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IMWAYR: Congratulations to the #ALAYMA Winners!

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.

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I’m taking a detour here to say CONGRATULATIONS to the #ALAYMA winners! There were so many titles that students recognized this morning and we were cheering and running around the library to pull books off the shelves for a display. I’m happy to say that many of my friends “got the call”: Chris Baron, Kyle Lukoff, Kekla Magoon, Lisa Fipps, Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper, Raul the Third, Traci Sorell, Melissa Stewart, Cynthia Levinson, Nikki Grimes, Grace Lin, Rajani LaRocca, WOW! Congratulations, my friends! I’m so happy for you all! (Note #1: Many of the titles are checked out right now, and I still have a Newbery Medalist book to buy. That’s why you don’t see them all in the picture. Note #2: I correctly chose the Caldecott Medalist for the first time! Congratulations Jason Chin (and Andrea Wang) and thank you for the beautiful book, Watercress.)

It’s Monday! What are YOU reading? I think I’ll revisit some of these titles in the next couple of weeks –So much to celebrate!

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IMWAYR: Chilly Evenings Call for Chilling Books

It’s getting darker earlier. It’s cold outside. The end of October is here. This is a good week for some chilling tales (and more).

Chilling Tales…

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds, brought to life by Danica Novgorodoff, literally gave me chills. The graphic novel is so much more haunting than the original!

Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker was a Newbery Honor Book and I’ve saved it especially for this week — “The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No Fox Kit Is Safe.” Eek! I’d better have my blanket for when I need to cover my face.

And More…

Class Act, by Jerry Craft — I don’t know what to say, except…WOW! This companion novel focuses on Drew, Jordan’s friend from (Newbery Award Winner) New Kid, and his story is everything I expected and more.

It’s Monday! What are YOU reading? 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.


Leave a comment

IMWAYR: Chilly Evenings Call for Chilling Books

It’s getting darker earlier. It’s cold outside. The end of October is here. This is a good week for some chilling tales (and more).

Chilling Tales…

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds, brought to life by Danica Novgorodoff, literally gave me chills. The graphic novel is so much more haunting than the original!

Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker was a Newbery Honor Book and I’ve saved it especially for this week — “The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No Fox Kit Is Safe.” Eek! I’d better have my blanket for when I need to cover my face.

And More…

Class Act, by Jerry Craft — I don’t know what to say, except…WOW! This companion novel focuses on Drew, Jordan’s friend from (Newbery Award Winner) New Kid, and his story is everything I expected and more.

It’s Monday! What are YOU reading? 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.