tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22029491309025549892024-03-13T07:16:18.664-04:00A Foodie Bibliophile in WanderlustBeth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.comBlogger1516125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-5395451510221070582024-01-22T00:00:00.001-05:002024-01-22T00:00:00.265-05:00Blog Tour: Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1688837638i/134221625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1688837638i/134221625.jpg" width="133" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Violet Hart's growing family moves into an old house for more space, she is less-than-thrilled when she discovers her new bedroom is in the attic and is plastered with a hideous yellow wallpaper. It isn't long after her family moves into the house that Violet falls ill from a mysterious virus -- that keeps her feeling sick for weeks afterwards, with no answers from her doctors. In fact, not only do her friends question whether Violet is really sick, but so do her doctors. Due to her malaise, Violet spends a lot of time in her creepy room... and she eventually starts to wonder if she's actually alone up there and also how much of her mysterious illness is related to whatever is living (or dead) in her room. </span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Not Quite a Ghost</i></b> is a book that any adult that has taken enough literature classes in college will immediately make the connection to the famous short story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, "<a href="https://www.owleyes.org/text/yellow-wallpaper" target="_blank">The Yellow Wallpaper</a>." In that story, a woman is left alone to "recover" from her postpartum depression by being isolated alone up in a room where she eventually descends into madness. Instead of postpartum depression, the main character in <b><i>Not Quite a Ghost</i></b> is a young 6th grade girl who is being told by her friends and the medical community that there is nothing wrong with her and everything she is experiencing is in her head. So in that regard, it is a book about medical gaslighting and the very real damage it causes to real people, disguised as a ghost story. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am generally not a fan of fantasy stories because so often they are hard to follow and lack fully realized and empathetic characters. But because Ursu writes characters that feel like real people, I find myself not being able to stop turning the pages of her books. Not only is Violet a protagonist you root for, but there are a lot of other wonderful characters in this book that you fall in love with, including Violet's mother and stepfather, which is unusual in children's literature to have supportive and competent parents. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I look forward to recommending this book to readers, kids and adults alike, who are experiencing any sort of chronic illness that has resulted in being written off by their doctors, as they will most certainly see themselves in this story. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Not Quite a Ghost</i></b> <a href="https://b0f646cfbd7462424f7a-f9758a43fb7c33cc8adda0fd36101899.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/teaching-guides/TG-9780062275158.pdf" target="_blank">Educator guide</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</b><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #835894;"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8ScVyGl2xvnbUQbLE5JfbIGt7Uz77mkLZ_9Tc8_PhPia-yRIJmt6chgjIwh-hItqhnC71ePd7VVSVOW27yBA0X3YYAERoi2d5uJhdpLk77lZjN_hDGdnwOhKmmbPFzCHxan_zyfy2Gg0vqMEpXboLFdXt0ngbUdo95k-LoHJWGGYVRv8WhhmIxqs6A/s3937/ursu%20author%20photo%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3937" data-original-width="2812" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8ScVyGl2xvnbUQbLE5JfbIGt7Uz77mkLZ_9Tc8_PhPia-yRIJmt6chgjIwh-hItqhnC71ePd7VVSVOW27yBA0X3YYAERoi2d5uJhdpLk77lZjN_hDGdnwOhKmmbPFzCHxan_zyfy2Gg0vqMEpXboLFdXt0ngbUdo95k-LoHJWGGYVRv8WhhmIxqs6A/w143-h200/ursu%20author%20photo%204.jpg" width="143" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br />Anne Ursu </b><span style="color: #4c4c4e;">is the author of acclaimed novels <i>The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy</i>, <i>The Lost Girl</i>, <i>Breadcrumbs, </i>and <i>The Real Boy</i>, among others. Her work has been selected as a National Book Award nominee, a Kirkus Prize finalist, and as a best book of the year by <i>Parents Magazine</i>, <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, Amazon.com, and <i>School Library Journal</i>. She lives in Minneapolis with her family and an unruly herd of cats. Find Anne online at </span><b><u><span style="color: #835894;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://anneursu.com&source=gmail&ust=1705975792140000&usg=AOvVaw2Kx7AX-cgGqnO2_-4bhMAq" href="http://anneursu.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">anneursu.com</a></span></u></b><span style="color: #4c4c4e;">.<u></u><u></u></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">BLOG TOUR STOPS</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">January 16 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com&source=gmail&ust=1705975792140000&usg=AOvVaw3lw3l190GN8ezlW9bgWdMr" href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Nerdy Book Club</a> @nerdybookclub<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">January 17 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://alibrarymama.com&source=gmail&ust=1705975792140000&usg=AOvVaw0MtYk5Tg4jnBjAztazkfmw" href="http://alibrarymama.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">A Library Mama</a> (@librarymama)<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; 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margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">January 23 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://foodiebibliophile.com&source=gmail&ust=1705975792140000&usg=AOvVaw3J0KNIjmQ-6GpTafBip2gp" href="http://foodiebibliophile.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">A Foodie Bibliophile In Wanderlust</a> (@teacherlibrarianbeth)<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">January 25 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com&source=gmail&ust=1705975792140000&usg=AOvVaw2vgfFbA3kmIjgtljmSZzUA" href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</a> (@grgenius)<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27pt; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-75109636522512377232023-08-15T00:00:00.001-04:002023-08-15T00:00:00.155-04:00Blog Tour: No One Leaves the Castle by Christopher Healy<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1667856358i/63250712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1667856358i/63250712.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christopher Healy's <i>The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom</i> is one of my all-time favorite middle grade series (read my review <a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/2012/07/audiobook-review-heros-guide-to-saving.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>). So when Walden Pond Press asked if I would like to participate in a blog tour for Healy's newest book, I was elated. But then when I discovered it took place in the same world as the <i>Hero's Guide</i>, I was even more excited. My entire reading experience wasn't just about following along with the mysterious quest of the main character in this novel, but also to find all of the Easter eggs from the Hero's Guide (I will have to re-read the series to find them all, I'm sure). </span></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;">My favorite thing about Christopher Healy's books is that because he leans into humor rather than drama, that makes the fantasy setting more bearable for someone like me who doesn't love fantasy novels. Because I'm too busy laughing, I don't have time to think about how I normally shy away from fantasy. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;">If you or a young reader in your life love mystery, fantasy, and humor, add <b><i>No One Leaves the Castle</i></b> to your TBR! And most importantly, you don't have to have read <b><i>The Hero's Guide</i></b> series to enjoy <b><i>No One Leaves the Castle</i></b> (but I recommend you read it sometime in your life because it's one of the funniest series in all of children's literature). <br /></span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></strong><strong style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #535353; font-weight: normal;">Agatha Christie meets the Brothers Grimm in an unexpected, hilarious, and wholly original new fantasy-mystery from the beloved author of <i>The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom.</i></span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no criminal she can’t catch, no mystery she can’t solve.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><br /></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">None of that is true. Yet.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><br /></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In reality, the Lilac is just a kid, and the bard who wrote all that is her best friend, Dulcinetta. But when a priceless artifact goes missing from the home of famed monster hunter Baron Angbar, the Lilac and Netta see their chance to apprehend the thief and make a name for themselves.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><br /></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When they get to Castle Angbar, however, and meet the Angbar family and their servants and guests—an unsavory group of nobles, mages, and assorted creatures, each more shady than the last—the Lilac begins to wonder if the reward is worth the trouble.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><br /></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And that’s <i>before</i> the dead body is discovered.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><br /></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now everyone is magically sealed inside the castle—and there is a murderer among then. If the Lilac wants to make it out with her reputation intact, it’s going to be up to her to figure out who the killer is. But everyone in the castle—even the Lilac herself—has secrets to hide, and as the walls literally start to close in around them, the Lilac worries that her first job as a bounty hunter may be her last….</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><br /></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vO9nq_53Abj05Xhpu6_GXxgMhDRQkAnm46on7Z3uBTh3I5SlrymsTzvAwe5ghVER6OC94YnmO_jgLu4X3b9YSn9bUgtNl1swK00XnTSZsBWdMMabJiiW4HPddfw0OYd7VKPXr_QPaxGvo_vPj1Z2GuopDAXG3oomTEWZWf0wJTEovPfH76ivms9XVQ/s186/Chris%20Healy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="123" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vO9nq_53Abj05Xhpu6_GXxgMhDRQkAnm46on7Z3uBTh3I5SlrymsTzvAwe5ghVER6OC94YnmO_jgLu4X3b9YSn9bUgtNl1swK00XnTSZsBWdMMabJiiW4HPddfw0OYd7VKPXr_QPaxGvo_vPj1Z2GuopDAXG3oomTEWZWf0wJTEovPfH76ivms9XVQ/w132-h200/Chris%20Healy.jpg" width="132" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christopher Healy is the author of the <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editor’s Choice <i>The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom</i> and its sequels, as well as the Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem series. Before becoming a writer, Chris worked as an actor, an ad copywriter, a toy-store display designer, a fact-checker, a dishwasher, a journalist, a costume shop clothing stitcher, a children’s entertainment reviewer, and a haunted house zombie. He lives with his family in New Jersey. You can visit him online at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://christopherhealy.com&source=gmail&ust=1692145811832000&usg=AOvVaw1CJAbXK7d_Tj9Pj4NNuo38" href="http://christopherhealy.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">christopherhealy.com</a></span></span><br /><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Blog tour stops: </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">August 2 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bookclub.wordpress.com/&source=gmail&ust=1692145811832000&usg=AOvVaw2hsCnGYXa58_1ofPkFFvil" href="http://bookclub.wordpress.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Nerdy Book Club</a> (@nerdybookclub)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">August 7 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1692145811833000&usg=AOvVaw1NKAeR0y9gJEXQPlpQeXK7" href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Bluestocking Thinking</a> (@bluesockgirl)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">August 8 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://teacherswhoread.com/&source=gmail&ust=1692145811833000&usg=AOvVaw3O4rjt3D5x6RDf8kG_zbD4" href="http://teacherswhoread.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Teachers Who Read</a> (@teachers_read)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">August 12 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mariaselke.com/&source=gmail&ust=1692145811833000&usg=AOvVaw3Yl2nlSfqQp1eoas-lgN1w" href="http://mariaselke.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Maria’s Mélange</a> (@mariaselke)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">August 15 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/&source=gmail&ust=1692145811833000&usg=AOvVaw0zSe_vaDYCq7IW87XxLjRX" href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">A Foodie Bibliophile in Wanderlust</a> (@teacherlibrarianbeth)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">August 18 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1692145811833000&usg=AOvVaw02jwkNqI1y9jSOQmMONfhn" href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</a> (@grgenius)</p></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062341945" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No One Leaves the Castle</a></i></b> by Christopher Healy</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publication date:</b> August 15, 2023</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher: </b>Walden Pond Press</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Pages:</b> 384</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre:</b> Fantasy/Mystery</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Audience:</b> Middle grade</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Disclosure:</b> ARC received from publisher</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Purchasing the book from the above Bookshop affiliate link supports independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </span></i></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-47512631581513083742023-07-25T19:50:00.002-04:002023-07-25T20:01:24.314-04:00National Geographic Kids Almanac 2024 Giveaway<p> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3NYLuGO" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;"><img alt="National Geographic Kids Almanac 2024 Blog Tour and GIVEAWAY!" