#Gearpicks Reading Power 2018 Connect Drawn Together – Minh Lê (connections to grandparents) I’m Sad – Michael Ian Black (connections to emotions) A Big Mooncake for Little Star – Grace Lin Alma and How She Got Her Name – Juana Martinez-Neal (connections to your name) I Hate Everyone – Naomi Danis Islandborn – Junot Díaz (connections to culture and family history) Quiet Please, Owen McPhee! – Trudy Ludwig (connections to being a good listener) Pie is for Sharing – Stephanie Parsley Ledyard (connecting to sharing) The Patchwork Bike – Maxine Beneba Clarke Me, My Selfie, and I – Jamie Lee Curtis Question My Wounded Island – Jacques Pasquet The Day the War Came – Nicola Davies The Antlered Ship – Dashka Slater Tintinnabula – Margo Lanagan The Stuff of Stars – Marion Dane Bauer Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse – Marcy Campbell Visualize Picture the Sky – Barbara Reid They Say Blue – Jillian Tamaki A Walk in the Forest – Maria Dek The Forest – Riccardo Bozzi Deep Underwater – Irene Luxbacher Tiny, Perfect Things – M H Clark Hello Lighthouse – Sophie Blackhall Red Sky at Night – Elly MacKay The Golden Glow – Benjamin Flouw When the Moon Comes – Paul Harbridge Run Wild – David Covell Infer The Outlaw – Nancy Vo The Big Umbrella – Amy June Bates Small Things – Mel Tregonning How to Be A Lion – Ed Vere Whale in a Fishbowl – Troy Howell We Are All Dots – Giancarlo Macrì The Wall in the Middle of the Book – Jon Agee Transform Be Kind – Pat Zietlow Miller Life – Cynthia Rylant What Matters – Alison Hughes All Are Welcome – Alexandra Penfold Funeral – Matt James The Day You Begin – Jacqueline Woodson Read more articles Previous PostIt’s Monday! What Are You Reading? Award Winners and Recent Favorites Next PostIMWAYR – Gifting Books This Christmas! Top Holiday Picks for 7-12 year olds
