It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Each week I share a reading photo of the week.
This week we started classroom book clubs. Here is my basket of book selections almost full of everyone’s choices.
Happy readers!
I forgot to take a photo of our #classroombookaday titles last week so I made a collage. These titles were incredibly inspiring.
This week, this is what we read:
(Had to include this lovely drawing on the white board by one of my students inspired by Bluebird)
Our theme? Some said friendship. Others said kindness. Others said heroes.
Join Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers and share all of the reading you have done over the week from picture books to young adult novels. Follow the links to read about all of the amazing books the #IMWAYR community has read. It’s the best way to discover what to read next.
On the blog:
For Valentine’s Day, I couldn’t resist: 10 picture books about love for Top Ten Tuesday
Books I enjoyed:
100 Things That Make Me Happy by Amy Schwartz
Best striped end pages! What makes you happy? Could you list a hundred things? And do some rhyming?
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness written by Donna Janell Bowman and illustrated by Daniel Minter
I had never heard of this amazing horse and his companion. Such a story!
Welcome by Barroux
Barroux manages to say so much by saying so little. In this book, three lost polar bears search for a new home. How are these newcomers received? A timely story in our world.
Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch
A duck and Death spend some time at the pond. Unusual. Touching. Philosophical.
Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch with Tuan Ho Art by Brian Deines
A picture book that depicts a true story of the escape from Vietnam in 1981. Full of dangers, emotions and leaving home. I bought it for our class collection.
Ballet Cat: What’s Your Favorite Favorite? by Bob Shea
This is not my favorite favorite of the Ballet Cat titles but still amusing enough to be enjoyable.
Hilo #3: The Great Big Boom by Judd Wick
Quite possibly I enjoyed this one more than Hilo book 2. This is a fantastic graphic series! So entertaining that I always read them first before bringing them into my classroom library – because then, I will never see these titles again!
Newsprints by Ru Xu
Gorgeous illustrations. I found some of the story line confusing but think this graphic title will have many fans.
Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz
An emotional MG read about one young girl’s OCD that begins to spin out of control. Highly recommended.
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
Just fantastic! This book explores the Iranian Hostage Crisis, dealing with middle school while still figuring out America and all of the complexities of family and friendship a 12 year old girl from Iran might experience. And it’s super funny and touching and so wonderfully written! A must have for classroom libraries.
Reading Progress updates:
2017 Chapter Book Challenge: 10/75 complete
Goodreads Challenge: 52/365 books read
Progress on challenge: 3 books ahead of schedule!
#MustReadin2017: 6/30 complete
Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge: 10/50 titles
Diverse Books in 2016: 7/50 books read
Up next? I am reading Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
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