books i've read november 2022

 11.3.22

• The Complete Poems of Sappho translated by Willis Barnstone (ANF)

11.4.22

• Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels Book One by Serena Blasco (GN)
• Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire (A)
• The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! by Aaron Blabley (Y)
• Beastars #5 by Paru Itagaki (M)

11.5.22

• Beastars #6 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo & Dani Pendergast (GN)
• Beastars #7 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #8 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Say Her Name: Poems to Empower by Zetta Elliott (YANF)
• Beastars #9 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Hermit Hill by Mike Deas & Nancy Deas (GN)
• Beastars #10 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Sydney & Taylor and the Great Friend Expedition by Jacqueline Davies & Deborah Hocking (Y)
• Beastars #11 by Paru Itagaki (M)

11.6.22

• Chirri & Chirra: On the Town by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: The Rainy Day by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Constellation of the Deep by Benjamin Flouw (PB)
• The Hiking Viking by Laura Gehl & Timothy Banks (PB)
• Time Flies: Down to the Last Minute by Tara Lazar & Ross MacDonald (PB)
• School Is Wherever I Am by Ellie Peterson (PB)
• Lion Needs a Shot by Hyewon Yum (PB)
• A Friend for Yoga Bunny by Brian Russo (PB)
• Don't Eat Bees (Life Lessons from Chip the Dog) by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt (PB)
• A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt & Korwin Briggs (YNF)
• The Fish Who Found the Sea by Alan Watts & Khoa Le (PB)
• Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World by Sue Fliess & Khoa Le (YNF)
• Rumble and Roar: Sound Around the World by Sue Fliess & Khoa Le (YNF)
• As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson (YA)
• Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood (A)

11.7.22

• Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain (A)

11.9.22

• Family of Liars by E. Lockhart (YA)

11.10.22

• Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (A)
• Silver Spoon #3 by Hiromu Arakawa (M)

11.11.22

• The Library Fish by Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Gladys Jose (PB)
• Drawing Outdoors by Jairo Buitrago & Rafael Yockteng (PB)
• Q & U Call It Quits by Stef Wade & Jorge Martin (PB)
• Tiny Cedric by Sally Lloyd-Jones & Rowboat Watkins (PB)
• A Unicorn on a Unicycle: A Counting Book of Wheels by Lynda Graham-Barber & Jordan Wray (PB)
• How Old Is Mr. Tortoise? by Dev Petty & Ruth Chan (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: In the Tall Grass by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Saturday Is Swimming Day by Hyewon Yum (PB)
• The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth by Bruce Handy & Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Claymates by Dev Petty & Lauren Eldridge (PB)
• There's Nothing to Do! by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt (PB)
• I Don't Want to Be Big by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt (PB)
• Seaside Treasures: A Guidebook for Little Beachcombers by Sarah Grindler (YNF)

11.12.22

• Harold Loves His Woolly Hat by Vern Kousky (PB)
• The Sour Grape by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Wellington's Big Day Out by Steve Small (PB)
• Sugar and Spice and Everything Mice by Anne Silvestro & Christee Curran-Bauer (PB)
• The Worst Teddy Ever by Marcelo Verdad (PB)
• Not All Sheep Are Boring! by Bobby Moynihan & Julie Rowan-Zoch (PB)
• Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective by Elizabeth Olsen, Robbie Arnett, & Marissa Valdez (PB)
• Facts Vs. Opinions Vs. Robots by Michael Rex (YNF)
• Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds & Peter Brown (PB)
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan & Sophie Blackall (PB)
• Finding Fire by Logan S. Kline (PB)
• Musical Mac by Brendan Kearney (PB)
• The Night the Moon Went Missing by Brendan Kearney (PB)
• Literary Critters: William Shakesbear's Journey for Inspiration by Sophie Corrigan (PB)
• Monsters Love Cupcakes by Mike Austin (PB)
• Set on You by Amy Lea (A)

