We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (10/19/2020-10/25/2020).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- #baby by Michael Joosten (board book)
- Baby Babbles B by C. Hope Flinchbaugh (board book)
- Baby Like Mine by LaTashia M. Perry
- Bao by Random House Disney
- Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins
- Bling Blaine: Throw Glitter, Not Shade by Rob Sanders
- The Chicken Who Couldn’t by Jan Thomas
- Fiona, It’s Bedtime! by Richard Cowdrey
- Hair Like Mine by LaTashia M. Perry
- Hello, My World by Jannie Ho (board book)
- Homemade Love by Bell Hooks (board book)
- How to Potty Train a Dinosaur by Alycia Pace (board book)
- I Am Strong: A Little Book about Rosa Parks by Brad Meltzer (biography) (board book)
- I Love My Fangs! by Kelly Leigh Miller
- Imagination Likes Mine by LaTashia M. Perry
- A Journey Toward Hope by Victor Hinojosa and Coert Voorhees
- Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex
- Papa Brings Me the World by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
- Princess Power by Natalie Davis
- Rocket Says Clean Up! by Nathan Bryon
- Short & Sweet by Josh Funk
- Skin Like Mine by LaTashia M. Perry
- Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano
- Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper
- We’re Going on a Good Hunt by Michael Rex
- The Whales on the Bus by Katrina Charman (board book)
- You’re My Little Baby by Eric Carle (board book)
First Chapter Books:
- Craftily Ever After: Making the Band by Martha Maker
- Diary of an Ice Princess: The Big Freeze by Christina Soontornvat
- Diary of an Ice Princess: Slush Puppy Love by Christina Soontornvat
- Ellie Ultra: An Extra-Ordinary Girl by Gina Bellisario
- Ellie Ultra: Team Earth Takeover by Gina Bellisario
- Itty Bitty Princess Kitty: The Cloud Race by Melody Mews
- Itty Bitty Princess Kitty: Star Showers by Melody Mews
Everything Else:
- Becoming Muhammad Ali by Kwame Alexander and James Patterson
- Dogs Are People, Too by Dave Coverly (graphic novel)
- I Am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton (graphic novel)
- I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee (teen)
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (graphic novel)
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road by Max Brallier
- The Sloth Life: Dream On! by Joan Emerson (graphic novel)
- The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth by Wade Huson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (non-fiction)
Note: So…I came back to work last week to over 100 holds. These were just the picture books:
So many books. And another 25 came in yesterday. Now that I write at least brief reviews for each title on Goodreads, these take more time, so even with reading a lot of books this week, I feel like I haven’t made a dent. I always have a big stack of library books, but this feels excessive even for me.
Make sure to stop by on Tuesdays for short reviews of some of these titles!
Stats for the Week:
- 43 Books Read This Week
- 28 Books with Diverse Main Character (65%)
- 17 Books by Diverse Authors (40%)
- 16 Books by Own Voices Authors (37%) (to the best of my knowledge)
This week’s reading highlights:
- #baby by Michael Joosten (board book)
- Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins
- Diary of an Ice Princess: The Big Freeze by Christina Soontornvat
- Diary of an Ice Princess: Slush Puppy Love by Christina Soontornvat
- Fiona, It’s Bedtime! by Richard Cowdrey
- I Love My Fangs! by Kelly Leigh Miller
- I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee (teen)
- A Journey Toward Hope by Victor Hinojosa and Coert Voorhees
- Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano
- The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth by Wade Huson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (non-fiction)
- Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper
Michala’s Reading
- Girl of Mine by Jabari Asim illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- I AM!: Affirmations for Resilience by Bela Barbosa illustrated by Edel Rodriguez
- Kat Needs a Nap by Greg Foley
- Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim
- Be Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond Napoles illustrated by Dylan Glynn
- Lloyd Finds His Whale Song by SkylaarAmaan
- Score One for the Sloths by Helen Lester illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
- Way Past Worried by Hallee Adelman illustrated by Sandra de la Prada
- Monster and Boy by Hannah Barnaby illustrated by Anoosha Syed
- Wanda Seasongood and the Almost Perfect Lie by Susan Lurie and Jennifer Harney
- Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres illustrated by Elbert Or
- Half Past Peculiar: Finders Creepers by Derek Fridolfs illustrated by Dustin Nguyen
- The Witches: The Graphic Novel by Pénélope Bagieu and Roald Dahl
- Camp Murderface by Josh Berk and Saundra Mitchell
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker illustrated by Wendy Xu
- None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
- Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
- Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
Note: It’s that time of year, can you sense a theme in my reads? Although all my Halloween picture books just came in so next week I might be listing a few stragglers that make the cut for good reads.