It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

We participate in the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (4/19/2021-4/25/2021).

You might remember me saying that I was getting a giant stack of books from my library–this is that week! I managed to get through this week’s load of the picture books, though I still have many a graphic novel that I hope to read next week. Due to the large number of books in this post, I’m featuring my favorites list at the top this week.

Favorites of the Week:

• Bracelets For Bina’s Brothers by Rajani LaRocca
• More Than Fluff by Madeline Valentine
• My Heart Beats by Rina Singh
• Sharing a Smile by Nicki Kramer
• Thao by Thao Lam
• Tiny Feet Between the Mountains by Hanna Cha
• When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten
• Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos

Annamarie’s Reading

Board Books:

• City Bugs by Antonia Banyard
• City Critters by Antonia Banyard
• Everything Grows by Raffi
• Hello Puppy: A Peek-A-Boo Adventure by Anna Jones
• My Heart Beats by Rina Singh
• Pride 1 2 3 by Michael Joosten

Picture Books:

• Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume by Kwame Alexander
• Amazing by Steve Antony
• Bear Can’t Wait by Karma Wilson
• The Big Hug by Megan Walker
• Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope by Jodie Patterson
• Bracelets For Bina’s Brothers by Rajani LaRocca

• Can I Sit with You? by Sarah Jacoby
• Don’t Say Poop! by Jimmy Matejek-Morris
• From Archie to Zack by Vincent X. Kirsch
• A Girl’s Bill of Rights by Amy B. Mucha
• Hello, Rain! by Kyo Maclear
• Kalamata’s Kitchen: A la Kalamata by Sarah Thomas
• The Little Butterfly That Could by Ross Burach
• LMNO Pea-quel by Keith Baker

• Meeting Mimi: A Story About Different Abilities by Francie Dolan
• Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca (nonfiction)
• More Than Fluff by Madeline Valentine
• The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang (biography)
• Oprah: The Little Speaker by Carole Boston Weatherford (biography)
• Plenty of Hugs by Fran Manushkin

• The Ramble Shamble Children by Christina Soontornvat
• Rosa’s Big Boat Experiment by Jessica Spanyol
• Rosa’s Big Bridge Experiment by Jessica Spanyol
• Sam’s First Word by Bea Birdsong
• Send a Girl!: The True Story of How Women Joined the FDNY by Jessica M. Rinker (biography)
• Sharing a Smile by Nicki Kramer
• Sloth Wasn’t Sleepy by Kate Messner
• Snooze-O-Rama: The Strange Ways That Animals Sleep by Maria Birmingham (nonfiction)
• Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John

• Thao by Thao Lam
• Tiny Feet Between the Mountains by Hanna Cha
• Too Crowded by Lena Podesta
• We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell (nonfiction)
• Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos
• Zara’s New Eid Dress by Nafisah Abdul-Rahim

Everything Else:

• Doggo and Pupper by Katherine Applegate (first chapter book)
• Fish Feud by Kevin Sherry (graphic novel)
• Kitty Sweet Tooth by Abby Denson (graphic novel)
• Life-Size Animals: An Illustrated Safari by Riva M. Schiavo (nonfiction)
• The Vampire Ate My Homework by Andres Miedoso (first chapter book)
• When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten

Rambling Thoughts: So much reading this week! I’m trying to move through my to-read pile before July (so I can share these awesome books with all of you!), so I am accessing books from a few different libraries now. That means many more books are moving through my house (and also why Book Review Tuesdays are on hiatus — I simply don’t have time to write reviews for everything I read with the pace I will be keeping for the next few weeks). Listening to another teen thriller now that I’m excited to share next week. Life is keeping me busy, that’s for sure!

Reading by the Numbers:

• 47 Books Read This Week
  • 28 Books with Main Characters of Diverse Backgrounds (60%)
  • 17 Books by Authors of Diverse Backgrounds (36%)
  • 14 Books by Own Voices Authors (30%)