TBR-To Be Read. For me this list is often endless and filled with picture books, children's books, YA, adult, magazine articles, blog posts and random rabbit holes that I find myself falling into. In this post, I am going to give you an update of what I have been looking at and perusing. Some of the titles I have read, some are on my list of TBR.
(and a new edition that I am going to try to add at the end of my blog posts)
I am currently reading The Book of Essie by Meghan Maclean (for book club that meets next week), listening to The Hating Game by Sally Thorne and my new favorite TV series of the week is The Code on CBS (episode 2 just aired on Monday, it reminds me of JAG and NCIS).
#1 The Donkey Egg by by Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel.
This one came in my Junior Library Guild book box recently and I judged it by it's cover. It just didn't look all that exciting to me. However, thanks to the new Facebook groups that I have joined with other's in the trenches of School Libraries, I gave this one another shot. It is a cute story of a grumpy old bear who is sold a donkey egg from a sly fox. That bear takes his new job of keeping the egg warm, cared for and loved in hopes of meeting his new baby donkey. Well, as we all know donkeys do not hatch from eggs but Bear and Hare take what looks like a lemon (or watermelon in this case) and make it work for them. This is a very heartwarming story that is fun to share with your students, children or just when you need a dose of humanity again. This book really reminded me of Horton Hatches an Egg by Dr. Seuss, one of my favorite Seuss titles.#2 The Remember Balloons by by Jessie Oliveros and Dana Wulfekotte
This one hit me near and dear to my heart and I will be honest I had to take a moment after reading it to compose myself. It is not a book that I could share with a class as I don't know if I could share it without doing an ugly cry in front of the students, but it is worth a read. Author Jessie Oliveros does a fantastic job of explaining how Alzheimer's looks from a child's perspective and how they can cope with loved ones not remembering the many different events that they have had with family.#3 The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
This one is on my TBR list, we have a copy of it at both schools because I think it is going to be THAT good. Now, it does have some sad themes in it as it is about Rodeo and Coyote, a father daughter pair who are driving cross country in a school bus after some family death. Needing to return home, they encounter a eclectic group of people as they deal with their grief and life. If you have read this one please add a comment.(and a new edition that I am going to try to add at the end of my blog posts)
I am currently reading The Book of Essie by Meghan Maclean (for book club that meets next week), listening to The Hating Game by Sally Thorne and my new favorite TV series of the week is The Code on CBS (episode 2 just aired on Monday, it reminds me of JAG and NCIS).
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| This quote I think is very fitting as we are starting to wrap up 2018-19 and journey into the 2019-20 school year. I got it from The Educated Minds page on Facebook. |
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