait to book talk it! I think fans of Spy School, Alex Rider, and City Spies are going to definitely want to dive head first into this duology.
Trent and I have been adding back in bedtime reading in addition to our 20 minute family reading time, and here are the books that he chose to read this last week:
- I’m Worried by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
- Who’s Like Me? by Nicola Davis, illustrated by Marc Boutavant
- It’s Not the Three Little Pigs by Josh Funk, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor
- Unicorn Christmas by Diana Murray, illustrated by Luke Flowers
To learn more about any of these books, check out my 2022 Goodreads Challenge page or my read bookshelf on Goodreads.
Ricki
This is Kellee’s week to write the long IMWAYR post, so I’ll be back next week.
Kellee
Some of the books I read this week were on my #MustReadin2022 list, so I was able to check some more off! This upcoming week, I am trying to read some more of my of them though I also have some more rom coms that I want to read! We’ll see what I feel like 🙂
Tuesday: Student Voices: Thoughts on Characters from Ana T., Katie S., Eva S., and Gabriela C.
Thursday: Guest Post: Classroom Uses for Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen, Maya and the Robot by Eve Ewing, and The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles
Saturday: Guest Review: There’s Only One You by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook, Illustrated by Rosie Butcher
Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!
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I haven’t read Beach Read yet, but I have heard others say the title doesn’t match the book. Her other book, The People We Meet on Vacation, doesn’t have the greatest title in my opinion, but it was a really good read.
Thanks for the introduction to Christina Diaz Gonzalez. I am a big fan of the City Spies series so I will be looking forward to reading this one.
It looks like you’ve been reading some excellent books, Kellee! As a self-proclaimed superfan of The Magic Fish, I am so thrilled that you got a chance to read it and enjoyed it too! Huda F Are You? is waiting on my bookcase, and I really need to find some time to cram it in. And your rom-com adventures are so fun—I love the character map for the Wedding Date series, and the premise of Beach Read is brilliant! Thank you both so much for the wonderful post and link round-up!
I loved Moving Target, very exciting series. Also, the Josh Funk fairy tale parodies are also really great. So many other good ones here. Thanks for the post.