Celebrate Every Day With Books 11/18/2019 - 11/24/2019
It seems like everyday has some new theme to celebrate so I thought it might be fun to see what kind of interesting books I can find (new, old, or coming soon) for an everyday holiday. In fact, most days have more than one holiday!
Just so you know I have not read most of these but the ones I pick seem the most interesting. You can probably find tons more books for each holiday but I am only going to pick two books for one holiday a day.
Let me know what you think. Do any of them seem interesting to you? Is there another book you think would be a better choice?
Princess Day
Title: Princess: The Early Life Of Queen Elizabeth II by Jane Dismore
Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Biography, Royalty
What It Is About?: “...With previously unpublished material and unique memories from friends and relatives who have known her since childhood, this book looks afresh and in richer depth at her life as Princess, glittering yet isolating…” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: FEBRUARY 1ST 2020!
Title: The Princess Rules by Philippa Gregory and Illustrations by Chris Chatterton
Genre: Fiction, Juvenile, Fantasy, Royalty
What It Is About?: “From the New York Times bestselling author of The White Queen and The Other Boleyn Girl... Princess Florizella may live in a classic fairy-tale world, but she’s no ordinary princess…” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: MAY 12TH 2020!
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 19TH 2019
Camp Day
Title: Christmas Camp by Karen Schaler
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Holiday,
What It Is About?: “...Haley Hanson’s idea of the perfect Christmas is escaping to the Caribbean to work so she can avoid all the traditional Christmas distractions. Over the years, she’s sacrificed her personal life to climb the corporate ladder at a prestigious Boston advertising agency. Now she just needs to land a coveted Christmas toy company account to make her a partner. But first, her boss thinks she needs a holiday attitude adjustment and ships her off to a Christmas Camp at Holly Peak Inn to help her find her Christmas spirit…” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: Camping With Unicorns written and illustrated by Dana Simpson
Genre: Fiction, Juvenile, Fantasy, Unicorns
What It Is About?: “Life is never boring when your best friend is a unicorn! The latest installment in this bestselling series is full of mischief, magic, and adventure — as well as an important reminder to always stay true to yourself...”(from Goodreads.com)
Available: APRIL 7TH 2020!
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20TH 2019
Beautiful Day
Title: Dark Beauty by Lucy Costigan & Michael Cullen
Genre: Non-Fiction, Art,
What It Is About?: “...Dark Beauty will provide lovers of Clarke’s stained glass with the opportunity to view previously obscured or unnoticed details in all their unique beauty and inspire their own travels to view Clarke’s work. “ (from Goodreads.com)
Available: DECEMBER 27TH 2019!
Title: Beautiful Shades Of Brown by Nancy Churnin and illustrated by Felicia Marshall
Genre: Non-Fiction, Art, Juvenile, History
What It Is About?: “...Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. As a young woman studying art in Paris, she found inspiration in the works of Matisse and Gaugin to paint the people she knew best. Back in Philadelphia, the Harmon Foundation commissioned her to paint portraits of accomplished African-Americans. Her portraits still hang in Washington DC's National Portrait Gallery, where children of all races can admire the beautiful shades of brown she captured.” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: FEBRUARY 4TH 2020!
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21ST 2019
World Hello Day
Title: Hello by Aiko Ikegami
Genre: Fiction, Children, Picture Book,
What It Is About?: “A wordless picture book shows that the power of communicating can span across the galaxies.” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: Hello I Want To Die Please Fix Me by Anna Mehler Paperny
Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Depression
What It Is About?: “...In Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me, Mehler Paperny turns her journalist’s eye on her own experience and others’—in the ward; as an outpatient; facing family, friends, and coworkers; finding the right meds; trying to stay insured and employed. She interviews psychiatrists and other experts to reveal how primitive our methods of healing the brain still are—and provides an invaluable guide to a system struggling, and often failing, to help those in need. At once heartrending and humorous, outraging and serious, this is essential reading for anyone touched by depression—and that’s everyone.” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: MARCH 31ST 2020!