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-111463" decoding="async" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px" src="https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8.jpg" srcset="https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8.jpg 337w, https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8-202x300.jpg 202w, https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8-300x445.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Check out </span><a href="https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/books/article/almanac-2024" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/books/article/almanac-2024</span></a> <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">for more information and to take the 2024 Almanac Challenge, Elephant-Stagram! </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Praise:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">“…this gathering of upbeat, vividly illustrated, browser-friendly dips into topics ranging from black holes to blue-footed boobies to Bolivian street food is hard to put down, and the pop quizzes and research guides at each chapter’s end will give studious sorts a leg up, too”</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">.</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">― </span><i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kirkus</i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">GIVEAWAY</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3NYLuGO" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;"><img alt="National Geographic Kids Almanac 2024 Blog Tour and GIVEAWAY!" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-111463" decoding="async" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px" src="https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8-202x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8-202x300.jpg 202w, https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8-300x445.jpg 300w, https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0-8.jpg 337w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="202" /></a></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: lato, lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 25px; padding-left: 0px;"><li aria-level="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Three (3) winners will receive a copy of the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2024</span></li><li aria-level="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">US/Canada only</span></li><li aria-level="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ends 7/2 at 11:59 pm ET</span></li><li aria-level="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Enter via the Rafflecopter <b><a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/d295f4fd1/?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></span></li></ul>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-88802031527061417962023-07-23T19:49:00.001-04:002023-07-23T19:49:56.551-04:00Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1665471770i/61484899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="282" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1665471770i/61484899.jpg" width="141" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in June at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival, I had the privilege of being introduced to Thien Pham by the inimitable Raina Telgemeier. When Raina recommends a book and then introduces you to the author/illustrator, you go out and read that book (Side note, I even got the privilege of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtX2oqrNleu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">driving Thien and Raina to Detroit for an adventure</a> as part of his 100 days of noodles prior to his book's publication). This graphic memoir blew me away and touched my heart.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">T<span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">hein Pham's first memory is on a refugee boat from Vietnam to Thailand and to this day, he can still taste the sweetness of the rice and the saltiness of the fish of what he ate after a near catastrophic moment on that boat. In <b><i>Family Style</i></b>, we go on a journey with Thien Pham and his family as they navigate their lives as refugees and then immigrants to the United States, settling in Northern California. Each chapter in this book is organized around a specific dish as we watch Thien and his family live the American dream. The culminating chapter of this book is so beautiful and emotionally resonant that I will be thinking about it for a long time. What I especially love is that <b><i>Family Style</i></b> is a graphic memoir that can go on ANY library shelf... middle grade readers, young adults, and adults alike can pick up this book, enjoy it, and feel like it was written just for them.</span></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781250809711" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam</a></i></b> by Thien Pham</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Published:</b> June 20, 2023</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher:</b> First Second</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Pages: </b>240</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre:</b> Graphic Memoir</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Audience:</b> Middle grade/Young Adult/Adult</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Disclosure:</b> Purchased copy</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Purchasing the book from the above Bookshop affiliate link supports independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </span></i></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-14360607640642522342023-05-30T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-30T00:00:00.135-04:00Blog Tour: The Witch of Woodland by Laurel Snyder<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you to Walden Pond Press for inviting me to be part of the blog tour for Laurel Snyder's newest middle grade novel that was published this month, The Witch of Woodland. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>About the book: </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;">Laurel Snyder, author of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Orphan Island</em>, returns with a story of one girl's quest to answer the seemingly unanswerable questions about what makes us who we are.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1673129586i/62047926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1673129586i/62047926.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>Hi, whoever is reading this. I'm Zipporah Chava McConnell, but everyone calls me Zippy.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Things used to be simple--until a few weeks ago. Now my best friend, Bea, is acting funny; everyone at school thinks I'm weird; and my mom is making me start preparing for my bat mitzvah, even though we barely ever go to synagogue. In fact, the only thing that still seems to make sense is magic.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">See, the thing is, I'm a witch. I've been casting spells since I was little. And even if no one else wants to believe in magic anymore, it's always made sense to me, always felt true. But I was still shocked the day I found a strange red book at the library and somehow...I conjured something. A girl, actually. A beautiful girl with no memory, and wings like an angel. You probably don't believe me, but I swear it's the truth.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Miriam is like no one else I've ever met. She's proof that magic is real. And, it's hard to explain this part, but I just know that we're connected. That means it's up to me to help Miriam figure out what she is and where she came from. If I can do that, maybe everything else in my life will start to make sense too.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Anyway, it's worth a try.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">My review: </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Laurel Snyder has always been one of my favorite middle grade authors. Her work is heartfelt and always makes you think without being obviously didactic. In <b><i>The Witch of Woodland</i></b>, Snyder writes a coming-of-age story that delves into Jewish folklore while still maintaining a contemporary vibe. We are so entrenched in Christianity being the default in American culture that coming across a contemporary coming-of-age story that looks at Judaism as more than a religion, but also in a cultural context was a beautiful and immersive reading experience. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">About the Author<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oKibRtk_nCd9RxEo7RmsUCBmIqz6irgC29rBOyr2LD5BalTCgaTiYgoxGslHth0IXJFcg6hTIgpXBmE925qSWb7PwV5EIgZb_Zp5VDko3k72DJjz61aSQ-Hu9KRkFRZsxtAVTrmcdbVgP56bkduDrRLd4IRrC4N7QUMdl5ihPo6sTXUHiFCcpfc/s202/Laurel%20Snyder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="180" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oKibRtk_nCd9RxEo7RmsUCBmIqz6irgC29rBOyr2LD5BalTCgaTiYgoxGslHth0IXJFcg6hTIgpXBmE925qSWb7PwV5EIgZb_Zp5VDko3k72DJjz61aSQ-Hu9KRkFRZsxtAVTrmcdbVgP56bkduDrRLd4IRrC4N7QUMdl5ihPo6sTXUHiFCcpfc/w178-h200/Laurel%20Snyder.jpg" width="178" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Laurel Snyder is the beloved author of many picture books and novels for children, including the National Book Award nominee <i>Orphan Island</i> and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner <i>Charlie & Mouse</i>. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she teaches in Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and young adults program. Laurel lives in Atlanta with her family and can be found online at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.laurelsnyder.com&source=gmail&ust=1685494803586000&usg=AOvVaw0wfcuHeAwcBtH70klO7Vi2" href="http://www.laurelsnyder.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.laurelsnyder.com</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://b0f646cfbd7462424f7a-f9758a43fb7c33cc8adda0fd36101899.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/teaching-guides/TG-9780062836656.pdf" target="_blank">Download the Educators' Guide</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062836656" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase <b><i>The Witch of Woodland</i></b> on Bookshop.org</a> (affiliate link)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-11262630780195528312023-02-28T19:46:00.003-05:002023-02-28T19:46:29.625-05:00A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1654481332i/60316970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="275" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1654481332i/60316970.jpg" width="138" /></a></div>This amazing graphic memoir by Dan Santat is out in the world today and if you teach middle school especially, you need this book for your classroom library. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I read this book on my flight back home from NCTE back in November and I have been impatiently waiting to share this book with readers, but no more!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The premise of this book is that the summer before high school, Dan is presented with an opportunity to travel to Europe with a school group for 3 weeks, but he is initially ambivalent. He wants to experience new things, but he's not sure he wants to do it with some of his classmates. But as the trip goes on, he realizes how much bigger the world grows for him as he tries new and forbidden things for the first time (beer, cigarettes, coffee, and even steals a bike... this was the 80s... we were all feral in the 80s <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😛" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf8/1.5/16/1f61b.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>), has his first summer romance, and he sees what the world has to offer beyond his small hometown.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I read this book on my flight home from NCTE and it was the perfect book to read on a plane. My experience living in Europe was in my 20s but I saw so much of my own experience in this book and how the world became so much bigger for me. I loved the way the story was structured, I love how it ended in a way that it felt like you were watching a movie, oh, and I also love that I understood most of the German throughout the book and laughed so hard when Dan was baring his soul to Helga, his Austrian host mother whom he lived with for a week and she said "Es tut mir leid, dass ich nicht verstehe was du sagt." This book has so much heart and is relatable in so many ways, whether that's the travel angle, the "middle school was torture" angle or the pining away for a summer romance angle. So many readers will devour this book and I'm so glad it's finally out in the world for more readers to love.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781626724150" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A First Time for Everything</a></i></b> by Dan Santat</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Published: February 28, 2023</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Publisher: First Second</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Pages: 320</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Genre: Graphic Memoir</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Audience: Older middle grade/younger YA</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Disclosure: ARC received at NCTE 2022</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;">Purchasing the book from the above Bookshop affiliate link supports independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></div></div></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-36831159813757527952023-01-23T21:51:00.006-05:002023-01-23T22:25:56.746-05:002023 Caldecott Predictions<div style="text-align: left;">One week from today the 2023 Caldecott Medal will be awarded. