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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CONGRATULATIONS
Lisa M.
for winning our giveaway for It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk!
Last Week’s Posts
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Tuesday: Ten Websites/Resources for Parents/Teachers to Who Want to Talk to Kids About Books
**Giveaway open until Tuesday!!!**
Thursday: Here Comes Teacher Cat by Deborah Underwood
Sunday: Author Guest Post!: “The Joy of Comic Reprints” by Tom Eaton, Author of The Bug Zapper
Last Week’s Journeys
Kellee
Um, well, this week I didn’t finish anything! Oops! But I have been reading 🙂 See below.
Ricki
Henry and I enjoyed Trucks by Anne Rockwell, The Story Book Knight by Helen Docherty, and Egg by Kevin Henkes. I loved The Story Book Knight. It’s by the same author and illustrator team (a husband and wife) as Snatchabook—one of my all-time favorite picture books. My husband and I love both of these books. They have a good flow, the story is enjoyable, and you can reread them a dozen times without getting tired of the story (an important quality for parents!). Also, they promote reading! I loved reading Egg with Henry because we practiced some sight words, and it was a very fun read!
This week I REREAD I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. My students are reading it for Adolescents’ Literature. I am really, really excited to hear what they think of it. This book has a warm place in my heart.
This Week’s Expeditions
Kellee
But I am reading two books I’m really enjoying!
- Currently reading: Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker is one of the oddest and unique books I’ve ever read! Going to wait until I finish to say more.
- Currently listening: Refugee by Alan Gratz is heart-wrenching, suspenseful, sad, and I’m not even done!
Ricki
I am about to start some of the books I am presenting at the ALAN Workshop! I’ll report back next week about them! 🙂
Upcoming Week’s Posts
Tuesday: Ten Books that Feature Nontraditional Families
Wednesday: Welcome Fall with These Picture Books: One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me by John Micklos, Jr. & Autumn: A Pop Up Book by David A. Carter
Thursday: All My Friends are Fast Asleep by David Weinstone
Friday: Review and Giveaway!: Listen: How Peter Seeger Got American Singing by Leda Shubert
Sunday: Author Guest Post
So, what are you reading?
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I’m very excited that I will be reading It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk soon! I’m curious about Felix Yz and looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts about it.
Felix Yz has not circulated well at all with my students. It is definitely quirky. I will pass on the melodrama of I’ll Give You the Sun, but may need the Nancy compendium!
Kelle, Felix Yz looks like an interesting book. I’ll be looking forward to reading what you have to say.
Rickie, I loved Egg and will be looking for The Story Book Knight next time I head to the library.
I loved Flashlight Night and have it on my post today, too. I would love to see what sorts of art this would inspire in kids! Egg is also an awesome book that helps kids see how to accept differences in others. Have a great week!
I SO want to read I’ll Give You the Sun – I thought I’d downloaded it from SYNC last summer but then months later tried to open it and found out I’d downloaded everything wrong and didn’t have any of the audios 🙁 So sad! I made sure not to make the same mistake this year.
I just love Alan Gratz’s novels – Refugee sounds great!
Enjoy your books this week –
Sue
Book By Book
I have to see the details for the Refugee audio book even though I’ve read the book already.
I really want to read Refugee. I wish you both a great week.