We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (8/17/2020-8/23/2020).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez (nonfiction)
- Are Your Stars Like My Stars? by Leslie Helakoski
- Around the Table that Grandad Built by Melanie Heuiser Hill
- Boonoonoonous Hair by Olive Senior
- Calm Monsters, Kind Monsters: A Sesame Street Guide to Mindfulness by Karen Kenney
- Ernest Shackleton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (nonfiction) (biography)
- Every Child a Song by Nicola Davies
- Finding Om by Rashmi S. Bismark
- A Garden in Your Belly: Meet the Microbes in Your Gut by Masha D’yans
- H is for Home by Karen Kenney (nonfiction)
- Have You Seen Bunny? by Sam Loman
- How to Write a Story by Kate Messner (nonfiction)
- Llama Llama Loose Tooth Drama by Anna Dewdney
- Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell (nonficiton) (biography)
- The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerrlizzi
- Mia and Molly: The Same and Different by Mylo Freeman
- Mila Wants to Go to School by Judith Koppens
- Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
- Owl Always Love You by Patricia Hegarty
- Pele by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (nonfiction) (biography)
- The Power of One: Every Act of Kindness Counts by Trudy Ludwig
- Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! by Joy Ellison (nonfiction)
- A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager
- Time to Shine by Jessica Young (reader)
- A Walk on the Tundra by Rebecca Hainnu
- Walter the Whale Shark: And His Teeny Tiny Teeth by Katrine Crow
Graphic Novels:
- All Together Now by Hope Larson
- Frankie and the Creepy Cute Critters by Caitlin Rose Boyle
- Happy Narwhalidays by Ben Clanton
- Maker Comics: Draw a Comic! by JP Coovert
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 2: Bring on the Bad Guys by Saladin Ahmed
- Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy Volume 8 by Stephen McCranie
Everything Else:
- Animal Championships by Lonely Planet
- The B on Your Thumb: 60 Poems to Boost Reading and Spelling by Colette Hiller
- Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun by Andres Miedoso (first chapter)
- Lumberjanes BEASTiary by Mariko Tamaki
- Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon (teen)
- A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent by Isabella Rotman (nonficiton)
- Work It, Girl: Become a Leader Like Michelle Obama by Caroline Moss (nonficiton) (biography)
Note: In an effort to simply keep up with the volume of books I have right now, I haven’t been doing the best job really focusing on own voices titles (other than continuously realizing how few diverse books are by own voices authors). One step I have taken to move in that direction is only listening to own voices audiobooks. I am happy to say I am back on the audiobooks train–though at a much slower pace than when I was on a committee–and I am enjoying the ability to speed up titles. I’ve been intentionally selecting titles that are by own voices authors, particularly those chapter books that I never seem to have the attention span for reading at the moment.
I’m also trying to prioritize physical books I have checked out that have holds–which sometimes align with own voices books…and sometimes don’t. This focus can leave me with a huge stack of eARCS…which I tried to make a dent in this week, really throwing off my own voices count. I did walk out of the library once this week without a single new book (and I didn’t leave any available holds behind!), so maybe the wave of new books will slow, allowing me to dig into some of the stuff that has been piling up.
Stats for the Week:
- 62 Books Read This Week
- 30 Books with Diverse Main Character (48%)
- 15 Books by Diverse Authors (24%)
- 10 Books by Own Voices Authors (16%) (to the best of my knowledge)
This week’s reading highlights:
- ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez (nonfiction)
- Around the Table that Grandad Built by Melanie Heuiser Hill
- Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
- Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon (teen)
Michala’s Reading
- I Can Be Anything: Guessing Game Book by Shinsuke Yoshitake
- Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo
- Rock Mammoth by Eveline Payette illustrated by Guillaume Perreault translated by Karen Simon
- The Bat Book by Charlotte Milner
- Just Joking Dogs by National Geographic Kids
- The Friend Thief (Diary of a 5th Grade Outlaw #2) by Gina Loveless illustrated by Andrea Bell
- Connect the Dots by Keith Calabrese
- Once Upon a Space-Time! by Jeffrey Brown
- 300 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath
- Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe by Sarah Mlynowski
- The Electric Heir (Feverwake #2) by Victoria Lee
- Ripples of Hope: Your Guide to Electing a New President by David Plouffe
- A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison
Note: In this to win this. Got my first school “visit” locked into place for September. While virtual is not my norm I played with it during summer school a few months ago, so hopefully this time the kids leave their cameras on so I don’t think they’ve fallen asleep. 🙂