IMWAYR is a weekly blog hop with kid lit co-hosts Jennifer from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers. The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. It’s a great way to share what you’re reading and get recommendations from others. We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs each week.
Fresh off of Banned Books Week, I’m celebrating new titles for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. My friend, Traci Sorell, thank you for your enthusiasm about reading and teaching reading. Mascot (by Charles Waters and Sorell, published by Charlesbridge, 2023) is wonderful and timely. The front cover leads the story: “Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition.'” It’s way past time to think about how mascots can be (and are) racist, and this is the perfect day to celebrate Indigenous authors (and illustrators).
I’ll be reading Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen and Rez Ball by Byron Graves, both published by Heartdrum, this week, as well. Thank you to Cynthia Leitich Smith for continually posting amazing titles that I need to check out!
It’s Monday! What are YOU reading?
Reading Teacher Writes 