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Our school recently finished our Mock Caldecott unit and our school selected... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCg3zfR5ExT9wNF9l3Oe_FR7Vr_WVHNxrqZ65PRH0yJalStZvB8l6Bl3r6JgnnYkiflvcMde2jb20NL256M41huIWbWatFILU4a7VNs80cWbUvd6IcjVKe6JZS-2TWbgeHZKMo5UtHp7WE03R5No8ixfE0lEx0TWchLMwI5SwTrbo9UKXg1BZK1FY/s1440/MC1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1440" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCg3zfR5ExT9wNF9l3Oe_FR7Vr_WVHNxrqZ65PRH0yJalStZvB8l6Bl3r6JgnnYkiflvcMde2jb20NL256M41huIWbWatFILU4a7VNs80cWbUvd6IcjVKe6JZS-2TWbgeHZKMo5UtHp7WE03R5No8ixfE0lEx0TWchLMwI5SwTrbo9UKXg1BZK1FY/w400-h266/MC1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBh8MZ1AR51fjlyG5EgEh-FkTJhqEwbVDFC5-EK1Kw5yJl_IwYqcRS_aeLB9SS9F18ALF1BCdSRC8YQmWH0vUsXsLSnDb8zgykcF0FhJpoPKt87GRdQmrWGBTx62T2w1xiKt-Da3GC0POGAByCW-TkxFRGp_GeBPPmdgsikrnvZpjF2vgc6Yr9l8/s1440/MC2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1440" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBh8MZ1AR51fjlyG5EgEh-FkTJhqEwbVDFC5-EK1Kw5yJl_IwYqcRS_aeLB9SS9F18ALF1BCdSRC8YQmWH0vUsXsLSnDb8zgykcF0FhJpoPKt87GRdQmrWGBTx62T2w1xiKt-Da3GC0POGAByCW-TkxFRGp_GeBPPmdgsikrnvZpjF2vgc6Yr9l8/w400-h268/MC2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Knight Owl</i></b> by Christopher Denise<br /><br />But having done Mock Caldecott for a few years now and having studied previous winners and honors as well as having served on a book award committee before (I served on ALAN's <a href="https://alan-ya.org/awards/walden-award/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award</a> committee for five years), I have my own opinions on which books I think might win.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /><b>My prediction for the medal: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634644225i/58064775.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634644225i/58064775.jpg" width="154" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780316494175" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berry Song</a></i></b> by Michaela Goade</div><div style="text-align: left;">The artwork in this book is so stunning there are literally page spreads I would frame and hang up in my house. Like this one, for example:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbvhkuaR92v-HDz56raH5l-l9PIFT55qTxyYmubrDm5EGlDFkpyhrnKTmb7LGVaGZS0PMriQrUwm20XTdBuaOZ0YyGUGogBaVfMWGSMUSudyfpVBdl1-YqilBeygvDmnzz3hg6ttxHCD7xjFOM-2mkNTegsybjzXfWBGa3k92PxWL9UxsNcogKE8/s939/2023-01-23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="939" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbvhkuaR92v-HDz56raH5l-l9PIFT55qTxyYmubrDm5EGlDFkpyhrnKTmb7LGVaGZS0PMriQrUwm20XTdBuaOZ0YyGUGogBaVfMWGSMUSudyfpVBdl1-YqilBeygvDmnzz3hg6ttxHCD7xjFOM-2mkNTegsybjzXfWBGa3k92PxWL9UxsNcogKE8/s320/2023-01-23.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">If this book wins, no one will question it. It is an obvious choice. But depending on the makeup of the committee, I have a second possibility...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>My outlier prediction for the medal:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629118238i/58739418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="468" height="171" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629118238i/58739418.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781646141104" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gibberish</a></i></b> by Young Vo</div><div style="text-align: left;">Where <b><i>Berry Song</i></b> takes your breath away with its traditionally beautiful illustrations, <b><i>Gibberish</i></b> is something new and innovative and like nothing I've ever seen before. It also just happens to tug at my personal heartstrings because as a person who has lived in another country where I didn't know the language, the main character's struggles were incredibly real to me. But the way Young Vo communicates this feeling of being in a world of confusion is what stands out here. This book could tip the scales if there are enough people on the committee who are looking for something fresh, new, and different. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Honor predictions:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1626717278i/57007688.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="327" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1626717278i/57007688.jpg" width="164" /></a><b><br /><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780316310628" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Knight Owl</a></i></b> by Christopher Denise<br />What Denise does with lighting in his illustrations for <b><i>Knight Owl</i></b> is what makes these illustrations distinguished, but the adorable, brave owl is what made this book our students' choice to win for our school's Mock Caldecott. While I totally understand why they chose this book, I personally am getting Caldecott honor vibes from it. <br /><br /></div><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627134247i/57552473.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="387" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627134247i/57552473.jpg" width="155" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781547605927" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kick Push</a></i></b> by Frank Morrison</div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't have any basis for this prediction other than kids love it, it's a teensy bit subversive since the artwork has a street art vibe, and every year I always like to make an unexpected prediction because the year I had a feeling about <b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062671271" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rough Patch</a></i></b> by Brian Lies but DIDN'T put it on our Mock Caldecott list because I hadn't heart anyone talk about it, I decided I will now always make at least one prediction that is a little outside the box (though not too outside the box since it's also one of <a href="https://afuse8production.slj.com/2022/09/28/newbery-caldecott-2023-fall-prediction-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Betsy Bird's predictions</a> too). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1638152279i/58065383.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="361" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1638152279i/58065383.jpg" width="181" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593308431" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot Dog</a></i></b> by Doug Salati</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's a book that a lot of people are talking about. It's giving Caldecott honor vibes. I can't explain why. It's just a feeling I have. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625606393i/58496722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="312" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625606393i/58496722.jpg" width="156" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781984894366" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky</a></i></b> by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, illustrated by Daniel Minter</div><div style="text-align: left;">This book has mesmerizing illustrations that kids absolutely love, but the text is what trips me up on this one. It's a book that a lot of kids loved flipping through but not actually reading. So I guess it depends on how much the committee considers the text when deciding on this one. </div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1641777365i/58783430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1641777365i/58783430.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780316528948" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Farmhouse</a></i></b> by Sophie Blackall<br />I know a lot of people are predicting that this one will win, but I will always root for an underdog and the fact that Sophie Blackall has already won two Caldecott medals in the past eight years means I'd rather <b><i>Farmhouse</i></b> win an honor. Would I be surprised if it wins the medal? No. Do I want it to? Also no. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Those are my predictions. What are yours? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-7115653046353236232022-12-29T19:25:00.002-05:002022-12-31T10:17:27.961-05:00Favorite Books of 2022<span style="font-family: inherit;">A couple days ago I started to write a post with all of my favorite books of the year. And then I got super overwhelmed because there were so many. So I decided to just share one from each category: picture book, middle grade, young adult, and adult and let you know that if you want to know more of my favorite books from 2022, feel free to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969?ref=nav_profile_l&fbclid=IwAR1kwSYtAy4GLr3bKamqWCCSGqT10AV8wm--xgBfWA4u21sKy-DW3Qijkwk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follow me on Goodreads</a>.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Favorite picture book of 2022...</span></b></div><div><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629118238i/58739418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="468" height="274" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629118238i/58739418.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781646141104" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gibberish</a></i></b> by Young Vo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Gibberish tells the story of a young boy named Dat who is new to the English language and what that feels like to be the new kid at school who doesn't understand everyone. That story arc isn't new, but the way Young Vo tells it and illustrates it is unlike anything I've seen before. His use of black and white cartoonish illustrations for Dat's surroundings along with emojis for dialogue that he doesn't understand really immerses the reader into Dat's world of unknowing. As Dat becomes more attuned to the English-speaking world and begins understanding more, his surroundings become more colorful and less cartoonish.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">This book is brilliant and so incredibly innovative... and it's really hard for me to say a book is innovative given the number of picture books I read every year. This book is still my top contender for the 2023 Caldecott medal.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Favorite Middle Grade of 2022...</span></b></div><div><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248060i/55846908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="538" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248060i/55846908.jpg" width="215" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338654585" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hummingbird</a></i></b> by Natalie Lloyd</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Hummingbird is Natalie Lloyd's most personal and vulnerable book to date, as it is about a girl who has the same disability: osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. This book is about a young girl named Olive who has been homeschooled her whole life and convinces her mom to send her to the local public school despite her mom's fears over Olive's fragile body.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">As with all of Natalie Lloyd's books, it is full of magical realism. There’s a teacher in the story that says a pen is a direct line to a person’s heart. Well, Natalie Lloyd’s pen draws a whole lot of lines to readers’ hearts.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Favorite YA of 2022...</span></b></div><div><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1628215527i/58311952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1628215527i/58311952.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780358448907" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin</a></i></b> by Kip Wilson</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">The year is 1932 in Berlin and now that Hilde is eighteen, she must leave her orphanage and set out on her own. She quickly discovers, however, that finding a job is near impossible in these economically depressed times. But fate intervenes one night when she meets Rosa, who brings Hilde to Café Lila where she meets a cast of characters that soon become her chosen family.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">As Berlin falls further and further into the authoritarian grip of the Nazis who are scapegoating Jews and the queer community, Hilde along with the employees and patrons of Café Lila continue to remain quietly hopeful and defiant... until trouble comes loudly knocking on their door.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Just as the title suggests, this YA historical fiction in verse by Kip Wilson is dazzling. Berlin is my favorite city on earth, mostly because there has always been a provocative, defiant, avant-garde, and counter-cultural energy about it. That was true in 2004 when I visited for the first time, and it was certainly true when this novel takes place.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">But just as this book is a window into 1930s Germany, it's also an alarming mirror to societies, including American society, that allow idealogues and populists to rise to power.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><b>Favorite Adult Book of 2022...</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772i/58734811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772i/58734811.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780451499783" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></i></b> by Susan Cain</span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">Just like Cain’s book <b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780307352156" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking</a></i></b> changed my life as it asked me to celebrate my introversion rather than admonish it, so too did <b><i>Bittersweet</i></b> change my life by bringing awareness to those of us walking the earth who have a tendency towards melancholy and why that’s actually a good thing.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">I’ve never felt so seen and understood as when Cain talks about why people with bittersweet personalities find such joy and satisfaction listening to sad music… because longing is active. It moves us. It compels us. It makes us feel like a missing piece of your soul was just added to the puzzle that is your life. So the next time I sit down at the piano to play Moonlight Sonata and feel that sense of longing despite the fact that I’ve played it dozens of times before, or the next time I get chills listening to a song I love for the first time, I’ll remember why I continue to be moved by the bittersweet.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was so enamored by this book that after I finished it, I went on a three day hyperfixation of playing and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xtXi0dT1uKz0ebr1hYQW2?si=de303d53d667443b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">creating a playlist</a> of bittersweet music.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What were your favorite books of 2022?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-41279581857850435772022-12-11T20:00:00.001-05:002022-12-11T20:00:17.882-05:00How to Speak Animal giveaway<p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" src="https://i.imgur.com/AqlLzZW.jpg" style="height:600px; margin:5px; width:400px" /></p>
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<p><strong>Learn about the secret language of wild animals in this exciting and informative guide from the experts who brought you <em>How to Speak Cat</em> and <em>How to Speak Dog</em>.</strong></p>
<p>We know animals can’t speak and express themselves in the same way as humans … but even the smallest and quietest animals have incredible ways of communicating with each other. With wildlife veterinarian expert Dr. Gabby Wild as a guide, <em>How to Speak Animal</em> helps kids understand how animals communicate through sound, body language, and behavior. It’s full of expert insights and real-life stories of humans exploring ways to “talk” to animals, from teaching great apes sign language to speaking “dolphin.” Packed with super-engaging animal photography that helps illustrate key concepts, this fascinating bookprofiles more than 60 different creatures―from birds to mammals to reptiles and more―and their amazing ways of communicating with each other.</p>
<p><strong>If you’ve ever wondered why gorillas beat their chests and make hooting noises, what it means when chameleons change color, or why some elephants twist their trunks together, this is the book for you!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>DR. GABBY WILD</strong> earned her bachelor of science and doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) degrees at Cornell University. She completed her veterinary internship training at Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital in Akron, Ohio, and received her master’s of public health (MPH) from the University of Minnesota. She is a published genetics researcher and uses her research background to screen zoonotic disease transmission among wildlife, domestic animals, and people. To help maintain a healthy planet, she monitors herd and individual health for rising epidemics. Dr. Wild balances her Western medicine practices with traditional Chinese medicine in an effort to blend both methodologies. Acclaimed for her role as “the veterinarian” on Animal Jam, the world’s largest online “playground,” with 54 million players, she creates educational videos and teaches children internationally about wildlife conservation and medicine. When not in the wild, Gabby works as a Wildlife Health Program veterinarian for the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo and is a training veterinary surgeon at the Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island. She lives in New York City.</p>
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<p><strong>AUBRE ANDRUS</strong> is an award-winning children's book author with dozens of books published by National Geographic, Lonely Planet, American Girl, Disney, Scholastic, and more. She has also ghostwritten books for young YouTube stars. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her family. </p>
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<p><strong>A heart-pounding final showdown changes the life of Cruz Coronado forever in the seventh and final book in this thrilling fact-based fiction series.</strong></p>
<p>Amid assignments that take the Explorer Academy recruits from the iceberg-filled waters of Antarctica to the bone-dry deserts of Argentina, Cruz Coronado is scrambling to complete the last piece of the cipher. With Nebula agents and the elusive explorer spy still out there, his opportunity to recover his mother’s world-changing formula is slipping away. But as Cruz has learned from his time aboard Orion, true explorers must never give up.</p>
<p>Even after completing dozens of high-risk missions and traveling to all seven continents, Cruz could never prepare himself for one ultimate surprise.</p>
<p><strong>Explorer Academy features: </strong>Gripping fact-based fiction plot that inspires curiosity with new technology and innovations; amazing inventions and gadgets; a cast of diverse, relatable characters; secret clues, codes, and ciphers to track down within the text; vibrant illustrations; elements of STEAM; National Geographic explorer profiles in the "Truth Behind" section.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Check out the <a href="https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explorer-academy/">Explorer Academy website</a> featuring videos, comic shorts, games, profiles of real-life National Geographic Explorers, chapter excerpts and more. </strong></span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center">"Sure to appeal to kids who love code cracking and mysteries with cutting-edge technology." <br />
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<p style="text-align:center">"A perfect blend of adventure with real science and technology!"<br />
—<em>New York Times</em> #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan</p>
<p style="text-align:center">"A fun, exciting, and action-packed ride that kids will love."<br />
—J.J. Abrams, director and screenwriter of <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost, Alias</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center">"Inspires the next generation of curious kids to go out into our world and discover something unexpected.”<br />
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Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-52621003699331507832022-10-17T00:00:00.001-04:002022-10-17T00:00:00.160-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 10-17-22<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;">Y'all... I have been so all over the place with my reading. I can't seem to commit to just one book. So this is what I am currently reading in bits and bobbles:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1661863145l/59806035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1661863145l/59806035.jpg" width="133" /></a> </span><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634236817l/56817848._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634236817l/56817848._SY475_.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338680522" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Attack of the Black Rectangles</a></i></b> by Amy Sarig King</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338745313" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Honeys</a></i></b> by Ryan LaSalla</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1595815459l/54419215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1595815459l/54419215.jpg" width="133" /></a> <a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1618857120l/56823802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="311" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1618857120l/56823802.jpg" width="156" /></a><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="Chlorine Sky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chlorine Sky</a></i></b> by Mahogany L. Browne</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781564849052" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Developing Digital Detectives: Essential Lessons for Discerning Fact from Fiction in the 'Fake News' Era</a></i></b> by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I recently read and loved: </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589833024l/51988656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589833024l/51988656.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780399545436" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Before the Ever After</a></i></b> by Jacqueline Woodson</span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;">ZJ's dad, a professional football player, is experiencing headaches, memory loss, and mood swings at a time when the world didn't know about CTE yet. While this is a quick read as it is a novel in verse, it is absolutely heartbreaking and can be triggering in places.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639948182l/59445980._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639948182l/59445980._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062898869" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Family Business</a></i></b> by Lenore Appelhans, illustrated by Ken Lamug<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview5041137242">Lucky the Racoon is excited to join the family business of dumpster diving to find their food, but when he finally gets to join his siblings, he gets more than he bargained for when humans are always chasing them off. A fun story about honoring your gifts and talents rather than forcing yourself to go against your own disposition.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1626175921l/57347345._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1626175921l/57347345._SX318_.jpg" width="199" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781611809848" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Am Quiet: A Story About the Introvert in All of Us</a></i></b> by Andie Powers, illustrated by Betsy Petersen<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview5049282788">Quiet kids often live rich, inner lives and what we often think is shyness is actually just a kid who likes spending time inside their own imaginations.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639950611l/58484134._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="318" height="165" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639950611l/58484134._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781250220950" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civils Rights Movement</a></i></b> by Angela Joy, illustrated by Janelle Washington<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview5049350866">This picture book biography on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, is incredibly well-written and emotionally captivating. A must for every school library and history classroom.<br /><br /><br /><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-82018280672957880502022-10-03T00:00:00.001-04:002022-10-03T00:00:00.184-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 10-3-22<p></p><div><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span><div style="color: #222222;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b><br />Books I recently read and enjoyed:</b><br /></span><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1640549920l/58587883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1640549920l/58587883.jpg" width="132" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780063082267" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life</a></i></b> by Jonathan Van Ness<br /></span>In the follow up to his memoir, Over the Top, Jonathan Van Ness brings a side of depth and social justice to his sunny disposition in this series of intersectional essays.<br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598245496l/53968539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bbdd66; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598245496l/53968539.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="133" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780358251408" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am</a></i></b> by Julia Cooke<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview4618065578">I really enjoyed learning more about American history (Cold War, Vietnam War, etc.) through the lens of what it was like being a stewardess for the most glamorous airline of the jet age.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1643059164l/58719216._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="318" height="177" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1643059164l/58719216._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338784046" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forever Home</a></i></b> by Henry Cole<br /></span>A young boy wants a dog so badly that to prove to his dads that he can be responsible, he walks an empty leash every day. One day, he discovers a stray dog that he wants to rescue and his dads finally decide he's ready for his own dog. The only problem is... they can't find him when they go looking for him.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636984280l/58484024._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="318" height="199" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636984280l/58484024._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781547609031" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonny Says Sorry</a></i></b> by Caryl Hart, illustrated by Zachariah OHora<br /></span><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview4999187424">A sweet book about how apologies should be accompanied by action to make right the wrong you did.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646652488l/60322913._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="318" height="175" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646652488l/60322913._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781536214963" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books Aren't for Eating</a></i></b> by Carlie Sorosiak, illustrated by Manu Montoya<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview4719310289" style="display: inline;">A delightful book that sends the message that books fill you up... but if you're a goat, you need to remember that they shouldn't fill up your stomach, but rather your brain. :)<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660615604l/59575985._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660615604l/59575985._SX318_.jpg" width="164" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593372739" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The More You Give</a></i></b> by Marcy Campbell, illustrated by Francesca Sanna<br />I love that this book is described as a modern-day response to <b><i>The Giving Tree</i></b>. Because instead of giving of yourself so much that you become nothing but a stump for your child to sit on, this is a book that shows how giving can give back... by creating a whole forest.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635250464l/58386749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635250464l/58386749.jpg" width="157" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593378823" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everything in Its Place</a></i></b> by Pauline David-Sax, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow<br />Nicky loves her school library so much that she spends her recess helping the librarian re-shelve books. But when the librarian has to be gone for a week at a conference, Nicky must actually go to recess, which she is dreading. This is a sweet story about taking risks, getting out of our comfort zones, and also still embracing a love a books as one navigates outside that comfort zone.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><b>Currently reading:<br /></b></span><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653947850l/59251239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="277" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653947850l/59251239.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="139" /><br /></a></span><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781250147424" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Odder</a></i></b> by Katherine Applegate</span></span></div><div><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><b>Currently reading with my ears:</b></span><br /><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557327577l/44281034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557327577l/44281034.jpg" width="132" /></a></span><br /><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781547605682" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gravity of Us</a></i></b> by Phil Stamper</span></span></div><p><span class="readable reviewText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i style="color: #222222;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></span></span></p>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-63894815192212243502022-09-12T02:00:00.001-04:002022-09-12T02:00:00.169-04:00It's Monday! What are You Reading? 9-12-22<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-color: white; color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check out my current giveaway:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1644069487l/60310825._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1644069487l/60310825._SX318_.jpg" width="185" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/2022/09/dear-wild-child-giveaway.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Wild Child</span></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I recently reviewed:</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634585666i/57545179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="800" height="161" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634585666i/57545179.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/2022/09/my-pet-feet-by-josh-funk-illustrated-by.html" target="_blank">My Pet Feet</a></i></b> by Josh Funk</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I recently read and loved:</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1652701033l/59891914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1652701033l/59891914.jpg" width="134" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781635926255" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ethel's Song: Ethel Rosenberg's Life In Poems</a></i></b> by Barbara Krasner</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Julius and Ethel Rosenberg grew up to witness the poverty and injustices of the Great Depression and World War II. For that reason, they found themselves identifying politically with the communist party. Unfortunately for them, this was probably the worst time in American history to identify as a communist… right after the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War resulted in a groupthink of paranoia that led the U.S. into the McCarthy era Red Scare that ruined many people’s lives with a simple accusation of being a communist. Unfortunately for the Rosenberg’s that accusation also came with charges of espionage… of selling nuclear secrets to the USSR and a death sentence.<br /><br />This novel in verse covers a very intense story in American history and will make readers want to learn more about the Rosenbergs. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637210311l/59647246._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637210311l/59647246._SX318_.jpg" width="156" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593353943" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nana, Nenek, & Nina</a></i></b> by Liza Ferneyhough</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A beautiful celebration between cultures of grandmothers' love</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646034498l/60239733._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646034498l/60239733._SX318_.jpg" width="164" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781984813961" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patchwork</a></i></b> by Matt de la Pe<span style="color: #4d5156;">ñ</span>a, illustrated by Corinna Luyken</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;">Matt de la Pe</span><span style="color: #4d5156;">ñ</span><span style="color: #181818;">a always knows how to tug on those heartstrings in his profound and literary picture books. In Patchwork he reminds adults and kids alike that we all contain multitudes; we are a patchwork of interests, ideas, ideals, strengths and weaknesses.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655725346l/59788414._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655725346l/59788414._SX318_.jpg" width="156" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593384459" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lunch from Home</a></i></b> by Joshua David Stein, illustrated by Jing Li</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This book is a great conversation starter about food and family traditions and why those things need to be respected (and embraced!) at school. The story is a model and invitation to show kids that they can and should view different foods with curiosity rather than disdain. We don’t all need to bring sandwiches and chips for lunch every day, nor should that be the expectation in a country as beautifully diverse as ours.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642985345l/59039953._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="318" height="164" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642985345l/59039953._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780063057562" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If You're a Kid Like Gavin</a></i></b> by Gavin Grimm & Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by J Yang</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A wonderful picture book to add to the conversation that trans kids are humans to be loved and cared for, not problems to be solved<br /><br /><br /><b>Currently reading:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653947850l/59251239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="277" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653947850l/59251239.jpg" width="139" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781250147424" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Odder</a></i></b> by Katherine Applegate<br /><br /><b><br />Currently reading with my ears:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598245496l/53968539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598245496l/53968539.jpg" width="133" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780358251408" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am</a></i></b> by Julia Cooke<br /><br /><br /><i style="color: #222222;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-3038487298468132002022-09-12T00:00:00.001-04:002022-09-12T00:00:00.167-04:00Dear Wild Child Giveaway<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1644069487l/60310825._SX318_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1644069487l/60310825._SX318_.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">A father's poetic lament to his daughter over the loss of their family home they built to a wildfire. The author's note at the end is a perfect thesis to the book: "The climate is changing. Weather is becoming less predictable and more extreme. We will lose what we love. And to fix what's broken, we will all need to become resilient and more empathetic, collaborative, and creative."</span></span><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;">"The art echoes the text’s emphasis on beauty rather than loss. . .In the event’s aftermath, the affecting story’s tone remains openhearted, concluding with sentiments that encourage resilience and reflect on the nature of home."</div><div style="text-align: left;">―<em>Publishers Weekly</em></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;">"It’s a touching sentiment that reminds readers of all ages that our lives are defined not by our material possessions but by the memories we make... Intricate and emotional."</div><div style="text-align: left;">―<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In the shade of ancient redwood trees, by a creek, not far from the ocean, a father builds a house for his newborn daughter, where she grows up wild and strong in their coastal canyon home. When a wildfire takes back their beloved house, a father writes his now-grown daughter a letter telling her it’s gone. Inspired by the real letter the author wrote his daughter, this poignant story—written together by father and daughter—joyfully declares that a home is more than just wood and stone; it is made of love and can never be taken away. You carry home with you wherever you go.</p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><u>About the Author & Illustrator</u><br />Wallace Grayce Nichols</strong> is a student of sustainable design, problem solver, and water lover. Her father, </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Dr. Wallace J. Nichols</strong>, is a marine biologist and the author of the bestselling book <em>Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, </em>and<em> Better at What You Do</em>. 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<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-80880524325211195882022-09-02T00:00:00.000-04:002022-09-02T00:00:00.171-04:00My Pet Feet by Josh Funk, illustrated by Billy Yong<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634585666i/57545179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="800" height="161" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634585666i/57545179.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the letter R suddenly goes missing, a little girl has to figure out where it went, or else run the risk of having pet feet instead of a pet ferret. There are also a slew of other mishaps that a missing letter R might cause you to encounter... such as a galloping hose instead of a horse, a flock of cows instead of crows, and a babbling book instead of brook just to name a few.</span><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">I can't even imagine the mental gymnastics that had to occur in order to write a book with no Rs, but Josh Funk manages to make mental gymnastics fun and entertaining. This book is no doubt going to be an uproarious read aloud favorite with groups of kids.</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781534486003" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Pet Feet</a></i></b> by Josh Funk, illustrated by Billy Yong</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Published:</b> August 23, 2022</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher:</b> Simon & Schuster</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Pages:</b> 48</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre/Format:</b> Picture book</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Audience:</b> Primary</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Disclosure:</b> Digital copy provided by author</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Purchasing from the above Bookshop affiliate link supports independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-26293938068659298382022-08-01T00:20:00.003-04:002022-08-01T00:20:26.546-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 8-1-22<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Last week I read and loved:</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><br style="color: #181818;" /><b style="color: #181818;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780451499783" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></i></b><span style="color: #181818;"> by Susan Cain</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;">I'm obsessed with this book. I spent a better part of yesterday making a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xtXi0dT1uKz0ebr1hYQW2?si=vq3u942YQTKND7FgkK95sg&fbclid=IwAR2ZtQNlinXjbUAV_rEj10aJb727SJz0YBIx6ZLSl1N0GFu9bC0zyQkHG8s&nd=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bittersweet Spotify playlist</a> and a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bibliophilebeth/video/7126229854797860142?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7043617634637940230" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TikTok review</a> because I am currently in ADHD hyperfixation mode. Cain's book <b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780307352156" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quiet</a></i></b> changed my life by giving me permission to embrace my introversion. And this book equally changed my life by giving me permission to embrace my melancholy side. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642405846i/59251233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="275" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642405846i/59251233.jpg" width="138" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781250259639" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frizzy</a></i></b> by Claribel A. Ortega, illustrated by Rose Bousamra</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">An important middle grade graphic novel about a young girl who wants to embrace her natural curly hair rather than being forced to go to the salon every week with her mami to straighten her hair. This book is an important mirror for young Black girls who want to embrace their natural hair and a window for white readers who are used to seeing their physical features as a cultural default.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><b>Currently reading:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646165610i/60165401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="551" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646165610i/60165401.jpg" width="138" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781324003908" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice</a></i></b> by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span style="color: #181818;"><b>Currently (still) reading with my ears:</b></span></div><div><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1623983904l/58312014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1623983904l/58312014.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="133" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #181818;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780358658962" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD</a></i></b> by Jason Kander</span></div><div><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><div><i style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></div></span></span></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-49017543980968410752022-07-25T00:00:00.001-04:002022-07-25T00:00:00.179-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 7-25-22<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Last week I read and loved:</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554240097l/39087436.jpg" style="color: #bbdd66; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554240097l/39087436.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="133" /></a><br style="color: #181818;" /><b style="color: #181818;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062872005" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">I Can Make This Promise</a></i></b><span style="color: #181818;"> by Christine Day</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">A really lovely and important middle grade book that tackles a difficult topic but isn't heavy-handed about it. It is a book about family history, family secrets, and indigenous identity. It's also a great entry point to discuss the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 that is alarmingly <a href="https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/supreme-court-will-hear-indian-child-welfare-act-cases-this-fall-what-that-means-for-indian-country" target="_blank">being brought again before the Supreme Court this fall</a>. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639377352l/58842729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639377352l/58842729.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780063056763" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swim Team</a></i></b> by Johnnie Christmas</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;">This book’s premise can be distilled down as <b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062691194" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Kid</a></i></b> meets <b><i>Bring It On</i></b> but with swimming instead of cheerleading. It’s a story that imparts a lot of hard truths about why so many Black Americans never learned or teach their kids to swim, but it’s mostly a page-turning story of friendship, teamwork, and overcoming adversity.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639381139l/58784519._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639381139l/58784519._SX318_.jpg" width="164" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593463055" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country</a></i></b> by Kelly Yang<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview4870418406">Wonderful book that connects narrative elements along with peritext and backmatter to tell the story of inspiring Asian Americans. I love that each page spread featured a different Asian American illustrator, further highlighting the accomplishments of Asian Americans.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653944514l/59316990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="311" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653944514l/59316990.jpg" width="156" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593525975" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Surprise</a></i></b> by Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, illustrated by Magenta Fox<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextreview4870493642">What a delightfully odd and heartwarming story about a guinea pig that does Judo and doesn't know her place in a family of pets that are very dedicated to their schedules. The delightful oddness of the story puts me in mind of Phil Stead's picture books. <br /><br /><br /><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><b>Currently (still) reading:</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><br style="color: #181818;" /><b style="color: #181818;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780451499783" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></i></b><span style="color: #181818;"> by Susan Cain</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><b>Currently reading with my ears:</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1623983904l/58312014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1623983904l/58312014.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780358658962" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD</a></i></b> by Jason Kander</span></div></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-90934760841278891662022-07-18T00:00:00.003-04:002022-07-18T00:00:00.176-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 7-18-22<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Here are some fun book-related TikToks I made last week:</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@bibliophilebeth/video/7119677732358819118" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7119677732358819118" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bibliophilebeth" target="_blank" title="@bibliophilebeth">@bibliophilebeth</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/booktok" target="_blank" title="booktok">#booktok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/primedaydreamdeals" target="_blank" title="primedaydreamdeals">#PrimeDayDreamDeals</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/selfcare" target="_blank" title="selfcare">#selfcare</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mentalhealth" target="_blank" title="mentalhealth">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/librariansoftiktok" target="_blank" title="librariansoftiktok">#librariansoftiktok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Reading-when-the-world-is-a-dumpster-fire-7102250155998464814" target="_blank" title="♬ Reading when the world is a dumpster fire - Frankie Love">♬ Reading when the world is a dumpster fire - Frankie Love</a></section></blockquote></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@bibliophilebeth/video/7120023196870462762" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7120023196870462762" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bibliophilebeth" target="_blank" title="@bibliophilebeth">@bibliophilebeth</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/letmypeopleread" target="_blank" title="letmypeopleread">#LetMyPeopleRead</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7115441023819467563" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - 👑 King Moe 👑">♬ original sound - 👑 King Moe 👑</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script></span></span></div><br /><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@bibliophilebeth/video/7120290734405586218" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7120290734405586218" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bibliophilebeth" target="_blank" title="@bibliophilebeth">@bibliophilebeth</a> When this is the weather in July, you mark yourself as unavailable in your calendar and sit outside and read <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/librariansoftiktok" target="_blank" title="librariansoftiktok">#librariansoftiktok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/schoollibrarian" target="_blank" title="schoollibrarian">#schoollibrarian</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/booktok" target="_blank" title="booktok">#booktok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6996311637519026950" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - catherineoharasbebe">♬ original sound - catherineoharasbebe</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Last week I reviewed:</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636977828l/57941223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636977828l/57941223.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/2022/07/emotional-inheritance-therapist-her.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma</a></i></b> by Galit Atlas, PhD</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Last week I read and loved:</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="538" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="135" /></a><br style="color: #181818;" /><b style="color: #181818;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338654585" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hummingbird</a></i></b><span style="color: #181818;"> by Natalie Lloyd</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">There’s a teacher in the story that says a pen is a direct line to a person’s heart. Well, Natalie Lloyd’s pen draws a whole lot of lines to readers’ hearts.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633116709l/58710493._SX318_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633116709l/58710493._SX318_.jpg" width="181" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593111420" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Queen of Kindergarten</a></i></b> by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newman</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;">MJ, with her tiara and rainbow-colored braids, absolutely slays on her first day of kindergarten... by being helpful and kind and having a great time while doing it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655073026l/60420369._SX318_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655073026l/60420369._SX318_.jpg" width="164" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781452163376" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Like</a></i></b> by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Leo Espinosa</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;">A picture book that brilliantly sets up the thesis that humans are more alike than different by showing the ways we are alike/different to other objects. A great read aloud for Preschool-1st grade classes.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><b>Currently reading:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><br style="color: #181818;" /><b style="color: #181818;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780451499783" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></i></b><span style="color: #181818;"> by Susan Cain</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><b>Currently reading with my ears:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554240097l/39087436.jpg" style="color: #bbdd66; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554240097l/39087436.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="133" /></a><br style="color: #181818;" /><b style="color: #181818;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062872005" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">I Can Make This Promise</a></i></b><span style="color: #181818;"> by Christine Day</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #181818;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></span></span></span></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-49305619644597649262022-07-12T19:44:00.005-04:002022-07-12T19:44:29.582-04:00Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma by Galit Atlas, PhD<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636977828l/57941223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636977828l/57941223.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span><blockquote><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"When we learn to identify the emotional inheritance that lives within us, things start to make sense and our lives begin to change. Slowly, a door opens, a gateway between present life and past trauma." </span></blockquote></i><p></p><p>I wasn't planning on reading AND finishing this book in one day. I was just going to sit down and read the introduction to see if this was a book I wanted to keep reading or if I would take it back to the library. But before I knew it, I was on page 100 and couldn't stop reading. The only reason I didn't finish it in one sitting is because I needed to come up for air since the subject is so intense. Otherwise I would have finished it in one sitting; I was that riveted. </p><p><b><i>Emotional Inheritance</i></b> was not what I was expecting. When I picked it up, I fully anticipated a book full of psychological jargon and written in expository format. Instead, the book is written entirely in narrative format, and each chapter is the story from one of Atlas' clients as it illustrates anecdotally how someone inherited the trauma they are currently wrestling with in their lives. While many people will say the anecdotal nature and lack of cited research discredits this book, I would argue that Atlas' intended audience means she used this format to compel the reader to seek out more information in the field of epigenetics and inherited trauma. The page-turning nature of this book will mean that the reader likely will seek out more information about this field and want to learn more.