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

 3.4.21

• The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (YA)

3.6.21

• Daddy Lion's Tea Party by Mark Sperring & Sarah Warburton (PB)
• Dino-Baby by Mark Sperring & Sam Lloyd (PB)
• Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford & Michele Wood (YNF)
• Mermaid Dreams by Mark Sperring, Kate Pope, & Liz Pope (PB)
• Ginger Bear by Mini Grey (PB)
• William & the Missing Masterpiece by Helen Hancocks (PB)
• As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman (GN)
• A-Force: Rage Against the Dying of the Light by Kelly Thompson, Ben Caldwell, Paulo Siqueira, & Scott Hanna (GN)
• Die: Split the Party by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, & Clayton Cowles (GN)

3.7.21

• Bedtime Bonnet by Nancy Redd & Nneka Myers (PB)
• Rissy No Kissies by Katey Howes & Jess Engle (PB)
• It's So Quiet: A Not-Quite-Going-to-Bed Book by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Tony Fucile (PB)
• Second Banana by Blair Thornburgh & Kate Berube (PB)
• Rectangle Time by Pamela Paul & Becky Cameron (PB)
• While We Can't Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar (PB)
• Hot Pot Night! by Vincent Chen (PB)
• Finding Francois: A Story about the Healing Power of Friendship by Gus Gordon (PB)
• Laxmi's Mooch by Shelly Anand & Nabi H. Ali (PB)
• Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol (PB)
• Welcome to Bobville: City of Bobs by Jonah Winter & Bob Staake (PB)
• La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya & Juana Martinez-Neal (PB)
• Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera (PB)
• Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Benji Davies (PB)
• A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride (A)
• All Summer Long by Hope Larson (GN)

3.14.21

• We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow & Bob Staake (PB)
• Mary Had a Little Lamp by Jack Lechner & Bob Staake (PB)
• Dizzy by Jonah Winter & Sean Qualls (YNF)
• The First Pup: The Real Story of How Bo Got to the White House by Bob Staake (YNF)
• JFK by Jonah Winter & AG Ford (YNF)
• Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah Winter & Edel Rodriguez (YNF)
• Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter & Marjorie Priceman (YNF)
• Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children by Jonah Winter & Nancy Carpenter (YNF)
• Oil by Jonah Winter & Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• The Princess and the Presents by Caryl Hart & Sarah Warburton (PB)
• Look! Another Book! by Bob Staake (PB)
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. Vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter & Stacy Innerst (YNF)
• Thurgood by Jonah Winter & Bryan Collier (YNF)
• Barack by Jonah Winter & AG Ford (YNF)
• This Is NOT a Pumpkin by Bob Staake (PB)
• Ella's Night Lights by Lucy Fleming (PB)
• The Boys: Get Some by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson (GN)
• Anonymouse by Vikki VanSickle & Anna Pirolli (PB)
• Trouble by Katherine Battersby (PB)
• Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf by Sam Wedelich (PB)
• Bindu's Bindis by Supriya Kelkar & Parvati Pillai (PB)
• Stella's Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises (PB)
• Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison (YNF)
• Think Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison (YNF)
• G My Name is Girl by Dawn Masi (PB)
• Big Ideas for Little Philosphers: Equality with Simone De Beauvoir by Duane Armitage, Maureen McQueery, & Robin Rosenthal (YNF)
• I Am Caring: A Little Book about Jane Goodall by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Frida Catlo by Lindsay Dale-Scott, Courtney Acampora, & Maggie Fischer (YNF)
• Fern and Otto: A Story about Two Best Friends by Stephanie Graegin (PB)
• Margaret's Unicorn by Briony May Smith (PB)
• We Belong to Each Other by Liz Marie Galvan, Jose Galvan, & Katie Rewse (PB)
• Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak (PB)
• Always by My Side: A Stuffie Story by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (PB)
• Stay This Way Forever by Linsey Davis & Lucy Fleming (PB)
• Dear Teacher,: A Celebration of People Who Inspire Us by Paris Rosenthal & Holly Hatam (PB)
• A New Day by Brad Meltzer & Dan Santat (PB)
• Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold & Suzanne Kaufman (PB)
• Blanket: A Journey to Extreme Coziness by Coryn Brantz (PB)

3.15.21

• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells (YA)

