#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