Here we are a few weeks into 2019! Students aren’t back on campus until Tuesday, so I’ve been  still spending time trying to get stuff done. I’m still working on that list of read alouds and still hope to begin the instructional videos to place on my Libguides. A lot of my energy is going into getting the We Are Kidlit Summer Reading List together.

While my blogging is still rather impromptu, I do think I have a few plans for this year. I have to give up all nonfiction/informational book reviews since I’m on the Sibert Committee. I’m going with the theme “Black Literacy” for February and am planning a series of posts during that time centered on all aspects of literacy as it relates to black youth. I’m sure my work planning for my upcoming class has me thinking along these lines.

This is a really short post, I have conference proposals to complete. Thinking about what I’m going to be doing on the blog has me thinking about what I have done. Here’s a little list of the most viewed posts and book reviews in 2018 and also since the blog began in 2006.

2018

Top Posts
#KidlitWomen : Margarita Engle
Monkey Business
on Negroes Monkeys and Apes
Little House, Big Mess
#Kidlitwomen : Black Girl Economics in Young Adult Fiction

Top Reviews
Monkey : Not Ready for Kindergarten
Baby Monkey Private Eye
Fire from the Rock
Booked
Amal Unbound

ALL TIME (2006- 2019)

Top Posts
SundayMorningReads
Sunday Reading Matters
#KidlitWomen : Margarita Engle
When Women Speak : Zetta Elliott
We’re the People Summer Reading List

Top Reviews
A Birthday Cake for George Washington
Fire from the Rock
Guest Review: When We Was Fierce
When We Was Fierce
Sunrise over Fallujah