It's Monday - April 15th
Welcome back to "It's Monday, What are you reading?" Big thanks, as always, to the Teach Mentor Texts team. Check out their blog for more fan-tastic posts.
Why yes, I did skip posting last week.
There's this man, you see... and it's all his fault.

But I'm back, and I did actually read enough over the course of the last TWO weeks to share it with you today!
Science Fiction:
I listened to Hitchhiker's Guide as part of my A-Okay to Reread commitment, and it still cracks me up completely. My son is also devouring the series.
Aliens on Vacation was a great middle grade read! I wrote about it for this week's SciFriday.
Sidekicked was a wonderful addition to the superhero genre! Solidly middle grade, but with depth and some darkness to the tale. I'll do a full review closer to the release date.
Graphic Novels / Comics
Chances are good that I won't make it through all the requirements for the SuperMooc on Gender in Comics - I definitely bit off more than I can chew. But I read these for the first week's discussion.
I'm currently working through Superman: Birthright for week 2. I do intend to read the interviews with the creators. (They interviewed Terry Moore week one and Mark Waid week 2... I can't wait until it's time for Gail Simone's turn!)
Feminist Reads Challenge / Picture book Biography
FABULOUS! I wrote this up for the Kid Lit Frenzy's Nonfiction Picture Book link (not last week, but the week before). I even gave some ideas on how to use it as a mentor text for student biography projects.

Last, and probably least...
I read this one because I'm looking for books to use as choices for a group that just finished Sign of the Beaver (I want to offer them choices for "survival" as a theme.) This one was good, but not great.
Don't miss the second post in the Batty About Books series of discussions about The Colossus Rises, either!
Allons-y!
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