We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (5/25/20-5/31/20).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- Animals Brag About Their Bottoms by Maki Sato
- Baby’s First Kind Words by Hsinping Pan
- The Boy and the Gorilla by Jackie Azúa Kramer
- Doggie Gets Scared by Leslie Patricelli
- Food Faces by Deanna F. Cook
- Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall
- Julián at the Wedding by Jessica Love
- Mad, Mad, Mad by Leslie Patricelli
- Mr. Brown’s Bad Day by Lou Peacock
- Mr. Putter & Tabby Clear the Decks by Cynthia Rylant (reader)
- No Reading Allowed: The WORST Read Aloud Book Ever by Raj Haldar, Chris Carpenter
- Norman: One Amazing Goldfish by Kelly Bennett
- Once Upon a Winter Day by Liza Woodruff
- Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson
- A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett
- The Purple Puffy Coat by Maribeth Boelts
- See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog by David LaRochelle
- Sheepish by Helen Yoon
- Snail & Worm by Tina Kugler
- Superhero Gran by Timothy Knapman
- This is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel
- Will You Be My Friend? by Sam McBratney
Graphic Novels:
- Babymouse Goes for the Gold by Jennifer L. Holm
- Bad Babysitter by Jennifer L. Holm
- Extreme Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm
- Fence: Rivals by C.S. Pacat
- Happy Birthday, Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm
- Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator by Seaerra Miller
Everything Else:
- Birthday Blues by Karen English (first chapter)
- Election Madness by Karen English (first chapter)
- Engaging Babies in the Library by Debra J. Knoll (professional development)
- Goldie Blox Rules the School by Stacy McAnulty (first chapter)
- Hero by Michael Grant (young adult)
- The List of Things that Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead (audiobook)
- The Newsy News Newsletter by Karen English (first chapter)
- The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem by Shannon Hale (first chapter)
- Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School by Julie Falatko
- Wedding Drama by Karen English (first chapter)
Note: This week was very picture book heavy, with a ton of great eARCs mixed in with Hoopla Bonus Borrows (many of which aren’t included here because they are fairly well known books, and isn’t this list long enough?). Finished the Babymouse series this week and almost done with Nikki & Deja.
Reading Highlights:
- Animals Brag About Their Bottoms – This is just another adorable picture book title where it is exactly as advertised–animals brag about their big, stripey, furry, unique bottoms. Somehow mixes what will be a humorous read aloud about animals with body positivity.
- Superhero Gran – This one stood out to me as a great storytime book, especially with the amount of grandparents we have in our community.
- This is a Book of Shapes – Is it terrible that I wish this book didn’t have the animal inserts and humor and was literally a book of “this is a square” with an illustration of a square on a white background (about two thirds of the book is formatted like this)? Why can’t we have more really, really simple books that don’t try to be more? Do publishers have any idea have many copies I would beg my library to purchase that were literally just “A” “a” on a white background that were big enough to trace with a finger?
- Fence: Rivals – Fence is back! More Fence! More Fence!
Michala’s Reading
- No More Naps!: A Story for When You’re Wide-Awake and Definitely NOT Tired by Chris Grabenstein illustrated by Leo Espinosa
- Shadow by Lucy Christopher illustrated by Anastacia Suvorora
- Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami illustrated by Julianna Swaney
- Queen of the Spelling Bee (Ellie Ultra) by Gina Bellasario illustrated by Jessika Von Innerebner
- Juniper Kai: Super Spy by Laura Gehl illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis
- They Didn’t Teach THIS in Worm School! by Simone Lia
- Computer Decoder: Dorothy Vaughn, Computer Scientist by Andi Diehn illustrated by Katie Mazeika
- Our House is on Fire: Greta Thunberg’s Call to Save the Planet by Jeanette Winter
- Siren Sisters by Dana Langer
- Mean by Justin Sayre
- We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen
- Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra
- Shortcake Cake Vol. 1 by Suu Morishita
- Shortcake Cake Vol. 2 by Suu Morishita
- Shortcake Cake Vol. 3 by Suu Morishita
What a lovely collection of books! I laughed out loud at Animals Brag About Their Bottoms. I’m really excited aobut Julián at the Wedding. I adored Julián Is a Mermaid.
Lots of great covers! I’m interested in the Worst Read-Aloud ever book.
WOW, what a reading week!! I love looking at all these book covers at once, too. I really like Snail & Worm and definitely enjoyed The List of Things that Will Not Change. And I cannot wait to read Julián at the Wedding!! Thanks for all these wonderful shares!
I just got my copy of Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator and it is a gorgeous book! It’s funny, weird in all the right ways, and full of beautiful illustrations. Kids will love this, especially for Halloween.