IMWAYR: Veterans Day!

It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a weekly blog hop hosted by Kellee and Ricki of 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.

Head over to Unleashing Readers to join the link-up and share your reading!

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you all for your service.

Here are some library books that celebrate and recognize our finest:

Veterans Day (Celebrating Holidays) by Rachel Grack

Bellwether Media, Minneapolis, MN, 2018

(A Blastoff Reader, 2)

What Is Veterans Day? by Elaine Landau

Enslow Publishers, Inc., Berkeley Heights, NJ, 2012

(I Like Holidays series)

Veterans Day by Arlene Worsley

AV2 by Weigl, New York, NY, 2011

(American Celebrations series)

Veterans Day by Meredith Dash

ABDO Kids, Minneapolis, MN, 2015

Twenty-One Steps by Jeff Gottesfeld and Matt Tavares (2021)

Hero Mom by Melinda Hardin and Bryan Langdo (2013)

Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Nethery (2009)

Sergeant Reckless by Patricia McCormick and Iacopo Bruno (2020)

Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner and Greg Ruth (2017)

Shooting Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by John Hendrix (2014)

The Wall by Eve Bunting and Ronald Himler (1992)

The Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins and James Proimos (2013)

I found a YouTube video with Suzanne Collins and James Proimos talking about creating this book. Ms. Collins (Students will recognize her as the author of The Hunger Games series) explains the memories she had of her father while he was away from home and how she got the idea for this book. (Click here – Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins and James Proimos.)

It’s Monday! What are YOU reading? Have a great week!

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