We participate in the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (1/11/2021-1/17/2021).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- 101 Bums by Sam Harper
- The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil
- Dandylion Summer by Frann Preston-Gannon
- Dinos Don’t Do Yoga by Catherine Bailey
- Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America by Deborah Diesen (nonfiction)
- Five Little Ducks: First Book of Nursery Games by Ailie Busby (board book)
- I Love My Tutu Too! by Ross Burach (board book)
- Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Alicia D. Williams (biography)
- My Friend! by Taye Diggs
- Nesting by Henry Cole
- Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
- Rise Up and Write It: With Real Mail, Posters, and More! by Nandini Ahuja
- Run, Sea Turtle, Run: A Hatchling’s Journey by Stephen Swinburne (nonfiction)
- The Runaway No-Wheeler by Peter Stein
- Saving Eli’s Library by Ruth Horowitz
- See Me Play by Paul Meisel (beginning reader)
- Sky’s the Limit: Words of Wisdom from a Young Champion by Sky Brown (nonfiction)
- Snap!: Stick Out Your Tongue by Bob Barner (board book)
- Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises
- Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry
- Tiara’s Hat Parade by Kelly Starling Lyons
- Ways to Say I Love You by Marilyn Singer
- Whose Track Is That? by Stan Tekiela (nonfiction)
Everything Else:
- Max and the Midknights: Battle of the Bodkins by Lincoln Peirce
- Nico Bravo and the Cellar Dwellers by Mike Cavallaro (graphic novel)
- That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story by Huda Fahmy (graphic novel)
- The True Definition of Neva Beane by Christine Kendall
- The Un-Fairy by Melody Mews
- Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story by Lauren Myracle (graphic novel)
Rambling Thoughts: I’m in a better spot this week personally, but catching up on a lot of old business left my reading a little slower this week (or at least that is what the piles of graphic novels and first chapter books on my night stand seem to be saying). Plus, I’ve been relying on audiobooks, and a downside to listening more teen titles is that they are lengthier. I still have over 12 hours to go on my current listen!
Make sure to stop by on Tuesdays for short reviews of some of these titles!
Reading by the Numbers:
- 29 Books Read This Week
- 14 Books with Diverse Main Character (48%)
- 11 Books by Diverse Authors (38%)
- 11 Books by Own Voices Authors (38%)
Favorites of the Week:
- I Love My Tutu Too! by Ross Burach (board book)
- Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Alicia D. Williams (biography)
- Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
- Rise Up and Write It: With Real Mail, Posters, and More! by Nandini Ahuja
- Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises
- Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry
- That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story by Huda Fahmy (graphic novel)
- Tiara’s Hat Parade by Kelly Starling Lyons
- The True Definition of Neva Beane by Christine Kendall
I missed Equality’s Call back when I was doing all the voting and election books, so I’m adding that to my list. And wasn’t Nesting just lovely? I just recently added Stella’s Stellar Hair and Outside, Inside to my list. Sky’s the Limit was inspiring. I was sure glad to find that one in my library. The True Definition of Neva Beane is brand new to me. I LOVE that cover art, though — adding this one to my list. Thanks for all the shares, Annamarie!
Nesting, My Friend, Outside, Inside, Equality’s Call, and That Can Be Arranged all look excellent! The True Definition of Neva Beane sounds like a great novel—I love the dictionary and how it ties in with the title. I’m glad you’re doing better this week, and I hope you get through your extra work so you can enjoy more reading! Thanks for the great post!
What a wonderful collection of books. I often add books that I want to read to Goodreads before my library has it, and then forget about them. So thanks for reminding me about The Arabic Quilt and a few others on your list that my library now has.
I’m glad to read that That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story is good. It’s one of the cybils finalists and my library doesn’t have it yet. I need to read it.