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

 10.1.21

• So Close by Natalia Colombo (PB)
• Maria Montessori by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Raquel Martin (YNF)
• Everybody's Welcome by Patricia Hegarty & Greg Abbott (PB)
• Bear Out There by Jacob Grant (PB)
• Meerkat Christmas by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Noodle Bear by Mark Gravas (PB)
• Give Me My Book Back! by Travis Foster & Ethan Long (PB)
• A Ticket Around the World by Natalie Diaz, Melissa Owens, & Kim Smith (YNF)
• Crap Taxidermy by Kat Su (ANF)

10.3.21

• The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (GN)
• Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman & Loren Long (PB)
• Vegetables in Halloween Costumes by Jared Chapman (PB)
• Amara and the Bats by Emma Reynolds (PB)
• Tiny T. Rex and the Tricks of Treating by Jonathan Stutzman & Jay Fleck (PB)
• Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima (PB)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• El Cucuy Is Scared Too! by Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• Vampenguin by Lucy Roth Cummins (PB)
• Flubby Will Not Take a Bath by J.E. Morris (Y)
• Snakes in Space by Kathryn Dennis (PB)
• Rat Fair by Leah Rose Kessler & Cleonique Hilsaca (PB)
• Nerdycorn by Andrew Root & Erin Kraan (PB)
• Amphigorey: Fifteen Books by Edward Gorey (GN)

10.4.21

• Ever After by Kim Harrison (A)

10.5.21

• Tell Tail by C.K. Smouha & Katie Brosnan (PB)
• Cone Cat by Sarah Howden & Carmen Mok (PB)
• Cat Problems by Jory John & Lane Smith (PB)
• The Power of Yet by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (PB)
• Beatrice Bly's Rules for Spies: The Missing Hamster by Sue Fliess & Beth Mills (PB)
• Bad Apple by Huw Lewis Jones & Ben Sanders (PB)
• Adventures with My Daddies by Gareth Peter & Garry Parsons (PB)

10.8.21

• I Am Leonardo da Vinci by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Morgan and Me by Stephen Cosgrove & Robin James (PB)
• The Starkeeper by Faith Pray (PB)
• Every Night Is Pizza Night by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt & Gianna Ruggiero (PB)
• Raise Your Hand by Alice Paul Tapper & Marta Kissi (YNF)
• Rory the Dinosaur Needs a Christmas Tree by Liz Climo (PB)
• Unicorns Are the Worst! by Alex Willan (PB)
• The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright & Chris Chatterton (PB)
• Lost in the Library: A Story of Patience & Fortitude by Josh Funk & Stevie Lewis (PB)
• Goat's Coat by Tom Percival & Christine Pym (PB)
• Sad Animal Facts by Brooke Barker (ANF)

10.9.21

• Camping with Unicorns by Dana Simpson (GN)
• Sooty Foot by Stephen Cosgrove & Robin James (PB)
• Maynard's Mermaid by Robin James (PB)
• Way Past Mad by Hallee Adelman & Sandra de la Prada (PB)

10.10.21

• How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi (ANF)
• The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison (A)
• Beautiful by Marie D'Abreo (GN)
• The Hazards of Love, Book 1: Bright World by Stan Stanley (GN)

10.15.21

• Fox at Night by Corey R. Tabor (Y)
• Running with the Wolves: A WolfWalkers Story by Calee M. Lee (Y)
• The Crayons' Book of Feelings by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (PB)

10.16.21

• Muffin Dragon by Stephen Cosgrove & Robin James (PB)
• Dragons Are the Worst! by Alex Willan (PB)
• Meet the Latkes by Alan Silberberg (PB)
• Too Much Stuff! by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Josie Dances by Denise Lajimodiere & Angela Erdrich (PB)
• When I'm Big by Ella Bailey (PB)
• Squirrel's Sweater by Laura Renauld & Jennie Poh (PB)
• Negative Cat by Sophie Blackall (PB)
• Buttercup the Bigfoot by Douglas Rees & Isabel Munoz (PB)
• The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison (A)

10.17.21

• Paranorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse by Stephanie Look & Mari Costa (GN)

