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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Last Week’s Posts
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Tuesday: Kellee’s Favorite Reads in 2016
Wednesday: Dining with Dinosaurs by Hannah Bonner
Thursday: Kellee and Ricki’s #mustreadin2017
Friday: Review and Giveaway!: Your Alien Returns by Tammi Sauer
So, what are you reading?
Last Week’s Journeys
Kellee
Wednesday: My husband, Jim, is running the Dopey Challenge (48.6 miles in 4 days!) at Walt Disney World’s Marathon Weekend, so I just know that I will not have a chance to write out my IMWAYR post on Sunday (we have dinner plans with his family), so I will catch you all up next week. Thank you for understanding 🙂
Happy reading this week!
Ricki
I finished Enter Title Here by Rahul Kanakia. Whew! I really enjoyed it! Reshma Kapoor knows she needs a hook to get her into Stanford, and her valedictorian status won’t be enough. She decides to write a book (this book). This book really nails the pressure that overachievers experience. Reshma is willing to do anything to maintain her valedictorian status. She is such an unlikeable character that I found her to be quite likable. I very much appreciated this book.
Henry and I read Eric Carle’s Opposites. I liked how this was a puffy board book because it felt nice. I also enjoyed how the flaps lifted the entire page upwards. Most opposite books have the two opposites juxtaposed on each page. This required Henry to guess what the opposite was before he could see it. Explaining the concept of opposites to a three-year-old is very difficult! We’ve read this book for two nights in a row, and I don’t know whether Henry is understanding the concept yet or whether he has the book memorized. I’ve been quizzing him about opposites during the day to try to figure it out!
This Week’s Expeditions
Ricki
I am halfway through Christopher Emdin’s For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Y’all Too. This is my area of research, but I am still learning a lot. Emdin’s perspective is quite insightful, and he has me thinking and thinking. I highly recommend this book to teachers who teach in the hood–but also teachers who teach students of color. So…that is pretty much all teachers. 😉
I am listening to The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner and really enjoying it. I met Jeff at the ALAN Workshop and was really impressed by him, so I am happy to be diving into the book!
Upcoming Week’s Posts
Tuesday: Ten Books We Are Looking Forward to in the First Half of 2017
Wednesday: Tales from the Arabian Nights by Donna Jo Napoli
Thursday: Teaching Guide for Barkus by Patricia MacLachlan
Friday: Teaching Guide for Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder
Sunday: Author Guest Post
So, what are you reading?
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Good luck to your husband, Kellee. Wow, what a race! And Ricki, I loved The Serpent King, glad you are “reading” it! Have a wonderful week both of you!
I am loving it, too! I was listening to it last night, and I didn’t want to go to bed!
Kellee – give Jim a thumbs up from us!
Ricki – I added Serpent King to my must read list for this year. I’ve heard so many amazing things!
Me, too! I love the must read list. It holds me accountable. 🙂
I’m intrigued by For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Y’all Too, but since I am a retired teacher, I’m just trying to read as many books by books whose experiences are different from mine as possible. This year I’m focusing on indigenous Canadian authors. The Serpent King is one I hope to get to this year. My library doesn’t have it, but I have requested they purchase it so hopefully…
For White Folks is very good. I am really enjoying it. In fact, I think I may shut off my computer and get to it RIGHT NOW!
Enter Title Here sounds good. I’m going to add that one to my TBR. I also am hoping to get to the Serpent King soon. I love the list
Great! I am glad to hear you found it intriguing!
So many good books to read! Thanks for hosting!
Of course, Catherine!
I am really very intrigued by The Serpent King and so looking forward to reading it.
Sounds like some good books last week & coming up, Ricki. Enter Title Here sounds really intriguing. My sons saw a LOT of super over-achievers at their math/science focused charter school, so it’s an important topic.
Hope your husband did well in the race, Kellee!
Sue
Book By Book
I will want to get to Enter Title Here soon. Glad you enjoyed it.