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: Exclusive Cover Reveal and Giveaway!: Two Truths and a Lie: Forces of Nature by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson
**Giveaway open until Wednesday!**
Wednesday: Bone Soup: A Spooky Tasty Tale by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Thursday: Smithsonian’s Exploration Station: Solar System
Friday: Kellee’s Students’ In-Class Book Club Book Choices
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Kellee
Brilliant. Just like everyone told me it was.
Ricki
I started the week reading Smithsonian’s Solar System book and activity kit. These kids are quite fun. My son loves them, and they make learning exciting.
I REREAD Refugee by Alan Gratz. My students are reading Land of Permanent Goodbyes, American Street, and Refugee for a week where we talk about immigration and refugees. We had a long talk today about the value of #ownvoices, and I am curious what they think after reading these three books. Authorship is important to them, but we did talk about the power of research. It is a great discussion, and I think these three books are incredibly well-written, so that makes the discussion even more interesting.
I also read three PD books about action research in the classroom. I am deciding which of the three to use as one of my course texts for my Investigating Classroom Literacies course next semester. Each has great strengths, so I will keep you posted. You can expect a Teaching Tuesday ponderings review on this one. 🙂
Kellee
With my ears: The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
With my mind: Just Like Jackie by Lindsey Stoddard
With my voice: The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Ricki
I am looking forward to reading Pride by Ibi Zoboi this week in preparation for my NCTE session. WOOT!
Tuesday: Countdown to NCTE/ALAN: Nine Presentations We Are in at #NCTE18
Wednesday: Countdown to NCTE/ALAN: Eight Books that Have Made Our Sons Want to Learn to Read
Thursday: Countdown to NCTE/ALAN: Seven Authors Kellee is Excited to See at ALAN Who She’s Never Met Before
Friday: Countdown to NCTE/ALAN: Six authors Ricki’s Excited to See at ALAN Who She’s Never Seen or Met Before
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I always mention Escape from Aleppo as historical fiction from within students’ own lives–2013. Makes me feel less horrible about historical fiction from the 1970s!
I had that very similar thought in my head–is it historical or realistic?!
Bone soup looks fun. Thanks for hosting. I hope you have a great week!
It is very fun! And you’re welcome!
It really is time for everyone to read and learn about refugees, and their need for safety. I just read The Unwanted by Don Brown, the graphic story of Syrian refugees, still need to read Escape from Aleppo. Thanks, Ricki & Kellee!
Ohhhh. I want to read that!
I’m so excited for Don Brown at ALAN–I hope I get a copy of the Unwanted; it is so important for everyone to read about others period.
There are so many great (as in well-written) books about the refugee experience. I love telling teachers to pair their novel reading with picture books.
YES!
I second that YES!
Just Like Jackie is one of my favorites. I am getting excited about NCTE! Can’t believe it’s less than two weeks!
I am loving it so much! It should be talked about more!
So glad you are still enjoying the Pooh books, Kellee – you know, I might need to revisit those – still sick this week & in need of some comfort reading 🙂
Ricki – I LOVED both American Street and Refugee – wish I could have been in your classroom discussion! I just read an amazingly powerful graphic “novel” nonfiction book about Syrian refugees – Escaping Wars & Waves – not YA but blew me away.
Oooh…and a new Ibi Zoboi! Must read that one!
Sue
Book By Book
Escaping Wars & Waves looks so good. Thank you for sharing!!! I just finished Pride last night. It was absolutely incredible.
You should revisit. They are such a pleasure to read; so much humor and love!
*Hug* for feeling better soon!
Kellee, I’m so glad you enjoyed Escape from Aleppo!! I’m looking forward to reading Just Like Jackie, too. Can’t wait!
Ricki, I read Land of Permanent Goodbyes back to back with Refugee a few months ago and those characters are still so vivid in my mind. I should just add Grenade to that list because I keep seeing scenes from that book, as well. I was glad to see Karen Yingling post a review of a YA historical fiction novel about Vietnam. I haven’t yet read one about Vietnam, so I hope to find a copy of that one, too.
Have fun at NCTE/ALAN!!
Yes! I am interested in the book about Vietnam, too. I am adding it to my list!
They are both really fantastic books. Both heartbreaking in different ways, but also beautiful in different ways.
Escape from Aleppo is on my list. I haven’t had time for it, but I keep reading so many positive reviews of it that I think I am going to have to try harder. Maybe it will just have to go on my mustread list for next year!
Loved Refugee by Alan Gratz – read it last year – each voice was distinctly delivered, I thought. I am sure it must have made for an awesome classroom discussion.