Jen at Teach Mentor Texts has the link-up. Go check out what everybody's reading!
I'm getting ready for the summer edition of #bookaday and Mother Reader's 48 Hour Reading Challenge. Here are my three stacks:
General TBR
Fish Finelli (Book 2): Operation Fireball
(you know me...I'll have to find
the first book in the series before I can read this one...)
(you know me...I'll have to findthe first book in the series before I can read this one...)
Professional Reads/Annual Re-Reads
I'm sure I'll add more to this stack as the summer goes by. I can't wait to dig into
For the NCTE Excellence in Poetry Committee
I've already read a couple of these. I'm most looking forward to
next.
is back on the shelf in my classroom -- I released it into the wild before I read it, so I may sneak back into school and read it while I can.
...for a LONG TIME! Louise is a great friend of mine and I love every book she's written. This one is EXTRA FABULOUS! I loved it. My kids loved it. Even my husband loved it. Just an amazing celebration of baseball. So much information with Louise's poetic style. A definite must-have for almost every age!
by 
gave me the first time I read it. There is something about the language and the characters and the feeling of the book that are all just right. I can't believe that this is Natalie Lloyd's first novel. She is one brilliant writer and I am already excited to see what she writes next. A must read middle grade novel FOR SURE!
. Heinemann has posted a sample chapter for readers so I read that this week. The chapter they released is one on mentors and it is brilliant! Such a fresh look at mentors in our teaching. I can't wait to read the rest of this book when it is released in March!
on my list for months and figured I might as well read it while it is still snow and cold. It does not seem like a spring/summer read. But the book is already sad so I think I'm going to put it back on my stack and try something else. 