What Have You Been Up to This Summer?

I don't know about you, but it is hard not to think about school.  I miss my students, and can't wait to get back to teaching.   I am wrapping up my last class and all the requirements for my graduate program.  I will become officially certified to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).  Yay!

I have been also catching up on my reading. 
                                                                   So far, I have read:

                                                                 The Water is Wide, by Pat Conroy
                                                                 Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg

                                               also many "teacher" books like:

                                              Lessons in Comprehension, by Frank Serafini
                                              Around the Reading Workshop in 180 Days, by Frank Serafini
                                             How to Read Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas Foster
                                             Notebook Know How, by Aimee Buckner (a reread)

                                              and some really interesting children's literature, like:

                                              A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon
                                            Bluebird, by Bob Staake
                                            City Dog, Country Frog, by Mo Willems
                                            Me...Jane, by Patrick McDonnell
                                            Moses, by Boston Weatherford
                                            We Are the Ship, by Kadir Nelson
                                            Heart and Soul, by Kadir Nelson
                                            Henry's Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine
                                            Unspoken, by Henry Cole

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