This Week in Booktube: April 19, 2026

(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below.  Support Booktube.  And let me know what you've watched this past week.)

Google document: docs, pub

Abby Reads The Quarter-Year Crisis Tag

Steve Donoghue 10 Years on BookTube: Some Things I've Learned!

Bucky749 Seriously well read book tag

Bookish Dear Conservative Booktube

Steve Donoghue Epic Comic Book Wednesday Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow

Alison Talks Books I Don't Want to *OpTiMiZe* My Booktube Channel

Library of a Viking BookTube Just Changed… And No One Is Talking About Why

jim's books reading & stuff The Seriously Well-Read Tag

Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

Bucky749 Magazine review : Sherlock Holmes mystery magazine issue 22 .

Started: Animal Farm by George Orwell  (This is a reread.  I've read this book several times before, and I've mentioned this book on this blog before here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.  But I've never reviewed it on this blog before, so I figured it was time to read it one more time, and give it a proper review.)

Wege Foundation Natural Area / Wittenbach Agri Science Center (Early Spring)

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Wege Foundation Natural Area / Wittenbach Agri Science Center (Early Spring)

Address: 11715 Vergennes St SE, Lowell, MI 49331

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Vergennes Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4fz27GNfaz4l0l2E2fKlT6&si=iv_8UnWmcTgO-VQt

Word Family -ug | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

I used this video in my classes to help students learn the -ug word family.

-ug Word Family (CVC words)

(TESOL Ideas and Worksheets Subdivisions)

* Word Family -ug | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

See also: CVC Word Patterns

Hooray! A new Historia Civilis video.

The City.

Townsend Park (Early Spring)

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Townsend Park

Address: 8280 6 Mile Rd NE, Rockford, MI 49341

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Cannon Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6hkF2A59svTyIrJ15P8d8j&si=KiNUNTLvjcFxfewr

Pickerel Lake Park - Fred Meijer Nature Preserve (Early Spring)

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Pickerel Lake Park - Fred Meijer Nature Preserve (Early Spring)

Address: 6001 Ramsdell Dr NE, Rockford, MI 49341

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Cannon Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6hkF2A59svTyIrJ15P8d8j&si=KiNUNTLvjcFxfewr

The Nurse's Office Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--School Vocabulary)

* Slideshow: slides, pub

* Coloring Sheet: docs, pub

I used Gemini Storybook to create the story that is on the slideshow.  However at the time I created this lesson, I was having problems with Gemini Storybook in my personal account.  So I created the storybook with my work account.  I am unable to share stuff created from my work account, but I copied and pasted the images from that account onto the slideshow.  (Unfortunately Gemini Storybook seems to sometimes glitch from time to time.  I'll have several days at a time when it is unusable, and then it will start working again.)  

[Note: These are all materials that I used to supplement the lesson p.50-51 The Nurses Office from Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific choice of vocabulary in the storybook and other materials is influenced by that lesson.   But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on school vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

The Seriously Well-Read Tag

This tag was created by Randy Ray: https://youtu.be/gzqBEFNupfg?si=fSbU709XGrjHIIOt

I was tagged by jim's books reading & stuff: https://youtu.be/BIjTFumeQX0?si=Obz7tlEdtAK5vqAC

1- What book made you take reading seriously? 

2- What book did you pretend to understand? Be honest. 

3- Which three books are on your personal “required reading” list?

4-  What author have you been avoiding? 

5- What’s the hardest book you’ve ever finished?

6- What’s a book that changed how you read? 

7- Quality vs. quantity — would you rather read 100 good books in a year or 10 great books?

8- Which genre are you embarrassed to say you have not read?

9- Which book do you think most people misread? 

10- What does “seriously well-read” mean to you? 

Tag others.

I tag:

 @DerekGreen1  

 @mindysbookjourney  

 @WilliamsLibrary  

 @Bucky749  

 @bethannebruninga-socolar  

Links to stuff mentioned:

Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction: https://youtu.be/PG8OYXT1onE

The angry comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG8OYXT1onE&lc=UgwUgxlSkZC9hyrLzCh4AaABAg

From Reader to Reading Teacher: https://youtu.be/w11zC8oBo_g

Tag Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x68GfUHYtDeSJLo6gwRKIID