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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Wednesday: Terrible Times Tables by Michelle Markel
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Kellee
Trent is devouring books! Not only are we requesting books from our local library, but he also visits his school library a few times a week! We’ve also recently set the goal to finish all of the SSYRA Jr. books, and at first we had trouble because the ones we didn’t own had a very long hold list, but then I figured out that his school library has ebooks of them! So while we wait for the hardcovers, we’re reading the ebooks.
As you can tell, he already has favorites: Fly Guy, Mo Willems, Dav Pilkey, and colorful books. He was also so excited for a new Nibbles book by Emma Yarlett and to read Please Say Please which he won because he went to our local library’s Angel Paws Story time (where he reads to service dogs) 5 times!
Ricki
This week, I read the adult graphic novel Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back! The anthology features 14 Indian women and details their experiences as women. I liked the variety—both in the subject matter and in the styles, and it was a great read.
My 3-year-old loves Tractor Mac: Autumn is Here by Billy Steers. I like autumn a lot, so I enjoyed reading it and appreciating all of the fall colors.
Kellee
- Listening: Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday by Natalie C. Anderson
- Reading: The Weight of our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
- With Trent: Making our way through the SSYRA Jr. list and the huge pile of library books
Ricki
I am listening to Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover. Typically, I read YAL, but much of this book is set during the young adult time period of Tara’s life, so I am really loving it.
I am reading Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment by Linda Hirshman. We are at the #metoo segment of my social movements course, and my colleague (a history professor) assigned this text. I am learning a lot! This one is an adult nonfiction.
Wednesday: Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial by Linda Booth Sweeney
Friday: Weird Little Robots by Carolyn Crimi
Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Why We Need International Books in the Classrooms” by J. Kasper Kramer, Author of The Story That Cannot Be Told
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Educated was tough to read in places, but it’s an inspiring story of resiliency.
Fun to read about Trent’s ‘devouring’ books, no surprise! I echo Lisa’s comment about Educated. What a story of her life! Have a wonderful week!
I just got The Story That Cannot Be Told! I have not heard much about it yet, glad to see the guest post!
I’ve added Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back!to my list. The Weight of our Sky sounds pretty intense.
Happy reading to both of you next week.
Kellee, I just discovered that I don’t have Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday on my TBR list. I’ll look forward to hearing what you think about it!
Ricki, I can’t stop thinking about Educated. I watched a number of interviews and read articles and comments by Tara’s family members, so I guess you’d say it has really stuck with me! Hope you’re enjoying it, even if it’s so sad at times.
You and Trent have picked some really fun books. Educated is one I read recently for book club. She certainly had a unique educational path.