It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.
The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.
We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.
Happy reading!
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Kellee
Picture Books
- Fast Cheetah, Slow Tortoise: Poems of Animal Opposites by Bette Westera, Translated by David Colmer, Illustrated by Mies van Hout: These compare and contrast poems are great mentor texts to teaching kids about these types of poems! I would love to see these poems read as a read aloud then students create their own poems about two opposite animals.
- Leena Mo, CEO by Deena Shakir, Illustrated by Nez Riaz: This book is a story of innovation, teamwork, success, and dreams, all with acrylic illustrations that perfectly accompany the story and make it come to life! I loved Leena’s story of invention, seeing the growth of her business, and how inspiring she became to others. It is truly a call to action–dream big, and you can do it!
- I Want to Read All the Books by Debbie Ridpath Ohi: This book is a love letter to all kinds of books, their ability to entertain and teach, and to all those who love all of them. I loved Hana, her questions, and her solution to the innumerable amount of books there are to read. This book make me so happy!
Middle Grade
- The Curse of the Dead Man’s Diamond by Christyne Morrell: I will review this tomorrow!
Young Adult
- Celestial Monsters (Sunbearer Trials #2) by Aiden Thomas: I have waited since book one to read this one!!!! I can’t tell you too much about book #2 because you have to know how #1 ends, but I will tell you that I loved the conclusion of this duology. (And for those of you that missed my posting about Sunbearer Trials, I said: High fantasy is also a genre I enter into tentatively, but I am so glad I jumped right into this one because this became one of my favorite reads so far this year. The way I described it to my students is that it is an older and more diverse version of The Hunger Games combined with Percy Jackson. I listened to this one, and I didn’t want to leave my car because I wanted to know what happened next to Teo, our protagonist and underdog in the Sunbearer Trials.) I LOVE this series!
- Oh! And Aiden Thomas is my Tuesday keynote at the ALAN Workshop; I am so ecstatic to hear him.
- The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza: I starting listening to this book the day before it was announced that it was on the 2024 National Book Award Longlist, and now I understand why. Brett’s voice emanates out of the book and straight into your heart. I wanted to give Brett a hug and be his friend the entire book. This book is tough but also tender. (Trigger warning: Disordered eating)
And you can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.
Ricki
This is my week off; I’ll update you all next week on my reading!
Kellee
- Go Home by Terry Farish & Lochan Sharma
- The Shadow Prince by David Anthony Durham
Tuesday: The Curse of the Dead Man’s Diamond by Christyne Morrell
Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Why Comedy Can Help Open Up Difficult Discussions” by Kate Weston, Author of Murder on a Summer Break
Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!
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