3.16.21

• Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Y)

3.20.21

• Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass by Dean Robbins, Sean Qualls, & Selina Alko (YNF)
• Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, & Sean Qualls (PB)
• Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls (YNF)
• Lullaby (For a Black Mother) by Langston Hughes & Sean Qualls (PB)
• Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters & Nancy Carpenter (YNF)
• My Uncle Emily by Jane Yolen & Nancy Carpenter (PB)
• A Picnic in Octboer by Eve Bunting & Nancy Carpenter (PB)
• Hello, I'm Johnny Cash by G. Neri & A.G. Ford (YNF)
• Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald by Roxanne Orgill & Sean Qualls (YNF)
• Bunbun & Bonbon: Fancy Friends by Jess Keating (GN)

3.21.21

• Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown by Sally M. Walker & Sean Qualls (YNF)
• First Family by Deborah Hopkinson & AG Ford (YNF)
• Goal! by Mina Javaherbin & A.G. Ford (PB)
• My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King III & AG Ford (YNF)
• Where's the Baby?: A Spotting Book by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Adams, & A.G. Ford (PB)
• Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World by Jonah Winter & Francois Roca (YNF)
• Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Patricia Hegarty & Jonny Lambert (PB)
• The Alphabet's Alphabet by Chris Harris & Dan Santat (PB)
• A Story About Afiya by James Berry & Anna Cunha (PB)
• The Boys: Good for the Soul by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson (GN)
• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (GN)
• Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam (YA)

3.23.21

• Social Intercourse by Greg Howard (YA)

3.25.21

• Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed (YA)

3.26.21

• Something Is Killing the Children Volume Two by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, & Miquel Muerto (GN)
• Spacebot by Mike Twohy (PB)
• Three Cheers for Kid McGear! by Sherri Duskey Rinker & AG Ford (PB)
• Brown Baby Lullaby by Tameka Fryer Brown & AG Ford (PB)
• 11 Experiments That Failed by Jenny Offill & Nancy Carpenter (PB)
• Good Trick, Walking Stick! by Sheri Mabry Bestor & Jonny Lambert (YNF)
• Kitties on Dinosaurs by Michael Slack (PB)
• Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison & Daniel Wiseman (PB)
• In My Mosque by M.O. Yuksel & Hatem Aly (YNF)
• Out of Nowhere by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (PB)
• Food Truck Fest! by Alexandra Penfold & Mike Dutton (PB)
• The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (PB)
• I Love You More and More by Nicky Benson & Jonny Lambert (PB)
• The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty (ANF)

