It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers have adapted it to focus on Picture Books to Young Adult Books.

Here is what jumped out of the pile this week...

Take Away the A by Michael Escoffier; Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo (Enchanted Lion Books, September 2014) - What a creative Alphabet book. Glad to finally find this one.

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach (Knopf Books for Young Readers, January 2015) - I love bears and I love humorous bear stories. This would be a fun read aloud.

You and Me by Susan Verde; Illustrated by Peter Reynolds (Abrams, January 2015)- A lovely friendship story.

Gaijin: American Prisoner of War by Matt Faulkner (Disney-Hyperion, April 2014) - A graphic novel that explores the American internment camps for Japanese Americans during WWII.

Nonfiction Titles that popped out from the pile:

Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century by Carole Boston Weatherford; Illustrated by Raúl Colón (Knopf Books for Young Readers, December 2014) - Picture book biography on Leontyne Price beautifully illustrated by Raúl Colón.

Raindrops Roll by April Pulley Sayre (Beach Lane Books, January 2015) - So far, a favorite nonfiction picture book of 2015.

Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Readers to Eaters, August 2014) - An interesting picture book biography on Alice Waters.

The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond by Patrick Dillon; Illustrated by Stephen Biesty (Candlewick, March 2014) - For those who love architecture, then this book is for you.

Stand There! She Shouted: The Invincible Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron by Susan Goldman Rubin; Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Candlewick Press, 2014) - A more in-depth biography on the life and art of Julia Margaret Cameron.

Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Million Trees by Franck Praevot (Charlesbridge, 2015) - The 5th picture book biography on this topic and probably my favorite.

Stop by on Wednesday for #NFPB2015 - the Nonfiction Picture Challenge of 2015: