It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Annamarie Carlson

6 years ago

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!