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22ND 2019
Stop Violence Day
Title: A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant And A Prayer Edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle
Genre: Essays, Women, Feminism, Short Stories
What It Is About?: “...These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of this issue’s effect on every one of us. With information on how to organize an “Until the Violence Stops” event in your community, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women…”(Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria De Gaetano
Genre: Non-Fiction, Parenting, Psychology
What It Is About?: “Completely revised and updated, a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth…” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD 2019
Fibonacci Day
Title: Fibonacci Zoo by Tom Robinson and Illustrated by Christina Wald
Genre: Non-Fiction, Children, Picture Book, Science, Math
What It Is About?: “When Eli and his father visit an unusual zoo, they count the creatures in each exhibit. Eli sees one alligator, then one bison, and next two camels. Soon a number pattern emerges and Eli thinks he can predict how many animals will be in the next exhibit. Explore the zoo with Eli as he runs ahead to test his hypothesis.” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: Finding Fibonacci by Keith Devlin
Genre: Non-fiction, Biography, Science, History
What It Is About?: “...In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci, or the "Book of Calculation," introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world. Although most famous for the Fibonacci numbers--which, it so happens, he didn't discover--Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand…” (Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24TH 2019
Mother Goose Parade Day
Title: Mother Goose Refigured by Christine A. Jones
Genre: Fiction, Folk Lore
What It Is About?: “...Designed for scholars, their classrooms, and other adult readers of fairy tales, Mother Goose Refigured promises to inspire new academic interpretations of the Mother Goose tales, particularly among readers who do not have access to the original French and have relied for their critical inquiries on traditional renderings of the tales.” (from Goodread.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: The Librarians And The Mother Goose Chase by Greg Cox
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Books Based on TV series
What It Is About?: “...Baird and her team of Librarians suspect that the magic of Mother Goose is again loose in the world, and with Flynn AWOL--again--it is up to Cassandra, Ezekiel, and Stone to track down the missing spellbook before the true power of the rhymes can be unleashed.”(from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
World Hello Day
Title: Hello by Aiko Ikegami
Genre: Fiction, Children, Picture Book,
What It Is About?: “A wordless picture book shows that the power of communicating can span across the galaxies.” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: Hello I Want To Die Please Fix Me by Anna Mehler Paperny
Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Depression
What It Is About?: “...In Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me, Mehler Paperny turns her journalist’s eye on her own experience and others’—in the ward; as an outpatient; facing family, friends, and coworkers; finding the right meds; trying to stay insured and employed. She interviews psychiatrists and other experts to reveal how primitive our methods of healing the brain still are—and provides an invaluable guide to a system struggling, and often failing, to help those in need. At once heartrending and humorous, outraging and serious, this is essential reading for anyone touched by depression—and that’s everyone.” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: MARCH 31ST 2020!
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22ND 2019
Stop Violence Day
Title: A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant And A Prayer Edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle
Genre: Essays, Women, Feminism, Short Stories
What It Is About?: “...These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of this issue’s effect on every one of us. With information on how to organize an “Until the Violence Stops” event in your community, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women…”(Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria De Gaetano
Genre: Non-Fiction, Parenting, Psychology
What It Is About?: “Completely revised and updated, a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth…” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD 2019
Fibonacci Day
Title: Fibonacci Zoo by Tom Robinson and Illustrated by Christina Wald
Genre: Non-Fiction, Children, Picture Book, Science, Math
What It Is About?: “When Eli and his father visit an unusual zoo, they count the creatures in each exhibit. Eli sees one alligator, then one bison, and next two camels. Soon a number pattern emerges and Eli thinks he can predict how many animals will be in the next exhibit. Explore the zoo with Eli as he runs ahead to test his hypothesis.” (from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: Finding Fibonacci by Keith Devlin
Genre: Non-fiction, Biography, Science, History
What It Is About?: “...In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci, or the "Book of Calculation," introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world. Although most famous for the Fibonacci numbers--which, it so happens, he didn't discover--Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand…” (Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24TH 2019
Mother Goose Parade Day
Title: Mother Goose Refigured by Christine A. Jones
Genre: Fiction, Folk Lore
What It Is About?: “...Designed for scholars, their classrooms, and other adult readers of fairy tales, Mother Goose Refigured promises to inspire new academic interpretations of the Mother Goose tales, particularly among readers who do not have access to the original French and have relied for their critical inquiries on traditional renderings of the tales.” (from Goodread.com)
Available: NOW!
Title: The Librarians And The Mother Goose Chase by Greg Cox
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Books Based on TV series
What It Is About?: “...Baird and her team of Librarians suspect that the magic of Mother Goose is again loose in the world, and with Flynn AWOL--again--it is up to Cassandra, Ezekiel, and Stone to track down the missing spellbook before the true power of the rhymes can be unleashed.”(from Goodreads.com)
Available: NOW!
