We participate in the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (6/14/2021-6/20/2021).
Annamarie’s Reading
Board Books, Picture Books, and Readers:
- Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo
- Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient by Areli Morales (nonfiction)
- Arlo Draws an Octopus by Lori Mortensen
- Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder (nonfiction)
- A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi by James Yang (biography)
- Butterflies Are Pretty…Gross! by Rosemary Mosco (nonfiction)
- Can You Guess? Animal Sounds with the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (board book)
- Hip-Hop Lollipop by Susan Montanari
- I Am the Shark by Joan Holub
- If Bees Disappeared by Lily Williams (nonfiction)
- Kafka and the Doll by Larissa Theule
- Llama Glamarama by Simon James Green
- My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang
- Naptime with Theo and Beau by Jessica Shyba
- Nia and the New Free Library by Ian Lendler
- Nick and Nack Blow Bubbles by Brandon Budzi (reader)
- Oddbird by Derek Desierto
- Poem in My Pocket by Chris Tougas
- RuPaul by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (biography)
- Sakamoto’s Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory by Julie Abery (nonficiton)
- Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress by Alicia D. Williams (biography)
- The Singer and the Scientist by Lisa Rose (nonfiction)
- Ten Animals in Antarctica: A Counting Book by Moira Court
- Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Beth Griffin
- Ten Little Birds / Diez Pajaritos by 123 Andres (board book)
- There Was a Silly Unicorn Who Wanted to Fly by Ken Geist
- The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty (biography)
- We Laugh Alike = Nos Reaimos Igual by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
- When My Cousins Come to Town by Angela Shante
- Where Are Swimmy’s Friends? by Leo Lionni (board book)
- Where Is Mommy? by Pat Cummings (reader)
- Who Loves the Dragon? by Bianca Schulze
- Zuri Ray Tries Ballet by Tami Charles
Everything Else:
- Burt the Beetle Doesn’t Bite! by Ashley Spires (graphic novel)
- Catwoman: Soulstealer by Louise Simonson (graphic novel)
- Dinosaurs Before Dark by Jenny Laird and Mary Pope Osborne (graphic novel)
- Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
- Fetch! by Paige Braddock (graphic novel)
- Fitz and Cleo by Jonathan Stutzman (graphic novel)
- Incredible Doom by Matthew Bogart (graphic novel)
- Kingdom Caper by Brett Bean (graphic novel)
- Marvel Action Black Panther Vol. 2: Rise Together by Vita Ayala (graphic novel)
- Mischief and Mayhem: Born to Be Bad by Ken Lamug (graphic novel)
- Wicked Things by John Allison (graphic novel)
Thoughts & Updates: Powering through the picture books as blog posts slow down for a while. Some new graphic novels this week too. Listening to the new Rick Riordan presents title, which is good, but doesn’t quite live up to my love of Cece Rios. I feel like I am just absorbing as much information as I can while I learn about my new job and how things work in my new library. One more week of book updates before I take a break for a bit!
Reading by the Numbers:
- 45 Books Read This Week
- 21 Books with Main Characters of Marginalized Backgrounds (47%)
- 11 Books by Authors of Marginalized Backgrounds (24%)
Favorites of the Week:
- Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder (nonfiction)
- Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
- The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty (biography)
- Zuri Ray Tries Ballet by Tami Charles