It's Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. Kellee Moye, of Unleashing Readers, and Jen Vincent of Teach Mentor Texts decided to give It's Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. We encourage everyone who participates to visit at least three of the other kidlit book bloggers that link up and leave comments for them.

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If you have read my Happy New Year post, you will know the second half of 2017 was a bit of a challenge for me. As a result, I haven't been doing my typical IMWAYR posts. It's a new year and I am working to get back into a regular blogging routine and participating in communities that I love. My titles for today are limited since I will be sharing some tomorrow and others on Wednesday as part of the weekly challenges (see below).

Here are some of the books that I have been reading recently...

One Last Word: Wisdom From the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes (Bloomsbury, January 3, 2017) - A beautiful collection of poems to celebrate the Harlem Renaissance.

A Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily Jenkins; Illustrated by Chris Appelhans (Schwartz & Wade, January 3, 2017) - This tongue-twister read aloud will be one to get a few chuckles.

I Am Not a Chair by Ross Burach (HarperCollins, February 14, 2017) - A humorous read aloud about the confusion between a giraffe and a chair.

The Princess and The Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh (Harry N. Abrams, September 2016) - A fascinating legend about two of Mexico's volcanoes.

Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim; Illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Nancy Paulsen Books, October 2016) - A wonderful picture book biography about John Lewis.

If you are interested in several book challenges, check out the following posts from this past week:

#Road2Reading Challenge with Michele Knott of Mrs. Knott's Book Nook

Recently, I discovered that for many of us, we rely on the same few early readers and transitional chapter book series. Michele and I hope to introduce everyone to many new books over the course of the year. Check out the first post here.

Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge #NFPB2017