books i've read december 2014

12.1.14

• Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland (Y)

12.2.14

• Wild by Emily Hughes (PB)
• Hello, Mr. Hulot by David Merveille & Jacques Tafi (PB)
• Poor Puppy and Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel (PB)
• The King's Taster by Kenneth Oppel, Steve Johnson, & Lou Francher (PB)
• Love Monster and the Perfect Present by Rachel Bright (PB)
• Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke (PB)
• Shark and Lobster's Amazing Undersea Adventure by Viviane Schwarz & Joel Stewart (PB)
• There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• Rosie's Magic Horse by Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake (PB)
• The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• Mal and Chad: The Biggest, Bestest Time Ever! by Stephen McCranie (GN)

12.3.14

• Oops by Mercer Mayer (PB)
• The Hating Book by Charlotte Zolotow (PB)
• Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray (PB)
• Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky & Carin Berger (PB)
• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas & Helen Oxenbury (PB)
• The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Connor (Y)
• Mal and Chad: Food Fight! by Stephen McCranie (GN)

12.4.14

•  Goddess Girls: Athena the Wise by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams (Y)
• Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Volume Two edited by David Petersen, Paul Morrissey, & Rebecca Taylor (GN)

12.7.14

• Barkbelly by Cat Weathrill (Y)
• Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Petersen (GN) 

12.8.14

• Goddess Girls: Aphrodite the Diva by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams (Y)

12.11.14

• Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman & Beth Krommes (Y-NF)
• A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston & Sylvia Long (Y-NF)
• Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus by Barbara Bash (Y-NF)

12.12.14

• Revealed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA) 

12.13.14

• Violet and Victor Write the Best-Ever Bookworm Book by Alice Kuipers & Bethanie Deeney Murguia (PB)
• The Animals' Santa by Jan Brett (PB)
• Just Right for Two by Tracey Corderoy & Rosalind Beardshaw (PB)
• The Way to the Zoo by John Burningham (PB)
• Bob's Hungry Ghost by Genevieve Cote (PB)
• Olive and the Embarrassing Gift by Tor Freeman (PB)
• Except If by Jim Averbeck (PB)
• Mrs. Mo's Monster by Paul Beavis (PB)
• Alone Together by Suzanne Bloom (PB)
• Cats Are Cats by Valeri Gorbachev (PB)
• Monkey and Robot: In the Garden by Felix Hayes & Hannah Broadway (PB)
• Square Cat ABC by Elizabeth Schoonmaker (PB)
• Naptime by Iris de Mouy (PB)
• The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin & Scott Magoon (PB)
• Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban & Alexis Deacon (Y)
• Hello Kitty: Work of Art by Giovanni Castro, Jacob Chabot, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo, & Maite Oz (GN)
• Bow-Wow's Nightmare Neighbors by Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague Cash (GN)
• Love You When... by Linda Kranz (PB)
• The Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins & Jill McElmurry (Y-NF)
• Malala, Iqbal: Two Stories of Bravery by Jeanette Winter (Y-NF) 

12.14.14

• Redeemed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)
• Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper & Raul the Third (GN)

12.16.14

• My Sister the Vampire: Take Two by Sienna Mercer (Y)

12.17.14

• Gay Men Draw Vaginas created by Shannon O'Malley & Keith Wilson (A-NF)
• Is There a Dog in This Book? by Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff & Eliza Wheeler (PB)
• Goatilocks and the Three Bears by Erica S. Perl & Arthur Howard (PB)
• Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Houghton (PB)
• Olga the Cloud by Nicoletta Costa (PB)
• Hello Kitty: Surprise! by Jacob Chabot, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo, & Anastassia Neislotova (GN)
• Hello Kitty: Just Imagine... by Giovanni Castro, Jacob Chabot, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo, & Sarah Goodreau (GN)
• Night Sky Dragons by Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham, & Patrick Benson (Y)
• Johnny Boo Does Something! by James Kochalka (GN) 

12.18.14

• Explorer: The Mystery Boxes edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)

12.19.14

• Terra Tempo: Ice Age Cataclysm! by David Shapiro, Christopher Herndon, & Erica Melville (GN)
• Terra Tempo: The Four Corners of Time by David Shapiro, Christopher Herndon, & Erica Melville (GN)
• Redwoods by Jason Chin (Y-NF)

12.21.14

• The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (Y)
• The Complete Adventures of Johnny Mutton by James Proimos (Y)

