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#ClassroomBookADay supporter, and author/illustrator of one of my favorite books about libraries (Where Are My Books?), Debbie Ridpath Ohi, has a new title coming this fall: I Want to Read ALL the Books!  I just read a digital preview and it's super cute and I think it will be a great fit with cbad & book clubs & libraries & all the reasons we like to read and learn and share. 

Out September 17th, but you can preorder now! https://bookshop.org/a/838/9781481416306

I do not understand the brilliance of Eliot's brain, but am grateful we get to experience the benefit of it. And I am SO glad we got this continuation and expansion of Ambrose & Kodiak's story and the humanity it contains. It's phenomenal. The perspective flips & the way each Part connects to the next at the exact right moments.🤯 It's giving that same must keep reading to find out what's next pacing of Darkness. And all the insights we get that connect back to the whys and hows of the first book and where this world ended up + the love & desire for connection inherent in it all. It's just so, so good. Do not miss this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us!! 

I need the next one like now... But have to wait a really long time since this one isn't even out until October! 

Long uses his signature illustration style, along with color spotlights, to visually and descriptively showcase the joy the title character gets from fulfilling its purpose of community support. The emotional strength of the book shines a light on the interconnectedness of people, places, and things as life morphs and changes, and so does the bus, growing older and adapting to those outside forces that drive us while staying true to our hearts and finding our joy in new circumstances and abilities. Long powerfully uses perspective shifts in his stunning illustrations - made even more impactful by including a note at the end about his inspiration for the story and process of creating this art. A beautiful story to share, especially for discussions of theme with students.

The use of the personified bus would pair well with A Home Again.