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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Thursday: Guest Review: The Forest Queen by Betsy Cornwell
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Kellee
- The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman: One of his earlier books that show how innately good a storyteller he is! About finding out that your family isn’t exactly what you think it is.
- Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot by Adam Gidwitz and Joseph Bruchac: I adore this series! This story was a little less action and more narrative than the first two. And if you haven’t seen, they’re making a Unicorn Rescue Society game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jessecasey/unicorn-rescue-society-the-card-game!
- The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins by Gail Shepherd: Lyndie B. Hawkins’s life changed really quick, and she is working to figure it all out.
- Finding Orion by John David Anderson: Check out my post from last week!
Trent and I are taking a chapter book break to read new picture books!
- One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read: I love when I find unique counting books, and this definitely is one! So much fun!
- Camp Tiger by Susan Choi: An extended metaphor about change and fear. Beautiful illustrations!
- Lana Lynn Howls at the Moon by Rebecca Van Slyke: Such a cute book about figuring out our place.
- The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes: Loved reading this one to Trent as he gets ready to go to Kindergarten in the fall!
- Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich: Even the most grumpy need some love (and that grumpy cactus is so adorable!).
- I Will Race You Through This Book! by Jonathan Fenske: Definitely one of Trent’s favorites from this group–I really think that interactive picture books done well are some of the best out there!
- I Lost My Tooth by Mo Willems: Another multiple read title for Trent. Mo Willems just knows kid humor, and this story of tooth ignorant squirrels is just too funny.
- Blooming Beneath the Sun by Christina Rossetti: Illustrated by Ashley Bryan because he loves Rossetti’s poems, so you know it is beautiful.
- Sign Off by Stephen Savage: What a cool concept about sign silhouettes coming to life!
- Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Shertle: Little Blue Truck is a favorite of all five year olds, I think.
- Little Fox and the Missing Moon by Ekaterina Trukhan: Little Fox is so cute!
- Fly by Nathan Clement: A narrative nonfiction text looking at traveling by airplane.
- I Love You All Year Through by Stephanie Stansbie: These books always choke me up–any book to show love is a winner!
- Bedtime for Beasties by Leslie Staub: A girl takes control of her fears!
- Dolphins: Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle: Dolphins are strange and wonderful, and we loved learning about all the different kinds.
- Like a Lizard by April Pulley Sayre: This was a fun way to teach about lizards! A great mix of silliness and facts.
- The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach: This book was hilarious–both Trent and I thought so!
- Mrs. Wow Never Wanted a Cow by Martha Freeman: A good book for rhyming.
- The Goose Egg by Liz Wong: Trent loved this one, too! Fun look at idioms mixed with a fun unexpected parenting story.
- Moon! Earth’s Best Friend by Stacy McAnulty: Stacy McAnulty is brilliant–Moon! has been read so many times in my house already.
- Douglas, You’re a Genius by Ged Adamson: This book reminded me a bit of Phineas and Ferb.
- There’s a Dragon in Your Book by Tom Fletcher: Another really well done interactive picture book! We went and requested There’s a Monster in Your Book right away!
- Perfect by Max Amato: Pencil versus eraser.
- Dust Bunny Wants a Friend by Amy Hevron: Trent loved that he could read this mostly-wordless picture book. I loved that super cute illustrations and how much Trent pulled from them to add to the story.
- Lion Lessons by Jon Agee: Too funny! Just a very clever book about nature versus nurture.
Ricki
Ricki is away on maternity leave and will return mid-June. Happy reading!
Kellee
- Currently Reading: The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
- Currently Reading with My Ears: An Author’s Odyssey by Chris Colfer
- Currently Reading with My & Trent’s Ears: A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
Thursday: Guest Review: Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke
Friday: Educator Guide for Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Igniting Your Students’ Passion Using the ‘FIRE’ Method” by Scott Wilson, Author of METL: The Angel Weapon
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So many great picture books! Some I love and some I need to check out.
Wow! I’m going to have to come back to list all those new picture books! Have a good week, Kellee!
My goodness, SOOO many books to look through here! I’m especially looking forward to seeing Sign Off for myself. Looks like it might be a fun picture book to share with my 5 year old during our next road trip! Have a wonderful reading week, Kellee!
I just weeded some Shusterman (and some Sleator) that hadn’t moved from the shelf in a long time. I do love Dread Locks and Red Rider’s Hood and will have to recommend those next year!
Oh, I remember The Dark Side of Nowhere – a good one, as all Schusterman’s novels are!
And, you know I love Paddington – so glad you are introducing your son to the classics, like Pooh and Paddington 🙂
I have gotten behind on Kate DiCamillo’s latest novels – love her & need to catch up!
Enjoy your books this week & thanks for hosting the linkup!
Sue
Book By Book
I love the artwork for Camp Tiger. At first, I thought it was Jason Chin.
Sometimes it’s fun to read a pile of picture books, even after kids have started to read on their own. My kids were in junior high before I stopped bring them home. I saw a lot I will look out for on your lists.