In My Mailbox – New Books This Week (41)

In My Mailbox is a posting idea run by Kristi at The Story Siren (read all about it here: In My Mailbox)
for bloggers to share the books they’ve gotten that
week to help publicize as many titles as possible. It’s a
little preview on what book reviews to anticipate along with
a way to build excitement about new titles coming out.
All titles link to goodreads so you can add books to your
“to-read” list.

Bought

OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy
Have heard great things about this one and the premise sounds so good, plus the author is a former teacher. Can’t wait to finally read it.

For Review

CHAINED (ARC) by Lynne Kelly
A multicultural middle grades title releasing on May 8th that will be part of my Class of 2K12 review/author interview series coming next year.




Picture Books: 
Since it’s National Picture Book month, I thought I’d highlight a few I got this week.

BOOKSPEAK! Poems About Books by Laura Purdie Salas
Recommended on twitter by @donalynbooks and I loved it! All poems about books and I can’t wait to use it with my students!

I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klassen
Had fun reading this one with students and debating my conflicted feelings on twitter with @colbysharp and @mentortexts who made the recommendation to get it

GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCE by Giles Andreae
This is an older one that I discovered and it just seemed so cute-with a nice anti-bullying message and great rhyming