It's Monday! What are you reading? 7-11-22

It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at Teach Mentor Texts along with Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.

My Monday posts are generally just a highlight of what I've been reading during the week so if you'd like to see all that I've been reading, follow my Goodreads page.

I recently reviewed:

Run: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell

I recently read and enjoyed:

Don't Eat Bees: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog by Dev Petty, illustrated by Mike Boldt

Chip is a very smart dog. He knows all of the things dogs should and shouldn't eat. Maybe. A Sky-Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Peggy Collins A heartwarming story about a young girl who struggles at school sitting on the floor every day due to her disability so she decides a bench for herself. There Was a Hole by Adam Lehrhaupt, illustrated by Carrie O'Neill A conversation-starter about what grief and loss feels like Ice Cream Face by Heidi Woodward Sheffield This book takes you on quite the journey -- one of love, excitement, anticipation, observation, impatience, savoring, devastation, and then a heartwarming conclusion. All done over a scoop of ice cream. I adore the joyful, bright illustrations, particularly the ice cream scoops which are actual photographs. Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home by Zahra Marwan Zahra Marian’s unique story of immigration is told vaguely enough in the main story itself to keep readers curious and asking questions but then more specificity is given in the backmatter. Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison A stunning and emotionally charged book that takes a classic African American spiritual and modernizes it. Currently reading: Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd Currently reading with my ears: Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale.