Early and rare warm evening, great for finishing this book on the porch. I loved this book, but lost some patience with abrupt scene changes. It's a great middle grade read that touches on mental illness (without the drama of suicide). It's rare to see budding romances at this level, but some kids crave that. 🏝 🇻🇬 #LGBTQ 🌈 #rainbowlibrary 🏳️‍🌈 #kidsneedtoseethemselves #bannedbook 🚫

🌀I received 2 copies of the physical book and yet I'm reading a Kindle version from the library.
🌀it's a 4 of 5 star book.
🌀I highlight using my Kindle, sometimes I use a notebook. If I own the book and plan to keep it, I'll take notes and underline, but I don't care for highlighter pens in my books. I love post-its.
😊 thanks for the tag @Eggs #thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94
#rainbowlibrary 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 #MGfiction

Cover reveal for upcoming book by Barnhill.

My dad urged me to read this. It's not my genre, but I enjoyed it and now I'm done. Reading had been a little hard lately. For several months I thought my job might get cut, in half or completely. I found out this week that I'm fine, but my teammate will get cut. So I'm grateful to continue in my work, but I have a bad case of survivor's remorse. #fundlibraries
#supportpublicschools

I have been putting off processing these hand me downs until today. The copies currently circulating are falling apart. Does anyone have a favorite book in this series?

Voting at my library begins on Monday for the #WCCPBA
The winning book will be announced soon after may 27th.

I did not care for this book, but I'm hearing a buzz among the kids that it will get a lot of votes. We'll be voting this week for the 2022 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award. I love seeing my students embrace silent read time like this guy. And so far the best use for these miserable chairs.

Happy #independentbookstoreday !
😊 thanks @rachelm for reminding me to go get books. As if I need an excuse to go buy books 😆

I really love this book about our shared experience during the start of the pandemic. #underthedustcover

I'm excited, this got nominated for the 2023 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award. #WCCPBA #underthedustcover

I'm curious if the audio version is by the author, because I could hear his voice while I read it.
I'm kinda tired of celebrity picture books, but I am also a Beatlemaniac. So my feelings about this book are complicated. I do like the #underthedustcover surprise 😮 ☺️

This freshly sheared sheep reminded me of my 🐐 (one week before her scheduled shearing - so shaggy). Gladys the Magic Chicken is an LOL epic odyssey including a map of chicken snacks - things chicken eat... not the other way around. Expect 🥚 plooping. Classic elements inc: narcissism, kidnapping, piracy. A rich adventure in ancient times.

I need to add this book to my biography section! Such an inspiring story about a great woman. First, public speaking is a talent and a skill. Second, having a person come to a school and speak to inspire students to choose important and seemingly unattainable careers is invaluable (which is what inspired Jordan to become a lawyer). This is a book my students can use.

This book is strange. The illustrations and the theme make be think the target audience is preschool to 1st grade. The vocabulary and reading level are +4 grade. So who is the target audience? Cute, but is it accessible?

I have mixed feeling about this book. Will my student care? We are not Chez Panisse clientele. The shoe eating scene is fascinating, but I think the book would have been more interesting with chapters. I think this story is in the wrong format. My students would be more interested in the story about the edible school yard. I'm glad the author included evidence of the character's privilege: her parents invested in her idea.

Happy 😊 🌎 earth day!
Even before I read about what a jerk this guy was, I thought it would make a great cat name. No kitten for this litten, though. The thought of a box of 💩 keeps be strong. 😆

My dad has leukemia. I haven't seen my parents since before C19. Both my mom and I have favorite radio shows on Sunday mornings. To get him out of her hair, she tells him to call me. So I've had to give up my Sunday ritual and take a call instead. That's more to do with the dynamic between me and my mom, but I will stop whatever I'm doing to have some time with my dad. He really wants me to read this. I am at: the size of the universe. Mind blown

I've been having a hard time adulting and instead living on Fraser's Ridge for the last couple of weeks. How do you keep from jumping right into the next book? Can you tell I've been living in that chair? Time to be in the present... for as long as I can stand it. #chunksterchallenge

Beezus wishes you a Happy #DEAR
We hope you get a chance to #dropeverythingandread in celebration of a life well lived and treasure of the PNW #BeverlyCleary

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2022/04/ohio-school-board-holds-emerge...

For those of you collecting banned book titles: here's the newest controversy.

Um. I'm not pleased with Lego. They've got great gold and bronze that would do well to represent faces around the world. Instead they omitted people on most pages that required people of color, or used stereotype accessories to depict nationality or culture. Females were out numbered at 5 for every 30 mini-figures in the book overall. I 💘 Lego, but... Kids need to see themselves in literature and their toys.

Beautiful book that describes a hurricane in terms and illustrations a kid could understand without being too frightening. I like the way everyone works together to clean up, the only thing missing is a hurricane party where they eat all their freezer food after the power goes out. I love this book, but I don't think my library needs it as much as libraries in the southern 🇺🇲 might. ⬇️

This book was in my Scholastic book fair so I read it to the kinders and 1st graders: we did the math problem, when I got to the first number, I wrote it on the board (turns out Kindergarten is working on 100th place this week). When we got to the end and worked the story problem, I asked the students how they got their answer. 3 ways to one - including, “I looked at the picture“. The students are always amazed when I can make library about math.

Finally got this book in my library and read it out loud to some of my students (seriously - donate new books to school libraries). If you need to make reading fun, this is a great resource.

Newest edition in the Unlimited Squirrels series: I recommend reading aloud, my favorite part "Hey corn! Hi corn!" Mo Willems is a genius for making reading fun. The emote-acorns generate vocabulary about feelings beyond happy or sad. And the pigeon makes an appearance every time. ?????

Happy national tartan day! I finally have a reason to hang my scottish flag. Our scottish heritage is faint, but evident in ways I can only imagine as I've never been to Scotland.

I'm this far into my April #chunksterchallenge
I didn't read at all last week, I couldn't go through the scene Claire endures with Hodge and his gang. I was just too exhausted from running a book fair and a book drive while teaching. But now I'm on my #springbreak and I can sit outside if the wind doesn't blow. In the next few days I'll catch up with some picture books (the library would like them back, they've written twice).

Another beautiful picture book by native author featuring a cultural heritage that almost vanished.

My to-do pile has shifted. After a book fair, receiving district funded books from Follett, and hosting a book drive, I now have 3 piles. 2 carts on the left are weed or mend books. Donations in the back, new books are on both sides of the cart on the right.

It's no wonder this is an award winning book. I love finding surprises #underthedustcover

Check out these #endpapers 🤩
If you teach fire safety to youngsters, you might like this book.

Kicked off our book fair with a mocktail party. Also hosting a book drive. I'm exhausted and we open to the public tomorrow. #scholasticbookfair

37 students will get a reading ticket which allows them to visit the book fair while it's closed with a staff member and chose a forever book. This is my favorite part. 😍 #scholasticbookfair

Here's a video link. We didn't get a many crates and we spread it out. We open to the public on Tuesday
https://youtube.com/shorts/sgc7RNhpwUc?feature=share
#scholasticbookfair

The next 2 weeks of my life leading up to spring break - and I still feel like a kid on Christmas when I see this truck. #scholasticbookfair #teacherlibrarian 🤩 my goal is to make it fun.

Spring break is coming. I've made 32% of my reading goal for this year & 92% of that is kidlit. I'm 38 days ahead of schedule, it's time to join the #chunksterchallenge2022
I'll start on this paperback and then when I get tired, download it to my kindle. #bookishproblems #outlander #reread

Labeled MG, but a strong reader in 1st or 2nd grade could read it. The RL is 4th, but the content is suitable. I 😍 books by K. Klise, she knows how to get into a kid's head. This was really 2 mysteries (Hitchcock influenced) with a cheerful ending. While inventive, it needed a map. So much of this book depended on the cul-de-sac where it took place, but included travel to a park, Scott Joplin's home, school and a homeless shelter. #dogsoflitsy

This is a great anthology of poetry in the format of a picture book. So far my favorite poem is about stereotyping. I think it's a great way to explain it to young kids. I need to add this social justice resource to my 🌈 Rainbow Library collection. Students will appreciate the youth activism, and BLM themes. This book inspires children to take part in making our 🌎 a better place.

Adorable and spooky 👻 story. World you know a ghost if you saw one? How many ghosts makes a fraid?

It's a good thing I have readers! I had already put in for a day off when this happened. All my back up pairs are single vision and less than perfect. I should just plan to be in a book all day.

I still have never won a free book. This is my son's favorite series. 😍 If I order it right now, I'll probably win a copy and end up with 2.

#shesaid My problem: I borrowed the Kindle version for 21 days. I saved notes, but gr doesn't tell me what page or chapter this is from. Based on comments in this week's thread, I think this is from this week's chapter. It takes practice, but I tend to shut down men that talk over me and argue circles around mansplainers. It may be why I'm a perpetually single cis-g female. I refuse to share my genius with anyone who can't appreciate it 😂😉

The Fan Brothers do it again! This gorgeous book offers a view of a magical world only known to kids and insects. #gazingbooks #everybodybooks

If your child likes Elephant & Piggie, you need to get the E&P Like Reading series. Everything by Mo Willems and all of the E&P Like Reading books include a random pigeon. The harder the book is to read the harder it is to find the pigeon. But this series features up and coming authors and target emergent readers. My students ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ them.

1. If you are even slightly obsessed with office supplies: you need this book.
2. Find the song, The Parting Glass and listen to that while you read this book.

An #everybody book that would make a sweet wedding gift or Valentine or anniversary card. I don't think I've ever read a more romantic picture book. The image is the #underthedustcover surprise.

All but one is overdue, I am already having a distracting Saturday. Fortunately the local library is open until 5. I think they have another book on hold for me, so I can't drop these off and not get more. Who can go into a library and get 1 book?

I had a student check this out from my 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 #rainbowlibrary 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 I let them know I hadn't read it yet and I hoped they would give me a review. It came back with this post it.

My #dogoflitsy repurposed my son's sofa-fort this morning. Not a rez dog. Bruchac is such a great author, a national treasure. 🇺🇸 He brings up history in this book that I didn't learn until I was in college, but that needs to be aired and never repeated. You will go away wanting to read Thoreau. Nothing bad happens to the dog, so no trigger warnings.

I never win these. I really hope I win this time. I'm looking forward to reading this new book. 😀