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 (5/31/2021-6/7/2021).

Annamarie’s Reading

Board Books, Picture Books, and Readers:

Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn’t Sorry by Fautso Gilberti
Bedtime for Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Black Bear Red Fox by Julie Flett
Built for Speed by Vicky Fang (reader)
Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai
It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn! by Jason Tharp
Mucky Truck by Ammi-Joan Paquette
Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz
Peace Train by Cat Stevens
The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Step by Step by Guido Van Genechten (board book)
Try-Again Time by Elizabeth Verdick (board book)
When Lola Visits by Michelle Sterling

Graphic Novels:

After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor
Do You Remember the Summer Before? by Richard Fairgray
The Dragon Path by Ethan Young
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag
Heartstopper: Volume 3 by Alice Oseman
Miles Morales: Shock Waves by Justin A. Reynolds
No One Returns from the Enchanted Forest by Robin Robinson
Odessa by Jonathan Hill
Pepper Page Saves the Universe! by Landry Q. Walker
Roar of the Beast by Chad Sell
Shark Summer by Ira Marcks
Thrilling Tales from the Tree House by Max Brallier
Truly Tyler by Terri Libenson

Everything Else:

The Case of the Nibbled Pizza by Tadgh Bentley (first chapter)
Iggy Is the Hero of Everything by Annie Barrows
Trouble with Tattle-Tails by Jonathan Auxier (first chapter)

Thoughts & Updates: It’s a big week! I’m starting my new job today (eek!) as the Youth Manager at Upper Arlington Public Library (still in central Ohio). Between that and my Caldecott appointment starting soon, I will be slowing down on posts in a few weeks. My last program post is coming this week — one more Book Club in a Bag kit, featuring Lumberjanes! And there will be more content to come from my co-bloggers. Make sure to check out Sarah’s Storytime Spotlight post from last week. I read a lot, and there were many new-to-me titles on that list!

For reading this week, I finally made it through most of the backed up graphic novels and first chapter books that have been piling up. Of course, more books continue to be published, and I’m woefully behind on my audiobooks, but I will have a commute again now, so I’m sure those will pick back up.

Reading by the Numbers:

30 Books Read This Week
- 16 Books with Main Characters of Marginalized Backgrounds (53%)
- 11 Books by Authors of Marginalized Backgrounds (37%)
- 11 Books by Own Voices Authors (37%)

Favorites of the Week: