Good Morning,

If you don't already have it on a calendar, the first week of May is Children's Book Week! I haven't done much with that in the past, but am going to try to plan a few things this year. And there is another week in November.

Grace Lin created the poster for it this year, so she and I interviewed the women in charge of it for our podcast. Check out the episode here to listen and here to watch the YouTube Video!

And make sure to visit the Children's Book Week website for more information and some cool printables. :)

Melissa

Melissa Thom

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@MsThomBookitis

Bristow Middle School Teacher Librarian

West Hartford Public Schools

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Currently Reading:  

Elena Vanishing by Elena and Clare Dunkle

Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys and Andrew Weiner

Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson

At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerreo Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly

Currently Listening:

James by Percival Everett

Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser

Recently Finished:      

Puzzled: A Memoir about Growing Up with OCD by Pan Cooke

Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by Lance Rubin

The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People by Ben Boyington

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna

The Story of My Anger by Jasmine Mendez

🔥The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Heath and Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey, MD (HIGHLY recommended!)🔥

SOOOO Many More....

Check out my Podcasts:

* Joyful Learning Podcast

* The Bookish State: Tips and Tricks for Teachers and Librarians Podcast 

Book Blog (now retired)
http://www.msthomsbookitis.weebly.com  

On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM Musket, Kimberly <kmusket@wallingfordschools.org> wrote:

Hello, 

I am trying to set up monthly reading activities/challenges for next year. I'd like to focus on one thing per month. It can follow a theme for the month or not.

For example, September is library card sign up month. Our public library has a bingo sheet with reading and library card activities. We would encourage all students and staff members to take part in this. 

I guess I'm kind of picturing being able to give out a one page calendar that shows what is coming up for each month. 

Does anyone set up a 10 month plan of reading activities and/or challenges? If so, I'd love to hear how it works and what you think about it. How well is it received by students and staff? 

If anyone does something like this, would you be willing to meet with me virtually to talk about it? 

Thank you

Kim

Kim Musket

School Librarian

James H. Moran, Sr. Middle School

Currently Reading:
The Wedding People by Alison Espach (One Book, One Wallingford)

Listening to:
Medusa by Katherine Marsh

Recently finished:

The Sun Does Shine: An Innocent Man, A Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice by Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds

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