We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (10/5/2020-10/11/2020).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- Billie Jean King by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (biography)
- Boys Dance! by John Robert Allman
- Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis by Robbin Gourley
- Cheer Up by Heather Ayris Burnell (reader)
- A Day at the Museum by Mayo Batlett (nonfiction)
- Do Not Open This Book by Andy Lee
- Hog on a Log by Janee Trasler (reader)
- I Want to Sleep Under the Stars! by Mo Willems (reader)
- In the City by Chris Rachka
- Let’s Find the Kitten by Tiger Tales (board book)
- Little Fish’s Shapes by Lucy Cousins (board book)
- Pretty Brown Face by Andrea Davis Pinkney (board book)
- RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford (biography)
- Want to Play Trucks? by Ann Stott
- Wheels on the Bus by Nosy Crow (board book)
- The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright
Everything Else:
- Cats Are People, Too: A Collection of Cat Cartoons to Curl Up with by Dave Coverly (graphic novel)
- Diana and the Island of No Return by Aisha Saeed
- Dungeon Critters by Natalie Riess (graphic novel)
- Field Trip by Aron Nels Steinke (graphic novel)
- Icing on the Snowflake by Christina Soontornvat (first chapter)
- Isadora Moon Goes to the Ballet by Harriet Muncaster (first chapter)
- Isadora Moon Has a Birthday by Harriet Muncaster (first chapter)
- Isadora Moon Has a Sleepover by Harriet Muncaster (first chapter)
- Keep It Together, Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko Florence
- Not Your All-American Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- Pacey Packer: Unicorn Tracker by J.C. Phillipps (graphic novel)
- Real Pigeons Nest Hard by Andrew McDonald (graphic novel)
Note: Lots going on in real life. Reading is still happening, though I’m currently just trying to power through the books that have sat on my nightstand or all of the ebooks that are due back essentially tomorrow. Not a great showing on diversity in my reading this week, though the chapter books that I read are all diverse authors and/or own voices, and all three are titles I want to book talk to kids, so I call that a reading win.
Make sure to stop by on Tuesdays for short reviews of some of these titles!
Stats for the Week:
- 29 Books Read This Week
- 11 Books with Diverse Main Character (38%)
- 7 Books by Diverse Authors (24%)
- 6 Books by Own Voices Authors (21%) (to the best of my knowledge)
This week’s reading highlights:
- Boys Dance! by John Robert Allman
- Diana and the Island of No Return by Aisha Saeed
- Dungeon Critters by Natalie Riess (graphic novel)
- Icing on the Snowflake by Christina Soontornvat (first chapter)
- Keep It Together, Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko Florence
- Not Your All-American Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- Pacey Packer: Unicorn Tracker by J.C. Phillipps (graphic novel)
- Pretty Brown Face by Andrea Davis Pinkney (board book)
- RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford (biography)
Michala’s Reading
- Hello, Arnie by Laurie Keller
- Lost Beast, Found Friend by Josh Trujillo illustrated by Nick Kennedy and Melanie Lapovich
- Bubble Trouble by Brooke Vitale illustrated by Fabrizzio Petrossi
- Evie’s Field Day: More Than One Way to Win by Claire Annette Noland illustrated by Alicia Teba
- In the Garden by Emma Guilani
- Sharko and Hippo by Elliott Kalan illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi
- All Year Round: A Book of Season by Amy Pixton illustrated by Carolina Buzio
- Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery by Renee Treml
- Dog Diaries: Mission ImPAWsible by James Patterson
- What If You Could Sniff Like a Shark? by Sandra markle illustrated by Howard McWilliam
- Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage by Nancy Ohlin illustrated by Josefina Preumayr
- The Wizenard Series. Season One by Wesley King
- Not Your American Girl by Madelyn Rosenburg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono translated by Emily Balistrieri illustrated by Yuta Onoda
Note: I will be coming back to link the books later this week. Every time I try to go to Goodreads this past couple of days I get the error message stating there are too many people on the at the moment. Whomp whomp.