We’re Back !
Welcome to our third Bit About Books Summer Reading Challenge. Kathie and I loved Hike the Reading Trails last summer, so we decided to do it again, revising and building based on feedback. For anyone new here, you may be asking, “What does this mean to hike the reading trails with us?” Read on, and we will explain it all along with the changes we have made.
What are the Reading Trails?
We have included six trails from last year and add six more trails to explore. Below is the list of twelve popular genres/themes in #MGLit. Each reading trail consists of eight books; four suggested titles (which we may have read or want to read) and four for you to add to the list. Books are listed in alphabetical order but do not have to be read in order.
Familiar Trails
Action & Mysteries
Diversity & Multicultural
Family & Friendships
Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Social Issues
Trail Mix
New Trails to Explore
Debuts
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
Nonfiction
Novels in Verse
Pandemic Promotion
How Does the Hiking the Reading Trails Work?
The most important part is that You decide. Please adapt and make it work for you so that it is enjoyable. That being said, there are three ways to complete the trails.
Scout the Trails
Choosing this path, you will read one book from different trails. Of course, you can do more than one book on any of the paths – you can venture as far done a path as you like or even come back to it after trying a different hike.
Take in the View
Choosing this path will have you walk the entire trail, giving you eight books after completing the hike. Travelling this way may allow you to enjoy a favourite theme/genre or allow you to take in the view of a theme/genre new to you.
Off the Grid
In this scenario, you create your own trail – a trek you wish to explore and share with others about great middle-grade titles, not on the other hikes.
Below is access to all the images as PDF files.
So we hope you will join us, find some new titles and share some familiar ones released this year or the past year or two. For the challenge, we did our best to include titles released in May – July, but we did include titles published earlier this year that we have read and enjoyed. Please note this is our starter list, and we recognize there are many fabulous books to read, and we look forward to seeing what you have read this year! So let’s start today (May 15th), hike through summer, and end on August 31st. Please tag us when you are sharing on social media, ( Laurie (hnatiukl_turningthepage on Instagram and @lhnatiuk on Twitter and Kathie (@kathiemacisaac on Instagram and Twitter) so we can encourage your progress.
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May I create my own grid: “All the new #MGLit books in order of publication”? I’ll have to think about this one!
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Of course the key is to make it work for you! Kathie made a blank one for Scout the Trails that has 12 spots (one for each trail) we can add it or we can design a blank one for themes as well.
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