We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (7/20/2020-7/26/2020).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- A is for Another Rabbit by Hannah Batsel
- Big Shark, Little Shark, Baby Shark by Anna Membrino (reader)
- Catching Thoughts by Bonnie Clark
- Happy Hair by Mechal Renee Roe
- I Am One: A Book of Action by Susan Verde
- I’m Gonna Push Through! by Jasmyn Wright
- In My Anaana’s Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok
- The International Day of the Girl: Celebrating Girls Around the World by Jessica Dee Humphreys (non-fiction)
- Margot and the Moon Landing by A.C. Fitzpatrick
- No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History by Lindsay H. Metcalf (non-fiction)
- The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shante
- On Your Way by John Coy
- Second Banana by Blair Thornburgh
- Spit Nests, Puke Power, and Other Brilliant Bird Adaptations by Laura Perdew (non-fiction)
- Summer Feet by Sheree Fitch
- Tani’s New Home: A Refugee Finds Hope and Kindness in America by Tanitoluwa Adewumi (biography)
- Thanks a Ton! by Hello!Lucky
- Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton (biography)
Everything Else:
- Almost Human by Ari North (graphic novel)
- Bird & Squirrel All or Nothing by James Burks (graphic novel)
- It’s Your Funeral! by Emily Riesbeck (graphic novel)
- Karen’s Roller Skates by Katy Farina, Ann M. Martin
- Orientation (Marvel: Avengers Assembly #1) by Preeti Chhibber
- Problem at the Playground by Courtney Carbone (first chapter)
- Real Pigeons Eat Danger by Andrew McDonald
- Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture by Andy Hirsch (nonfiction) (graphic novel)
- Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna (graphic novel)
- The Witches: The Graphic Novel by Pénélope Bagieu, Roald Dahl (graphic novel)
- The Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse (graphic novel)
Note: I squeezed in a few more graphic novels this week. There is a big pile of j-fiction chapter books staring at me that I just haven’t had time for. Listening to a teen book, and will be spending part of next weekend reviewing another teen book, so I’m glad I’m fitting some more of those in this year.
I had a decrease in books with diverse main characters and diverse authors, BUT an increase in own voices, which is a number I really want to pay attention to. Just pulling these stats each week is making me more conscious of my reading choices. Stats:
- 47 Books Read This Week
- 23 Books with Diverse Main Character (49%)
- 12 Books by Diverse Authors (25%)
- 11 Books by Own Voices Authors (24%) (to the best of my knowledge)
This week’s reading highlights:
- The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shante
- Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture by Andy Hirsch (nonfiction) (graphic novel)
- Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna (graphic novel)
- The Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse (graphic novel)
Michala’s Reading
- The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
- Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman illustrated by Heather Fox
- Goat in a Boat: An Acorn Book by Janee Trasler
- I am a Super Girl! by Kelly Greenawalt illustrated by Amariah Rauscher
- Don’t Call Me Bear! by Aaron Blabey
- Target Earth (Evil Alien Warlord Cat vol 4)
- Pug Blasts Off (Diary of a Pug #1) Kyla May illustrated by Sonia Sander
- Farah Rocks Fifth Grade by Susan Muaddi Darraj illustrated by Ruida Mannaa
- Wrong Way Summer by Heidi Lang
- When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
- The Imaginary by A.F. Harrold illustrated by Emily Gravett
- The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
- The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
- The Sky is Mine by Amy Beashel
Note: I took a few days off from work for a mental vacay and attempted the quarantine cleaning/organization thing that everyone else seems to have done at the beginning of this whole mess. My house now feels extra messy, Goodwill has gotten a lot of clothes from me, I am a craft supply hoarder, and I feel like I haven’t read anything.