Monday Reading - New and Old to Enjoy!

 

          

    Visit Kellee and Ricki at UnleashingReaders and Jen at Teach Mentor Texts to see what they and others have been reading! Your TBR lists will grow!

     I had to skip something last week, simply too busy, thus I have a bunch to share. I hope you find some books you'll love among them.

      

         I shared reviews of these next two books on Friday, Oct. 17th, HERE!

Thanks to Penguin Random

House

for my copy!

        Full of many details of, no surprise, "Impossible Creatures", some readers will recognize, others are new, at least to me. The significant characters are young, strong, and persistent in solving, yes, seemingly impossible problems! Others bring differing emotions, both happy and sad, as well as anger and sometimes goodbyes! Some illustrations by Ashley Mackenzie are within the text, adding to the adventure, but one amazing part lies at the back. It's a compendium of the creatures, wonderfully illustrated by Ashley and explained by Katherine. The title is "The Guardian's Bestiary." You'll discover who the guardian is and much more when reading this book. Few other words fit it than "fantastic"! 

       EXTRA! The next one is planned for a 2025 September publishing! 

           A boy, alone, everything is precisely in place, until one day, waking earlier than usual, a few things, like the cactus beside his bed, are  OUT OF PLACE! Thus begins a story that will keep readers going, leaning forward, wondering, "What's on the next page?" It's fun and shocking because, yes, there is a bear! Illustrations carry the humor as the boy has a peek at something now and then. And finally, "Out of the Blue"! It's an older book, if you can find it, and so much fun!

 

               Aimee Lucido tells of family love and sharing food with LOTSA PASTA. She shows this celebration with lots of famiglia (family), and in an anthem of rhyme. Various relatives arrive for dinner and bring a favorite dish, or they make that dish at the house. Everything builds to the big meal, but, wait, does "Lotsa Pasta" mean too much? For a read-aloud while viewing the collaged illustrations of all the families AND the pasta by Mavisu Demirag brought me so many smiles. Can you imagine creating quite realistic pasta? Various cultural relatives arrive with their special names, in Italian, like nonna (grandma) and nonno (grandma), also zio (uncle), and others. " Here is one example of the fun story-telling: "Nonni Titi from Tahiti/only eats our spaghettini."