3.27.21

• Special You by Jonny Lambert (PB)
• Lucky Ducklings: A True Rescue Story by Eva Moore & Nancy Carpenter (YNF)
• I'll Love You Always by Mark Sperring & Alison Brown (PB)
• The Great Aaa-ooo! by Jonny Lambert (PB)
• Good Guys, Bad Guys by Joanne Rocklin & Nancy Carpenter (PB)
• Soar High, Dragonfly! by Sheri Mabry Bestor & Jonny Lambert (YNF)
• Let's Creep Through Crocodile Creek by Jonny Lambert (PB)
• Tiger Tiger by Jonny Lambert (PB)
• I Am NOT a Dinosaur! by Will Lach, Jonny Lambert, & Dr. Mark A. Norell (YNF)
• Here Comes the Garbage Barge! by Jonah Winter & Red Nose Studio (YNF)
• Witch Hat Atelier #3 by Kamome Shirahama (M)
• My Heart by Corinna Luyken (PB)
• The Duck Who Didn't Like Water by Steve Small (PB)
• Shy Willow by Cat Min (PB)
• Follow Your Dreams, Little One by Vashti Harrison (YNF)
• Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham (PB)
• GoldiBooks and the Wee Bear by Troy Wilson & Edwardian Taylor (PB)
• Book's Big Adventure by Adam Lehrhaupt & Rahele Jomepour Bell (PB)
• This Book of Mine by Sarah Stewart & David Small (PB)
• No Buddy Like a Book by Allan Wolf & Brianne Farley (PB)
• The Secret Garden: A Flowers Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Marvel Alphablock by Peskimo (PB)
• How Big Is Zagnodd? by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• I Am!: Affirmations for Resilience by Bela Barbosa & Edel Rodriguez (PB)
• No!: My First Book of Protest by Julie Merberg & Molly Egan (YNF)
• ABCs of Kindness by Patricia Hegarty & Summer Macon (PB)
• 123s of Thankfulness by Patricia Hegarty & Summer Macon (PB)
• Big Ideas for Little Philosophers: Truth with Socrates by Duane Armitage, Maureen McQuerry, & Robin Rosenthal (YNF)
• Big Ideas for Little Philosophers: Imagination with Rene Descartes by Duane Armitage, Maureen McQueery, & Robin Rosenthal (YNF)
• Big Ideas for Little Philosophers: Happiness with Aristotle by Duane Armitage, Maureen McQuerry, & Robin Rosenthal (YNF)
• Baby Rocker: Baby KISS: A Book About Colors by Pintachan (YNF)
• Baby Rocker: Baby Bowie: A Book About Adjectives by Pintachan (YNF)
• Baby's Big World: Mindfulness by Alex Fabrizio & Hilli Kushnir (YNF)
• Where Do Pants Go? by Rebecca Van Slyke & Chris Robertson (PB)
• Sloth & Smell the Roses by Eunice Moyle & Sabrina Moyle (PB)
• Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Isabel Roxas (YNF)
• Love Letters by Carrie Garcia & Lauren Litton (PB)
• Let's Find Momo!: A Hide-and-Seek Board Book by Andrew Knapp (PB)
• Happiness Is a Rainbow by Patricia Hegarty & Summer Macon (PB)
• Go to Bed, Goat by Michael Dahl & Oriol Vidal (PB)
• I Love My Tutu Too! by Ross Burach (PB)
• Lillte Mad by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Marion Cocklico (PB)
• Little Worry by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Marion Cocklico (PB)
• Little Joy by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Marion Cocklico (PB)
• Here, George! by Sandra Boynton & George Booth (PB)
• Witch Hat Atelier #4 by Kamome Shirahama (M)
• Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy Harjo (ANF)

3.28.21

• An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo (ANF)
• Nuestra America: 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the United States by Sabrina Vourvoulias & Gloria Felix (YNF)
• This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges (YNF)
• Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You by Rachel Brian (YNF)
• The Bird in Me Flies by Sara Lundberg (YNF)
• All Together Now by Hope Larson (GN)
• Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar & Khoa Le (PB)
• Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez & Elisa Chavarri (PB)
• Where in the Wild by Poppy Bishop & Jonny Lambert (YNF)
• Imagine a Wolf by Lucky Platt (PB)
• Bone Adventures by Jeff Smith (GN)
• Scarlet's Tale by Audrey Vernick & Jarvis (PB)
• Marsha Is Magnetic by Beth Ferry & Lorena Alvarez (PB)
• Robert and the World's Best Cake by Anne-Kathrin Behl (PB)
• The Tiny Baker by Hayley Barrett & Alison Jay (PB)
• Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson & E.B. Lewis (YNF)
• Let's Play Monsters! by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Ten Little Dumplings by Larissa Fan & Cindy Wume (PB)
• Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics by Laurie Wallmark & Yevenia Nayberg (YNF)
• Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell & R. Gregory Christie (YNF)
• The Surprise by Sylvia van Ommen (PB)
• Egg Drop by Mini Grey (PB)
• How the Meteorite Got to the Museum by Jessie Hartland (YNF)
• A Girl Named Rosita: The Story of Rita Moreno: Actor, Singer, Dancer, Trailblazer! by Anika Aldamuy Denise & Leo Espinosa (YNF)
• The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca & Daniel Rieley (YNF)
• Little Why by Jonny Lambert (PB)
• I Am Neil Armstrong by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Poppy & Sam and the Leaf Thief by Cathon (GN)
• Poppy & Sam and the Mole Mystery by Cathon (GN)
• Poppy & Sam and the Search for Sleep by Cathon (GN)
• Flight Volume One edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)
• When Sharks Attack with Kindness by Andres J. Colmenares (GN)

3.30.21

• The Magical Reality of Nadia by Bassem Youssef, Catherine R. Daly, & Douglas Holgate (Y)

03.21 total: 185

5 young adult fiction; 104 picture books; 52 youth nonfiction; 16 graphic novels; 1 adult fiction; 2 youth fiction; 3 adult nonfiction; 2 manga