books i've read february 2021 (during the pandemic)

 2.2.21

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (YA)
• Little Hugs from Little Loves by Mark Sperring & Maddie Frost (PB)
• Little Love by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Mario Cocklico (PB)
• Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Beth Griffin & Maribel Lechuga (PB)
• I Am the Storm by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Kristen Howdeshell, & Kevin Howdeshell (PB)
• The Secret Fawn by Kallie George & Elly Mackay (PB)
• On Sleepy Hill by Patricia Hegarty & Xuan Le (PB)
• Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light by Apryl Stott (PB)
• Ruby and the Booker Boys: Brand-New School, Brave New Ruby by Derrick Barnes (Y)

2.3.21

• Blankie by Ben Clanton (PB)
• Bubbles by Ben Clanton (PB)
• Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood & Sally Wern Comport (YNF)
• The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow & Steven Salerno (YNF)
• Bunnybear by Andrea J. Loney & Carmen Saldana (PB)
• A Night Out with Mama by Quvenzhane Wallis & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Thanksgiving for Emily Ann by Teresa Johnston & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Hannah Sparkles: A Friend Through Rain or Shine by Robin Mellom & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Hannah Sparkles: Hooray for the First Day of School! by Robin Mellom & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)

2.4.21

• Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her by Amy Novesky & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (YNF)
• A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth Fishman & Isabel Greenberg (YNF)
• The Ocean in Your Bathtub by Seth Fishman & Isabel Greenberg (YNF)
• Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor (PB)
• Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes & Elizabeth Zunon (PB)
• Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry & Juana Martinez-Neal (PB)
• Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina by Lea Lyon, A. LaFaye, & Jessica Gibson (YNF)
• Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration by Samara Cole Doyon & Kaylani Juanita (PB)
• A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story by Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan, & Floyd Cooper (YNF)
• Cool Cuts by Mechal Renee Roe (PB)
• Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery & Rebecca Green (YNF)
• Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho & Dung Ho (PB)
• Bedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki Grimes & Elizabeth Zunon (PB)
• Peace Talks by Jim Butcher (A)

2.6.21

• Max and the Won't Go to Bed Show by Mark Sperring & Sarah Warburton (PB)
• Southwest Sunrise by Nikki Grimes & Wendell Minor (PB)
• Your Hand in My Hand by Mark Sperring & Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes & Bryan Collier (YNF)
• Blizzard by John Rocco (YNF)
• The Sunflower Sword by Mark Sperring & Miriam Latimer (PB)
• Best Behavior by Patricia Hegarty & Sakshi Mangal (PB)
• Five Black Cats by Patricia Hegarty & Julia Woolf (PB)
• Taking on the Plastics Crisis by Hannah Testa (YANF)
• The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown (GN)
• The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (GN)

2.7.21

• Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju (YA)
• Strange Academy #7 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, & Edgar Delgado (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer #21 by Jordie Bellaire, Jeremy Lambert, Andres Genolet, & Raul Angulo (C)
• Firefly #24 by Greg Pak, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Daniel Bayliss, & Marcelo Costa (C)
• Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #1 by Greg Pak, Dan McDaid, Vincenzo Federici, & Marcelo Costa (C)
• Firefly #25 by Greg Pak, Pius Bak, & Marcelo Costa (C)
• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendon Kiely (YA)
• How to Carry Water: Selected Poems by Lucille Clifton & Aracelis Girmay (Ed.) (ANF)

2.9.21

• Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs (A)

2.11.21

• Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer (Y)
• When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle (YA)

2.13.21

• Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon (YANF)
• The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae (ANF)
• Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (YA)
• Notes on a Case of Melancholia, Or: A Little Death by Nicholas Gurewitch (GN)
• The Boy Who Became a Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story by Jim D. Bartolo (GN)

2.14.21

• The Most Wonderful Gift in the World by Mark Sperring & Lucy Fleming (PB)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Sleep Tight, Little Bear by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• I'll Catch You If You Fall by Mark Sperring & Layn Marlow (PB)
• Think Smart, Be Fearless: A Biography of Bill Gates by Sharon Mentyka & Vivien Mildenberger (YNF)
• From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom, Wai-Yant Li, & Kai Yun Ching (PB)
• Little Wolf's Song by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Before I Wake Up... by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Oskar Loves... by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Fish Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup (YNF)
• Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett (YA)

2.20.21

• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Y)
• I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown, Jason "Rachel" Brown, & Anoosha Syed (PB)
• Wild Symphony by Dan Brown & Susan Batori (PB)
• Helga Makes a Name for Herself by Megan Maynor & Eda Kaban (PB)
• Grub in Love by Abi Burlingham & Sarah Warburton (PB)
• Ruby and Grub by Abi Burlingham & Sarah Warburton (PB)
• Where's the Pair? by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York by John Hughes, Chris Colombus, & Kim Smith (PB)
• Boxitects by Kim Smith (PB)
• Smash It! by Francina Simone (YA)

2.21.21

• Ocean: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup (YNF)
• The Princess and the Christmas Rescue by Caryl Hart & Sarah Warburton (PB)
• We Are Family by Patricia Hegarty & Ryan Wheatcroft (PB)
• I Am Not a Label: 34 Disabled Artists, Thinkers, Athletes and Activists from Past and Present by Cerrie Burnell (YNF)
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (ANF)
• Rumblewick's Diary: My Unwilling Witch Goes to Ballet School by Hiawyn Oram & Sarah Warburton (Y)
• Baby-Sitters Club: Logan Likes Mary Anne by Ann M. Martin & Gale Galligan (GN)
• A-Force: Warzones! by G. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Jorge Molina (GN)

2.24.21

• A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor (Y)

2.26.21

• Martin McLean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek (Y)
• Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love edited by Elise Chapman & Caroline Tung Richmond (YA)

2.27.21

• Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard (ANF)
• A-Force: Hypertime by G. Willow Wilson, Kelly Thompson, & Jorge Molina (GN)
• Die: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, & Clayton Cowles (GN)
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (A)
• Bettle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne (GN)

2.28.21

• And the People Stayed Home by Kitty O'Meara, Stefano Di Cristofaro, & Paul Pereda (PB)
• Little Red Riding Sheep by Linda Ravin Lodding & Cale Atkinson (PB)
• Power Up: Your Incredible, Spectacular, Supercharged Body by Seth Fishman & Isabel Greenberg (YNF)
• The Good Luck Cat by Joy Harjo & Paul Lee (PB)
• North Woods Girl by Aimee Bissonette & Claudia McGehee (PB)
• Something Is Killing the Children Volume One by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, & Miguel Muerto (GN)
• Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman (GN)
• Doodleville by Chad Sell (GN)
• Witch Hat Atelier #2 by Kamome Shirahama (M)
• Displacement by Kiku Hughes (GN)
• Ghosted in L.A. Volume 1 by Sina Grace, Siobahn Keenan, & Cathy Le (GN)

02.21 total: 107

8 young adult fiction; 49 picture books; 6 youth fiction; 15 youth nonfiction; 3 adult fiction; 2 young adult nonfiction; 14 graphic novels; 5 comics; 4 adult nonfiction; 1 manga