We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (6/1/20-6/7/20).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- Do Cats Moo? by Salina Yoon
- Do Sharks Bark? by Salina Yoon
- Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina
- Five on the Bed by Addie Boswell
- Love is Powerful by Heather Dean Brewer
- The Most Amazing Bird by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak
- The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
Graphic Novels:
- Ark Angel: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz and Anthony Johnston
- Astronuts: The Water Planet by Jon Scieszka
- Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu (non-fiction)
- Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert
- Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte
- Pirate Queen: The Legend of Grace O’Malley by Tony Lee
- Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery by Renee Treml
Everything Else:
- Banana Pants! by Emma Wunsch
- The Bat Book by Charlotte Milner
- Eels by Rachel Poliquin (non-fiction)
- Meet the Crew at the Zoo by Patricia Reilly Giff (first chapter)
- Middle School Bites by Steven Banks
- Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce & Maggie Stiefvater
- Vera Vance: Comics Star by Claudia Mills
- What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado
Note: My reading is slowing down a little, and I expect it to continue to do so between real-world issues taking precedence and the return to working in the library. Not looking forward to that commute.
Reading Highlights:
- Love is Powerful – Timely picture book focusing on promoting love and kindness and the power of peaceful protest.
- Sherlock Bones – Fun, quick mystery that is written and illustrated in a style that will really appeal to Bad Guys fans.
- Lightfall – Yet another Amulet readalike that will have a great audience. Looking forward to the rest of the series. I hate to say “yet another” because all three of these graphic novels from the last few weeks are really strong on their own–it just feels odd to be reading them in such succession.
- Measuring Up – Cooking, friendship struggles, and a much needed diverse, realistic fiction graphic novel great for fans of Smile.
- What Lane? – Torrey Maldonado does great work again with this realistic fiction story of a young mixed boy beginning to recognize the differences in his (white and black) friend groups and the acts of racism that surround him everyday. Particularly great because while the main characters are in middle school, I feel comfortable handing this to a 3rd-4th grader.
- Eels – Wow, eels are incredibly weird, strange creatures. Well written, appealing non-fiction that is easy to booktalk.
Michala’s Reading
Back next week!