10.22.21

• The Poet of Piney Woods by Bob Raczka, Kevin Howdeshell, & Kristen Howdeshell (PB)
• Alone! by Barry Falls (PB)
• Vivi Loves Science by Kimberly Derting, Shelli R. Johannes, & Joelle Murray (PB)
• Pride Puppy! by Robin Stevenson & Julie McLaughlin (PB)
• Business Pig by Andrea Zuill (PB)
• Ciao, Sandro! by Steven Varni & Luciano Lozano (PB)
• Wander New York: Fitz in the City by Reese Traves & Jon Traves (PB)
• Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark & James S. Hirsch (YNF)
• Just Being Dali: The Story of Artist Salvador Dali by Amy Guglielmo & Brett Helquist (YNF)
• The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered "Most" of the Universe by Sandra Nickel & Aimee Sicuro (YNF)

10.23.21

• Black Girl, Call Home: Poems by Jasmine Mans (ANF)
• I Am Strong Than... by Suzi Barrett (ANF)
• How the Stars Came to Be by Poonam Mistry (PB)
• EEK! Halloween! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• A Potato on a Bike by Elise Gravel (PB)
• Together by Mona Damluji & Innosanto Nagara (PB)
• Sumo Counting by Sanae Ishida (PB)
• Bear Is a Bear by Jonathan Stutzman & Dan Santat (PB)
• Bright Star by Yuyi Morales (PB)
• Dolls and Trucks Are for Everyone by Robb Pearlman & Eda Kaban (PB)
• A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories by John Martz (PB)
• Mindi and the Goose No One Else Could See by Sam McBratney & Linda Olafsdottir (PB)
• The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow by Emma Steinkellner (GN)
• Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons by Jody Houser, Jim Zub, Diego Galindo, MSassyk, & Nate Piekos (GN)

10.24.21

• Bear by Ben Queen & Joe Todd-Stanton (GN)
• The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama by His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Bao Luu (YNF)
• Brown: The Many Shades of Love by Nancy Johnson James & Constance Moore (PB)
• One of a Kind Like Me/Unico Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno & Robert Liu-Trujillo (PB)
• Different Like Me by Xochitl Dixon & Bonnie Lui (PB)
• The Office: A Day at Dunder Mifflin Elementary by Robb Pearlman & Melanie Demmer (PB)
• Grumpy Monkey: Up All Night by Suzanne Lang & Max Lang (PB)
• Bob Dylan by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Conrad Roset (YNF)
• Muhammad Ali by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Brosmind (YNF)
• Aretha Franklin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amy Blackwell (YNF)
• Mother Teresa by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Natascha Rosenberg (YNF)
• I Am Sacawagea by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Anne Frank by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Marie Curie by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Jake O'Shawnasey by Stephen Cosgrove & Robin James (PB)
• The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer... by Davide Cali & Benjamin Chaud (PB)
• The Mosquito by Elise Gravel (YNF)
• I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• Grumpy Monkey's Little Book of Grumpiness by Suzanne Lang & Max Lang (PB)

10.26.21

• Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison (A)

10.29.21

• Kitty Quest by Phil Corbett (GN)

10.30.21

• This Is Ruby by Sara O'Leary & Alea Marley (PB)
• I Go Quiet by David Ouimet (PB)
• The Moon Keeper by Zosienka (PB)
• Thanks for Nothing! by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Hair Twins by Raakhee Mirchandani & Holly Hatam (PB)
• What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke & Anne Passchier (PB)
• The Missing Pairs by Yvonne Ivinson (PB)
• Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder (PB)
• Your Future Is Bright by Corey Finkle & Shelley Couvillian (PB)
• Treemendous: Diary of a Not Yet Mighty Oak by Bridget Heos & Mike Ciccotello (PB)
• The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris (YA)
• Amphigorey Too by Edward Gorey (GN)
• PTSD by Guillaume Singelin (GN)
• Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen & Faith Erin Hicks (GN)

10.31.21

• Two Ravens and One Crow by Kevin Hearne (A)
• This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong (A)

10.21 total: 125

81 picture books; 16 youth nonfiction; 5 adult nonfiction; 13 graphic novels; 3 youth fiction; 6 adult fiction; 1 young adult fiction