</p><p>But speaking of lack of citations, my only issue with this book is Atlas' frequent references to Freud which, <a href="https://youtu.be/aTd-lrnZvsQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I get that Freud got some things right</a>, but given his lack of credibility in our present day, it feels like there should have been more context to citing his work since many people now find him so problematic. </p><p>Overall though, I thought what made <b><i>Emotional Inheritance</i></b> an effective read is how it compels the reader to learn more about the way trauma is baked into our DNA. </p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780316492126" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma</a></i></b> by Galit Atlas, PhD<br /><b>Published:</b> January 25, 2022<br /><b>Publisher:</b> Little, Brown Spark<br /><b>Pages:</b> 288<br /><b>Genre:</b> Nonfiction/Self-Help<br /><b>Audience:</b> Adults<br /><b>Disclosure:</b> Library Copy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Purchasing from the above Bookshop affiliate link supports independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-43087918393466802442022-07-11T00:00:00.001-04:002022-07-11T00:00:00.174-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 7-11-22<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I recently reviewed:</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642286873l/57600413._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642286873l/57600413._SX318_.jpg" width="139" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/2022/06/run-book-one-by-john-lewis-andrew-aydin.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Run: Book One</a></i></b> by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><b>I recently read and enjoyed:</b><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635251108l/58537399._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635251108l/58537399._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593433126" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don't Eat Bees: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog</a></i></b> by Dev Petty, illustrated by Mike Boldt</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;">Chip is a very smart dog. He knows all of the things dogs should and shouldn't eat. Maybe.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615834375l/57425438._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615834375l/57425438._SX318_.jpg" width="181" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781772782226" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Sky-Blue Bench</a></i></b> by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Peggy Collins<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview4829592439">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.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642622760l/60163025._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642622760l/60163025._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781534111226" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">There Was a Hole</a></i></b> by Adam Lehrhaupt, illustrated by Carrie O'Neill<br />A conversation-starter about what grief and loss feels like<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635858753l/59089700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="307" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635858753l/59089700.jpg" width="154" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780525518488" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ice Cream Face</a></i></b> by Heidi Woodward Sheffield<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview4832700587">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.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627897837l/57552476._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627897837l/57552476._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781547606511" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home</a></i></b> by Zahra Marwan<br />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.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1644339101l/60372336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="302" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1644339101l/60372336.jpg" width="151" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593306345" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual</a></i></b> by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison<br />A stunning and emotionally charged book that takes a classic African American spiritual and modernizes it.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Currently reading:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="538" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="135" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338654585" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hummingbird</a></i></b> by Natalie Lloyd<br /><br /><b>Currently reading with my ears:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780451499783" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></i></b> by Susan Cain<br /><br /><br /><i style="color: #222222;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-26661870869985357612022-06-28T22:23:00.000-04:002022-06-28T22:23:01.149-04:00Run: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642286873l/57600413._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642286873l/57600413._SX318_.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">"First you march, then you run." </span></i><p></p><p>John Lewis' story doesn't end with the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Run Book One </i>is the story of tension within the membership of SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, that John Lewis was the leader of. What stands out most in reading this first book in the series are the comparisons the reader can make to what was happening in the 1960s to what is happening now -- how despite the progress that African Americans have made, white Americans always find a way to push back in an attempt to continue their oppressive behavior, both systemic and on an individual level. </p><p>I've been thinking a lot lately about how difficult it is to live in these turbulent times, thinking that every time you turn around something horrible is happening in our country or the world, but reading <b><i>Run</i></b> was a good reminder that this era does not hold a monopoly on continuous terrible events. The difference is, we just have instantaneous access to those events, therefore flooding our brains with constant anxiety and existential dread. </p><p>This book ends on a cliffhanger, which makes sense because it is intended to be a trilogy just like March. I'm really looking forward to reading the next book and if it were already available, I would be picking it up immediately. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781419730696" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Run: Book One</a></i></b> by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell<br /><b>Published:</b> August 3, 2021<br /><b>Publisher:</b> Abrams ComicArts<br /><b>Pages:</b> 152<br /><b>Genre:</b> Memoir/Graphic Novel<br /><b>Audience:</b> Young Adult/Adult<br /><b>Disclosure:</b> Free copy received at ALA conference 2022</div><p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Purchasing from the above Bookshop affiliate link supports independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></p>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-71918705762635213552022-06-22T00:00:00.001-04:002022-06-22T00:00:00.178-04:00Blog Tour: The Hurricanes of Weakerville by Chris Rylander<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1645391568l/59088288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1645391568l/59088288.jpg" width="132" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Publisher description:</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><i>All his life, Alex Weakerman has had one passion: baseball. Specifically, the Hurricanes of Weakerville, Iowa—the scrappy independent-league team owned by his Grandpa Ira.</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><i>Even as team and the town have fallen on tough times, there’s no place Alex would rather be than at the ballpark—a hot dog in one hand, a pencil and scorebook in the other, keeping track of each and every statistic. Alex has never been all that great at playing baseball, but that doesn’t matter. For someone as painfully awkward as Alex, being a fan—and a wiz with baseball stats—is all he needs.</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><i>When Grandpa Ira passes away, though, Alex is crushed. He’s lost his best friend, and he doesn’t see any way that the team will survive. But Ira, it seems, has one last trick up his sleeve: his will names Alex the new manager of the Hurricanes.</i></span></span></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><i><span id="docs-internal-guid-20b03972-7fff-5982-68ab-c4ceb9ea96f9"></span></i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Alex is as excited as he is terrified at the chance to finally put some of his fantasy baseball genius to use. But as he sets to work trying to win over the players, he soon learns that leading them to victory is about more than just stats. Will he be able to save his team, his hometown, and his family legacy?</span></i></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>The Hurricanes of Weakerville</i></b> by Chris Rylander is <b><i>The Sandlot</i></b> meets <b><i>Field of Dreams</i></b> meets <b><i>A League of Their Own</i></b>. As someone who is not a lover a baseball the sport, but loves a good baseball story, this book fills all the satisfying notes of a good baseball story: quirky characters, a David vs. Goliath trope, and a satisfying resolution. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About the Author:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8vN7jztRgat9UABopWpgnRnotrUcwjWlzFiSIyFk71d8A-dXrneWhr7Ls1qaPJsW5qPsHSEWY3OABNu7s09T1Cl2K-NSCVp-r_VtACw2MhMDIh0_e2wmx0nxyn43wcDRuYY5R29AvCPg8wuA_cxxRbaygrwRV-THmmLtEsp5x5LA0E4gcEVto4s/s250/rylander.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="200" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8vN7jztRgat9UABopWpgnRnotrUcwjWlzFiSIyFk71d8A-dXrneWhr7Ls1qaPJsW5qPsHSEWY3OABNu7s09T1Cl2K-NSCVp-r_VtACw2MhMDIh0_e2wmx0nxyn43wcDRuYY5R29AvCPg8wuA_cxxRbaygrwRV-THmmLtEsp5x5LA0E4gcEVto4s/s1600/rylander.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Rylander is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling “Fourth Stall” saga, the “Codename Conspiracy” trilogy, and co-author of book three in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New York Times</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> bestselling “House of Secrets” series. He lives in Chicago, where he eats a lot of raspberry jam and frequently tries to befriend the squirrels on his block.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Publishing June 28, 2022</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; 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font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6/21</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nerdy Book Club</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> @nerdybookclub</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6/22</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Foodie Bibliophile in Wanderlust</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> @bethshaum</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6/23</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.teacherswhoread.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teachers Who Read</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> @teachers_read</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6/27</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="http://litcoachlou.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LitCoachLou</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> @litcoachlou</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6/28</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bluestocking Thinking</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> @bluesockgirl</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6/29</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://walden-media.tumblr.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Walden Tumblr</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@waldenpondpress</span></span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-516ae8eb-7fff-9e69-3378-3d7a47481a4b"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7/1 </span><a href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> @grgenius</span></span></span></p>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-62403926004234991732022-06-13T00:00:00.002-04:002022-06-13T00:00:00.197-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 6-13-22<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Join me this Wednesday at 7 PM ET for NCTE's <a href="https://ncte.org/build-your-stack/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Build Your Stack</a> virtual event: The Best Books of the 2021-2022 School Year. Thanks Jen Vincent for inviting me to participate! You don't have to be an NCTE member to attend, but you do have to register in order to attend. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Jn7g1YxpT6NiyFGp8yBce_Rq5614p0C6mJv2sQQlony2-ZjhSXb8jWLeesi9yqHeGhSZglF87_r8B_T9rz1t5ZF3JEQd9X2FbEvXX5MSVcYec8zpaFgLPKNpblmeIQw91pkCv3kOWj_BND4QcZ4k00w4M1ql3hDH67xppow3IPVFUsohMNTRZ8w/s1536/BYS.png" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1536" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Jn7g1YxpT6NiyFGp8yBce_Rq5614p0C6mJv2sQQlony2-ZjhSXb8jWLeesi9yqHeGhSZglF87_r8B_T9rz1t5ZF3JEQd9X2FbEvXX5MSVcYec8zpaFgLPKNpblmeIQw91pkCv3kOWj_BND4QcZ4k00w4M1ql3hDH67xppow3IPVFUsohMNTRZ8w/s320/BYS.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I recently read and enjoyed:</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634414918l/59088367.