We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (7/27/2020-8/2/2020).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books:
- Abby Invents Unbreakable Crayons by Arlyne Simon
- Accordionly: Abuelo and Opa Make Music by Michael Genhart
- Baby Up, Baby Down: A First Book of Opposites by Abrams Appleseed (board book)
- The Bear, the Piano, the Dog, and the Fiddle by David Litchfield
- Bookstore Babies by Puck
- Brown Sugar Babies by Charles R. Smith Jr. (board book)
- Call Me Max by Kyle Lukoff
- Cheer: A Book to Celebrate Community by Uncle Ian Aurora
- Common Threads: Adam’s Day at the Market by Huda Essa
- Dinosaurs from Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick (non-fiction)
- Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison (board book)
- Double Brass Blues by Andrea J. Loney
- Freedom, We Sing by Amyra Leon
- Friday Night Wrestlefest by J.F. Fox
- Hush Up and Migrate by Sandra Markle
- I Got the School Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison
- Ice Breaker by Rose Viña (biography)
- Indestructibles: Let’s Go Outside! by Ekaterina Trukhan
- Indestructibles: Let’s Be Kind by Ekaterina Trukhan
- Inuit Games by Thomas Anguti Johnston
- It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn
- It’s Not My Fault! by Jory John
- Jasper & Ollie Build a Fort by Alex Willan
- Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith
- M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child by Tiffany Rose
- Mindful Day by Deborah Hopkinson
- Muhammad Ali (Little People, BIG DREAMS) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara (board book) (biography)
- My Feminist ABC (board book)
- My Footprints by Bao Phi
- One, Two, Three Dim Sum: A Mandarin-English Counting Book by Rich Lo (board book)
- Only a Tree Knows How to Be a Tree by Mary Murphy
- Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
- A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart by Zetta Elliott (poetry)
- Playing Wicked by Alex R. Kahler
- Poesy the Monster Slayer by Cory Doctorow
- Princess Hair by Sharee Miller
- Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Bryon
- Ruby’s Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee
- Runaway Signs by Joan Holub
- Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World by Jen Cullerton Johnson (biography)
- Smug Seagull by Maddie Frost
- Thank You, Helpers: Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Grocery Workers, and More Who Care for Us by Patricia Hegarty
- Two Problems for Sophia by Jim Averbeck
- A Walk on the Shoreline by Rebecca Hainnu
- We Are Together by Britta Teckentrup
- We Will Rock Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
- What Can a Citizen Do? by Dave Eggers
- When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L.B. Deenihan
- You Are Ready!: The World Is Waiting by Eric Carle
Readers:
- Bunny Will Not Be Quiet! by Jason Tharp
- Cat Has a Plan by Laura Gehl
- Crazy for Apples by C L Reid
- Going on a Field Trip by C L Reid
- I Am Cleopatra (Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum) by Brooke Vitale
- Kids Who Are Saving the Planet by Laurie Calkhoven (non-fiction)
- Nick and Nack Build a Birdhouse by Brandon Budzi
- Nick and Nack Fly a Kite by Brandon Budzi
- Tap Dance Troubles by C L Reid
- Too Many Jacks by Mac Barnett
- Yasmin the Chef by Saadia Faruqi
- Yasmin the Zookeeper by Saadia Faruqi
Everything Else:
- The Bad Guys in Dawn of the Underlord by Aaron Blabey (graphic novel)
- Bird & Squirrel on the Edge! by James Burks (graphic novel)
- Bird & Squirrel on the Run by James Burks (graphic novel)
- Bo the Brave by Rebecca Elliott (first chapter)
- Escape from the Roller Ghoster by Andrés Miedoso (first chapter)
- Ghosted in L.A., Vol. 1 by Sina Grace
- Hooray for Lolo! by Niki Daly (first chapter)
- Magnificent Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Stormranger by Saladin Ahmed (graphic novel)
- Party Time! by Anh Do (first chapter)
- Paws for a Cause by Kyla May (first chapter)
- Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz (graphic novel)
- You Be You!: The Kid’s Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family by Jonathan Robert Branfman (non-fiction)
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (teen)
Note: Exactly how much did I read this week? I know I moved through quite a few stacks of picture books due to my in-building rotation, but still…wow. It doesn’t actually feel like I read this much.
Stats for the Week:
- 74 Books Read This Week
- 47 Books with Diverse Main Character (64%)
- 31 Books by Diverse Authors (42%)
- 26 Books by Own Voices Authors (35%) (to the best of my knowledge)
This week’s reading highlights:
- Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith
- Poesy the Monster Slayer by Cory Doctorow
- Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz (graphic novel)
- Tap Dance Troubles by C L Reid
- We Will Rock Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
- You Be You!: The Kid’s Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family by Jonathan Robert Branfman (non-fiction)
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (teen)
Michala’s Reading
- Balance the Birds by Susie Ghahremani
- Everybody Counts: A Counting Story from 0 to 7.5 Billion by Kristin Roskifte
- Nick and Nack Fly a Kite by Brandon Budzi illustrated by Adam Record
- Paws for a Cause (Diary of a Pug 3) by Kyla May
- Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
- One Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko illustrated by Églantine Ceulemans
- Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
- Always Human by Ari North
- Magnificent Ms. Marvel, Vol 2.: Stormranger by Saladin Ahmed illustrated by Minkyu Jung and Joey Vasquez
- Nessie Quest by Melissa Savage
- A Storm of Strawberries by Jo Cotterill
- One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock
Note: I’m here. That’s all I can really say right now.