We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (8/10/2020-8/16/2020).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- Ani’s Light by Tanu Shree Singh
- Baby Monster by Andres Pfeiffer
- Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade (biography)
- Fairy Science by Ashley Spires
- Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez
- Harriet Tubman by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (biography)
- I Am Scary by Elise Gravel (board book)
- Josephine Baker by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (biography)
- Kiwi Cannot Reach! by Jason Tharp (reader)
- Lulu the One and Only by Lynnette Mawhinney
- Maria Montessori by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (biography)
- Maya Angelou by Lisbeth Kaiser (biography)
- My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan
- Rosa Parks by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (biography)
- Unicorn Yoga by Gina Cascone
- The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just by Melina Mangal (biography)
- We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders by Various (non-fiction)
- What Color is My Hijab? by Hudda Ibrahim
- When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill (biography)
- A Winter Walk in the City by Cathy Goldberg
- Wood Cloud by Tiffany Stone
First Chapter:
- Brain Trouble by Theanne Griffith
- Clash of the Cackling Cougars by David Bowles
- The Dramatic Life of Azaleah Lane by Nikki Shannon Smith
- Eva in the Spotlight by Rebecca Elliott
- The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco by David Bowles
- Frost Friends Forever by Christina Soontornvat
- How to Test a Friendship by Theanne Griffith
- Isadora Moon Goes Camping by Harriet Muncaster
- Isadora Moon Saves the Carnival by Harriet Muncaster
- The Missing Dwarf by Anna Staniszewski
- The Snoring Princess by Anna Staniszewski
- Sparkleton #2: The Glitter Parade by Calliope Glass
- Truman the Dog by Debbi Michiko Florence
- Un-Friendship Bracelet by Martha Maker
Everything Else:
- Ancient Wonders Then & Now by Lonely Planet
- Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon (non-fiction)
- Catsronauts: Digital Disaster (graphic novel)
- City of Secrets by Victoria Ying (graphic novel)
- Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson
- Nina Soni, Sister Fixer by Kashmira Sheth
- Queen of the Nile by Mike Maihack (graphic novel)
- A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability by A. Andrews (non-fiction)
- Quince by Sebastian Kadlecik (graphic novel)
- Softies: Stuff that Happens After the World Blows Up by Kyle Smeallie (graphic novel)
- Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy Volume 7 by Stephen McCranie
- Work It, Girl: Blast Off Into Space Like Mae Jemison by Caroline Moss
Note: More books with diverse main characters, but fewer overall books by own voices authors. I have a good pile of own voices chapter books in my to-be-read stack, but I haven’t had the energy to push into them right now. This weekend, I made a good dent in the shorter books checked out to me–but I do have a rapidly growing eARCs stack that I have abandoned. So. Many. Books.
Stats for the Week:
- 46 Books Read This Week
- 31 Books with Diverse Main Character (67%)
- 20 Books by Diverse Authors (43%)
- 10 Books by Own Voices Authors (22%) (to the best of my knowledge)
This week’s reading highlights:
- Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon (non-fiction)
- The Dramatic Life of Azaleah Lane by Nikki Shannon Smith
- Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez
- How to Test a Friendship by Theanne Griffith
- Lulu the One and Only by Lynnette Mawhinney
- Quince by Sebastian Kadlecik (graphic novel)
- Truman the Dog by Debbi Michiko Florence
- What Color is My Hijab? by Hudda Ibrahim
- Work It, Girl: Blast Off Into Space Like Mae Jemison by Caroline Moss
Michala’s Reading
- Dinosaurs from Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick illustrated by Kwanchai Moriya
- Thank You Helpers: Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Grocery Workers, and More Who Care for Us by Patricia Hegarty illustrated by Michael Emmerson
- Gidget the Surfing Dog: Catching Waves with a Small But Mighty Pug by Elizabeth Rusch
- Posey the Monster Slayer by Corey Doctorow illustrated by Matt Rockefeller
- Big Shark, Little Shark, Baby Shark by Anna Membrino illustrated by Tim Budgen
- Moby Shinobi and Toby, Too!: Take a Hike! by Luke Flowers
- Dragon Masters: Call of the Sound Dragon by Tracey West illustrated by Matt Loveridge
- The Startup Squad: Face the Music by Brian Weisfeld and Nicole C. Kear
- Fins by Randy Wayne White
- Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann
- The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
- The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
- Satoko and Nada vol. 1 by Yupechika and Marie Nishimori
- Satoko and Nada vol. 2 by Yupechika and Marie Nishimori
- Satoko and Nada vol. 3 by Yupechika and Marie Nishimori
Note: I know that I am reading, I know that I am still consuming literature and that I still do reader’s advisory (however few and far between it is now), but because of the weird time vacuum we are in I feel like I have read nothing and it is all for naught. I really miss my teens.