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634414918l/59088367.jpg" width="133" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780063157835" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Name She Gave Me</a></i></b> by Betty Culley</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>The Name She Gave Me</i></b> is perfect for readers who loved Robin Benway's <b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062330635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Far From the Tree</a></i></b>. This book is a reminder that adoption isn't just about saving a life, it also leaves scars and there can be harm, trauma and dysfunction within adoptive families just as much as biological families. This book publishes on June 21st and I'm already planning on ordering a copy for my school library since I have quite a few students who loved Far From the Tree so I know they will devour this book. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1651415988l/60137605._SX318_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1651415988l/60137605._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781665927109" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noodle and the No Bones Day</a></i></b> by Jonathan Graziano, illustrated by Dan Tavis</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This book is an absolute delight. Jon Graziano and Noodle the pug have stolen our hearts on social media with their daily “readings” of whether it’s a Bones Day or No Bones Day. Jon Graziano has reminded us all what a joy and privilege it is to take care of a senior dog with all their quirks and frustrations. I especially love the message in this book to listen to your intuition and take care of yourself based on what your body is telling you to do rather than just powering through for the sake of The Hustle. For that reason it’s a great book for kids AND adults. <br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635250930l/59447016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="311" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635250930l/59447016.jpg" width="156" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780593377468" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Blur</a></i></b> by Minh Le, illustrated by Dan Santat<br />Minh Le and Dan Santat are required reading. Always.<br /><br />Great book for graduations in lieu of <b><i>Oh the Places You'll Go</i></b>.<br /><br /><b>Currently (still) reading:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="538" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="135" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338654585" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hummingbird</a></i></b> by Natalie Lloyd<br /><br /><b>Currently reading with my ears:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="color: #2188bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780451499783" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></i></b> by Susan Cain<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554240097l/39087436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554240097l/39087436.jpg" width="133" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062872005" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Can Make This Promise</a></i></b> by Christine Day<br /><br /><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-44379784541730212352022-06-06T00:00:00.001-04:002022-06-06T00:00:00.192-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 6-6-22<p> </p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Join me next week, June 15 at 7 PM ET for NCTE's <a href="https://ncte.org/build-your-stack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Build Your Stack</a> virtual event: The Best Books of the 2021-2022 School Year. Thanks Jen Vincent for inviting me to participate! You don't have to be an NCTE member to attend, but you do have to register in order to attend. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Jn7g1YxpT6NiyFGp8yBce_Rq5614p0C6mJv2sQQlony2-ZjhSXb8jWLeesi9yqHeGhSZglF87_r8B_T9rz1t5ZF3JEQd9X2FbEvXX5MSVcYec8zpaFgLPKNpblmeIQw91pkCv3kOWj_BND4QcZ4k00w4M1ql3hDH67xppow3IPVFUsohMNTRZ8w/s1536/BYS.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1536" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Jn7g1YxpT6NiyFGp8yBce_Rq5614p0C6mJv2sQQlony2-ZjhSXb8jWLeesi9yqHeGhSZglF87_r8B_T9rz1t5ZF3JEQd9X2FbEvXX5MSVcYec8zpaFgLPKNpblmeIQw91pkCv3kOWj_BND4QcZ4k00w4M1ql3hDH67xppow3IPVFUsohMNTRZ8w/s320/BYS.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b>I recently read and enjoyed:</b> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560957404l/45169415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bbdd66; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560957404l/45169415.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><span style="color: #181818; font-size: small;"><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062875860" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a></i></b> by Janae Marks</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px;">A wonderful middle grade novel that delves into the world of the wrongly convicted in both a gentle way but also in a way that pulls no punches. Highly recommend for classroom and school library collections.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633040895l/58713803._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2188bb; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633040895l/58713803._SY475_.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338636598" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Moonflower</a></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> by Kacen Callender<br /></span><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextreview4492721444">An incredibly innovative book by Kacen Callender that turns the experience of living with depression into a fantastical world of going into a spirit realm. For some readers this will be the exact book they need. For others it will be triggering. I found it to be both, which is why, despite the short page length, it took me over a month to complete. As teachers and librarians, we need to be aware that just because students might identify with the main character's struggles, it might be too tender a subject for them to read at a given time. I recently had a student tell me that she really enjoys reading books about other kids' mental health struggles because it makes her feel less alone. But for another student who is in the throes of their own depression, this might not be the right book at the right time. <br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1616736545l/57530621._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="305" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1616736545l/57530621._SY475_.jpg" width="128" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781567926972" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises and Other Lies from a Sinking Ship</a></i></b> by Chaney Kwak<br />This book describes the author's harrowing experience on the ill-fated Viking Sky cruise that almost met disaster in March of 2019. What was supposed to be an easy free-lance travel writing gig turned into the most difficult 27 hours of Chaney Kwak's life. The book reads like the plot of a disaster movie. The Passenger is a quick, easy, and satisfying read.<br /><br /><b>Currently reading:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="538" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634248085l/58719143.jpg" width="135" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338654585" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hummingbird</a></i></b> by Natalie Lloyd<br /><br /><b>Currently reading with my ears:</b><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="526" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637095772l/58734811.jpg" width="132" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780451499783" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></i></b> by Susan Cain<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Purchasing books from any of the above Bookshop affiliate links support independent bookstores and gives me a small percentage of the sale. </i></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-17607669017006852162022-05-23T00:00:00.001-04:002022-05-23T00:00:00.207-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5-23-22<p><br /></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="color: #8766dd; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvGevU5Syzo/Xq9vExY0XNI/AAAAAAAAC0w/xpNQNtJMT8MPs37NtmCqPAVrhPUR5ns3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/IMWAYR-Button%2B2020.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz1u6wnaZyt" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Teach Mentor Texts</a> along with Kellee and Ricki at <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Unleashing Readers</a>, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">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 </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1434969-beth" style="color: #8766dd; text-decoration-line: none;">Goodreads</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> page.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>Last week I read and enjoyed:</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1620080886l/54427153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bbdd66; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1620080886l/54427153.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="133" /></a><br style="color: #181818;" /><b style="color: #181818;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062993540" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World</a></i></b><span style="color: #181818;"> by Scott Keyes</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When a book completely changes the way you think about travel, that warrants 5 stars. While it is full of tips, details, and examples of how to find cheaper airfare, it can be boiled down essentially to this: find a cheap flight first, then build your trip around that rather than choosing the destination first.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">While that is an oversimplification of the book, that beginning premise helps the reader with a mindshift about travel and how it's better to approach travel by taking more, cheaper flights than fewer expensive ones.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Too bad the pandemic made me a tad agoraphobic, but now that I have this information in my back pocket, I can start thinking about the potential for travel again.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629118238l/58739418._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="318" height="171" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629118238l/58739418._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781646141104" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gibberish</a></i></b> by Young Vo</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Gibberish tells the story of a young boy named Dat who is new to the English language and what that feels like to be the new kid at school who doesn't understand everyone. That story arc isn't new, but the way Young Vo tells it and illustrates it is unlike anything I've seen before. His use of black and white cartoonish illustrations for Dat's surroundings along with emojis for dialogue that he doesn't understand really immerses the reader into Dat's world of unknowing. As Dat becomes more attuned to the English-speaking world and begins understanding more, his surroundings become more colorful and less cartoonish.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">This book is brilliant and so incredibly innovative. I'm calling it now: 2023 Caldecott medalist. I will be shocked if it doesn't at least win an honor.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1620713392l/57055874._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1620713392l/57055874._SX318_.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781250796998" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Hug a Pufferfish</a></i></b> by Ellie Peterson</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px;">A sweet and humorous book about consent about a good-natured pufferfish who just... prefers a heads-up if you want to hug him. And important book to add to the collection of books that are currently written about consent. Pair with <b><i>Can I Give You a Squish</i></b> by Emily Neilson.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630355611l/58484180._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630355611l/58484180._SX318_.jpg" width="164" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781984814777" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">School is Wherever I Am</a></i></b> by Ellie Peterson<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextreview4590470918">Learning happens everywhere... it doesn't have to only be in a building we call school.<br /><br /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636978578l/58932971._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636978578l/58932971._SX318_.jpg" width="163" /></a><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780399545498" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The World Belonged to Us</a></i></b> by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Leo Espinosa<br /><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span id="freeTextContainerreview4736575647">A tribute to the joys of summer when kids played in the street and always knew to come home when the streetlights came on with not an electronic device in sight.<br /><br /><br /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Currently reading:</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633040895l/58713803._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2188bb; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633040895l/58713803._SY475_.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="132" /></a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9781338636598" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2188bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Moonflower</a></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> by Kacen Callender<br /><br /><br /><b>Currently reading with my ears:</b><br /></span><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560957404l/45169415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560957404l/45169415.jpg" width="132" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /><b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/797/9780062875860" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a></i></b> by Janae Marks</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Beth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.com6