12.22.14

• What There Is Before There Is Anything There by Liniers (PB)
• Who's Next Door? by Mayuko Kishira & Jun Takabatake (PB)
• Bird Cat Dog by Lee Nordling & Meritxell Bosch (GN)
• Zubert by Charlie Sutcliffe (PB)
• The Sweetest Witch Around by Alison McGhee & Harry Bliss (PB)
• Arm in Arm by Remy Charlip (PB)
• Hermelin the Detective Mouse by Mini Grey (PB)
• The Day I Lost My Superpowers by Michael Escoffier & Kris di Giacomo (PB)
• Rupert Can Dance by Jules Feiffer (PB)
• Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents by Lita Judge (Y-NF)
• Explorer: The Lost Islands edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)

12.23.14

• The Motherless Oven by Rob Davis (GN)
• Terra Tempo: The Academy of Planetary Evolution b David R. Shapiro & Christopher Herndon (GN)

12.24.14

• My Sister the Vampire: Love Bites by Sienna Mercer (Y) 
• Feynman by Jim Ottaviani & Leland Myrick (GN)

12.25.14

• Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson (Y)
• The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha (A-NF)

12.26.14

• Shadowville by Michael Bartalos (PB)
• Doug Unplugs on the Farm by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Little Miss Hug by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• My First Book of Super-Villains by David Katz (PB)
• Always by Emma Dodd (PB)
• Here Comes Santa Cat by Deborah Underwood & Claudia Rueda (PB) 
• Corby Flood by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Y)

12.27.14

• A Crankenstein Valentine by Samantha Berger & Dan Santat (PB)
• The Great Googly Moogly by Courtney Dicmas (PB)
• Square Circle Moose by Kelly Bingham & Paul O. Zelinsky (PB)
• Surprise by Miles Van Hout (PB)
• One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl & Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• The Wolf Who Wanted to Change His Color by Orianne Lallemand & Eleonore Thuillier (PB)
• Some Bunny to Talk to: A Story About Going to Therapy by Cheryl Sterling, Paola Conte, Larissa Labay, & Tiphanie Beeke (Y-NF)
• Ewe and Aye by Candace Ryan & Stephanie Ruble (PB)
• Mister Horizontal & Miss Vertical by Noemie Revah & Olimpia Zagnoli (PB)
• The Hueys in None the Number: A Counting Adventure by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Goodnight Already! by Jory John & Benji Davies (PB)
• While We Were Out by Ho Baek Lee (PB)
• Frank! by Connah Brecon (PB)
• Miss Mousie's Blind Date by Tim Beiser & Rachel Berman (PB)
• Calvin, Look Out!: A Bookworm Birdie Gets Glasses by Jennifer Berne & Keith Bendis (PB)
• Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett & Melvyn Grant (PB)
• Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter (PB)
• Jane, the Fox & Me by Fanny Britt & Isabelle Arsenault (GN)
• You're Here! by Karla Oceanak & Julie Rowan-Zoch (PB)
• Buggy Bug by Chris Raschka (PB)
• Whale Shines: An Artistic Tale by Fiona Robinson (PB)
• The Tree House that Jack Built by Bonnie Verburg & Mark Teague (PB) 
• The Mutts Diaries by Patrick McDonnell (GN)
• A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack by William Joyce & Kenny Callicutt (PB)
• The Monsterator by Keith Graves (PB)
• Claude on the Slopes by Alex T. Smith (Y)
• Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (Y-NF)
• Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, & Gabrielle Grimard (Y-NF)
• When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, & Gabrielle Grimard (Y-NF)
• This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne (PB)

12.28.14

• Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow (YA)
• Mr. Thundermug by Cornelius Medvei (A)
• Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell (Y)
• Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon (Y)
• Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Wiener by Ursula Vernon (Y)
• Kalona's Fall by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)

12.29.14

• The Cake by Dorothee de Monfreid (PB) 
• In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang (GN)
• Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett & Adam Rex (PB)

12.30.14

• Superfab Saves the Day by Jean Leroy & Berengere Delaporte (PB)
• Betty Goes Bananas by Steve Antony (PB)
• I Wish I Could Draw by Cary Fagan (PB)
• Mr. Brown's Fantastic Hat by Ayano Imai (PB)
• A Patch of Black by Rachel Rooney & Deborah Allwright (PB)
• The Problem with Not Being Scared of Monsters by Dan Richards & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Mouse Guard: The Black Axe by David Petersen (GN)
• Benny and Penny in Just Pretend by Geoffrey Hayes (Y)
• Little Elliot, Big City by Mike Curato (PB)
• Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light (PB)
• If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian & Barbara Hirsch Lember (PB)
• Toys in Space by Mini Grey (PB) 
• Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell (GN)
• Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster by Ursula Vernon (Y)

12.31.14

• The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann (Y)

12.14 total: 145
84 picture books; 23 graphic novels; 20 youth fiction; 11 youth non fiction; 4 young adult fiction; 2 adult non fiction; 1 adult fiction