We participate in the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (3/8/2021-3/14/2021).
Annamarie’s Reading
Board Books:
- All Kinds of Kindness by Judy Carey Nevin
- Dinosaur Surprise by Agnese Baruzzi
- Go, Grandpa, Go! by Lynn Plourde
- Pet by Matthew Van Fleet
- See Touch Feel: 123 by Roger Priddy
- We Say Good Night by Salina Yoon
- Where Are You Polar Bear? by D.K. Publishing
Picture Books:
- Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris
- Beehive by Jorey Hurley
- Bike & Trike by Elizabeth Verdick
- Champ and Major: First Dogs by Joy McCullough
- Ducks! by Deborah Underwood
- Foodie Faces by Bill Wurtzel
- From My Window by Otavio Junior (international)
- Goodnight, Veggies by Diana Murray
- Grace and Box by Kim Howard
- The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy by Kekla Magoon (biography)
- A House for Every Bird by Megan Maynor
- I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne
- Inky the Octopus by Erin Guendelsberger
- Let’s Dance by David Bowie
- No Buddy Like a Book by Allan Wolf
- Non Stop by Tomi Ungerer (international)
- A Perfect Day by Sarah S. Brannen
- Rosa’s Big Sunflower Experiment by Jessica Spanyol
- Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge by Ray Anthony Shepard (biography)
- Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins by Glenda Armand (biography)
- Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning by Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker (biography)
- We Wait for the Sun by Katie McCabe (biography)
- The Whatifs by Emily Kilgore
- What’s the Matter, Marlo? by Andrew Arnold
- You Can Be Helpful: Step Aside or Pitch In? by Connie Colwell Miller
Readers:
- Bunny Will Not Jump! by Jason Tharp
- Fiona Saves the Day by Richard Cowdrey
- Fun, Fun, Fun! by Derek Anderson
- Who Ate My Book? by Tina Kugler
Graphic Novels:
- Bad Kitty vs. the Babysitter: The Uproar at the Front Door by Nick Bruel
- Claudia and the New Girl by Gabriela Epstein
- The Fire Never Goes Out by Noelle Stevenson (memoir)
- I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
- Lumberjanes Vol. 17: Smitten in the Stars by Shannon Watters and Kat Leyh
- Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette
- Space Battle Lunchtime Vol 3: A Dish Best Served Cold by Natalie Riess
- What You Don’t Know: A Story of Liberated Childhood by Anastasia Higginbotham
- Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries
Everything Else:
- Eva at the Beach by Rebecca Elliott (first chapter book)
- Family Reunion by Christine Platt (first chapter book)
- Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Starla Jean by Elana K. Arnold (first chapter book)
- The Story of John Lewis by Tonya Leslie (biography)
- Unexpected Super Spy by Zanib Mian
Rambling Thoughts: As you can tell from the covers above, ALL the books are coming in now. I’m determined to get as many of them back out the door as quickly as I can before, I hope, at some point, I can leave the house again and do…something. LOTS of really great books this week, so make sure to stop by on Tuesdays for short reviews of some of these titles!
Reading by the Numbers:
- 50 Books Read This Week
- 26 Books with Main Characters of Diverse Backgrounds (52%)
- 17 Books by Authors or Diverse Backgrounds (34%)
- 15 Books by Own Voices Authors (30%)
Favorites of the Week:
- Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy by Kekla Magoon (biography)
- I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne
- Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge by Ray Anthony Shepard (biography)
- The Story of John Lewis by Tonya Leslie (biography)
- Unexpected Super Spy by Zanib Mian
- We Wait for the Sun by Katie McCabe (biography)
- Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries