Welcome to a new weekly feature here on my author blog! I’m participating in Rena Traxel’s summer reading challenge and having a ton of fun while reading and discovering new and different picture books. Here are some photos from this week. Rena has challenged us to find new a different places to read with a different book each day. By the end of the summer, I will have read 62 picture books! Yay! This is the perfect challenge to encourage me to research in becoming a skilled picture book writer.
July 1st: I began with a bright red strawberry lemonade and enjoyed reading The Moccasin Goalie by William Roy Brownidge in celebration of Canada Day. After all what could be more Canadian than a story about a child who plays hockey on an outdoor ice rink while wearing moccasins? Read someplace in celebration.
July 2nd: Still celebrating from Canada Day, I moved my chair into a new spot and chose another Canadian picture book, When We Go Camping by Margriet Ruurs and Andrew Kiss. This book tells the story of the camping experience while at the same time serves as a search and find book with opportunities to look for animals camouflaged in their natural habitat. It has a very Canadian feeling. Read someplace new.
July 3rd: I found a swing! The Best Places to Read by Debbie Bertram, seemed a perfect choice for this reading spot. Though I’m not sure a swing like this one is best for reading as it makes holding on and swinging a little tricky. Still fun! Read on a swing.
July 4th: This was a week of hiking for me so I decided to take books along to some of my hiking spots. The first book was Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik which I took along to the Kinsol Trestle Bridge (built in 1920) where we hiked for the morning…14.8 km in my new hiking boots. No bears in sight on this hike. Whew! Read someplace old.
July 5th: We found a magical spot in East Sooke Park and my friend, Sara, asked me to read to her so I did: Spotted Owlets by Victoria Miles and Elizabeth Gatt was my book of choice. Read someplace magical.
July 6th: We found the perfect log while hiking in the Mystic Beach area and stopped to read The Owl and the Pussycat with illustrations by Stefanie Jorisch. This was just the right seaside location as the book begins “The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat”; I can picture them out for a ride… Read on a log.
July 7th: I sat on a park bench near my home to read this picture book about a very difficult topic: living in a residential school. Though this is not a part of our history to be proud of, we certainly do not want to ignore the injustices done to children in these British Columbia schools. Bravo for dealing with a difficult topic and making it appropriate for children. The book is titled Shin-chi’s Canoe is by Nicola I. Campbell. Read on a bench.
What will I be reading next week? Check back and find out! And though it is too late to join Rena’s challenge, you can still read along with me all summer! It’s easy, just pick a new book each day and try reading someplace new each day OR follow along with locations from Rena’s blog.
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