It's Monday! What are you reading?

As usual, I've got more than one book going on at a time!  I'm still reading Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus--and I'm really enjoying it--but I had to set it aside for a moment to read a Bluebonnet Award Nominee, Bernice Buttman, Model Citizen by Niki Lenz.

Fifth-grader Bernice is one of those kids a teacher can't help but feel sorry for--the kind always getting in trouble as armor against expected insults, with big budget dreams but living with a low budget family.  You'd think the hardest blow would come from her mother taking Bernice's fraudulently-earned money, but then Mom and her boyfriend decide to move to California, leaving the older brothers to fend for themselves and Bernice in the care of an aunt...who just happens to be a nun, living miles away in a small town.  Can Bernice change her ways and fit in to her new surroundings, as her hometown librarian suggests?

I love that the public librarian is Bernice's email-pal in this book, and that we get to hear the story through Bernice's perspective.  I'm a little more than halfway through, and have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be smiling at the end.

My educational reading during the next few weeks is How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.  This is a book for young adults on up.  I'm participating in a book study offered by my school district, and hope to learn more about my behaviors and thoughts regarding racism and learn ways to promote equity in my school and library.

On a side note:  this is the last "It's Monday, What Are You Reading?" post that I'll be tweeting out on Sommer Library's Twitter account.  Since I'll be rejoining the staff of Anderson Mill Elementary School in the fall (as their librarian this time!), I will be posting this blog on that account starting at the end of July.  I will continue sharing it on my personal Twitter account as well-- @cmargocs.

Thanks to all who read this blog and are following me on my journey as a librarian in Round Rock ISD!  It's Monday--what are you reading this week to learn something new, and to bring a smile to your face?