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.
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On this President’s Day, I don’t feel much like celebrating, but I am certainly reading to find the light in the darkness. On this day of protest, I stayed home due to the chilly temperatures and taking care of the house. It’s sunny and bright, which makes me feel a bit better, and knowing that I will share these new book titles at school soon gives me “warm fuzzies.”
Physical Books: I pulled a favorite out this morning – Light for the World to See by Kwame Alexander, which holds three poems he wrote a while back that almost make even more sense to read in 2025. Perfect!
I’m preparing for some read alouds and a presentation in March, and these new books are fantastic! They are lovely (and two are nonfiction, which I am always looking to add to my collection). Paula’s Patches by Gabriella Aldeman and Rocío Arreola Mendoza is about a girl who ripped her pants just as she entered the school building and tries to hide the hole from others. But the story is so much more than that! I love the idea of “patching” up items and problem-solving to “patch” feelings, too.
How to Bird by Rasha Hamid is for anyone who wants to learn how to notice, intentionally observe, and record findings while watching birds in your neighborhood. The book includes tools needed, steps to take, and ways you can share with others.
My favorite title of the week is Hello Beech Tree, also by Rasha Hamid and illustrated by Sofia Moore. This is the true story of a class of kindergarten students who loved a beech tree, lost that tree (it was chopped down), and reunited a few years later to plant a new tree in the school yard with a new kindergarten class. The book seems like a sweet fiction story, but it’s true! Just the kind of joy I needed to experience today. The back matter is critical in this book — I will read it aloud, too.
It’s Monday! What are YOU reading?
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