11.13.22

• Max Explains Everything: Soccer Expert by Stacy McAnulty & Deborah Hocking (PB)
• There Are No Scary Wolves by Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Can You See Me?: A Book About Feeling Small by Gokce Irten (PB)
• Mother Ghost: Nursery Rhymes for Little Monsters by Rachel Kolar & Roland Garrigue (PB)
• A Is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation by Ellen Heck (YNF)
• Moth & Butterfly: Ta-da! by Dev Petty & Ana Aranda (PB)
• Gloria's Big Problem by Sarah Stiles Bright & Mike Deas (PB)
• Squirrel's World by Lisa Moser & Valeri Gorbachev (Y)
• Crunch by Kayla Miller (GN)

11.16.22

• Gilded by Marissa Meyer (YA)

11.18.22

• Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Dr. Qing Li (ANF)
• Sydney & Taylor Take a Flying Leap by Jacqueline Davies & Deborah Hocking (Y)
• Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Thank You, Helpers by Patricia Hegarty & Michael Emmerson (PB)
• Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• I Don't Want to Go to Sleep by Dev Petty & Mike Boldt (PB)
• Bug Boys: Adventures and Daydreams by Laura Knetzger (GN)

11.19.22

• Picture Cook: See. Make. Eat. by Katie Shelly (ANF)
• Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• Shoplifter by Michael Cho (GN)
• Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (A)

11.20.22

• Clifford's Halloween by Norman Bridwell (PB)
• Happy Owl-Oween! by Laura Gehl & Lydia Nichols (PB)
• Clifford the Firehouse Dog by Norman Bridwell (PB)
• Clifford Takes a Trip by Norman Bridwell (PB)
• It's Not That 'Big a Deal' by Ron Keres & Arthur Lin (PB)
• There Was a Hole by Adam Lehrhaupt & Carrie O'Neill (PB)
• At the Old Haunted House by Helen Ketteman & Nate Wragg (PB)
• Rock 'N' Roll Soul by Susan Verde & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Sun in My Tummy by Laura Alary & Andrea Blinick (PB)
• The Only Fish in the Sea by Philip C. Stead & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Book Lovers by Emily Henry (A)

11.21.22

• Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (ANF)

11.22.22

• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (A)
• All the Places We Call Home by Patrice Gopo & Jenin Mohammed (PB)
• The Youngest Sister by Suniyay Moreno & Mariana Chiesa (PB)
• Olivia Wrapped in Vines by Maude Nepveu-Villeneuve & Sandra Dumais (PB)
• Leila, the Perfect Witch by Flavia Z. Drago (PB)
• Papa Loves You, Tiny Blue by Jo Empson (PB)
• How to Make a Bird by Meg McKinlay & Matt Ottley (PB)
• My Lala by Thomas King & Charlene Chua (PB)
• Daddy and Me and the Rhyme to Be by Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Halcyon Person, & Parker-Nia Gordon (PB)
• Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud & Kalila J. Fuller (YNF)

11.24.22

• A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (A)
• Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (A)
• The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende (ANF)
• A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (A)

11.25.22

• Except When They Don't by Laura Gehl & Joshua Heinsz (PB)
• The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman (YA)
• I Got a Chicken for My Birthday by Laura Gehl & Sarah Horne (PB)
• The Invisible Leash by Patrice Karst & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (PB)

11.26.22

• Dear Data: A Friendship in 52 Weeks of Postcards by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec (ANF)

11.27.22

• Bearplane! by Deborah Underwood & Sam Wedelich (PB)
• Gold! by David Shannon (PB)
• A Library by Nikki Giovanni & Erin K. Robinson (PB)
• Not Yet, Yeti by Bethany V. Freitas & Maddie Frost (PB)
• Until Someone Listens: A Story About Borders, Family, and One Girl's Mission by Estela Juarez, Lissette Norman, & Teresa Martinez (YNF)
• Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home by Zahra Marwan (YNF)
• Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers by Matthew Cordell (YNF)
• Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (ANF)
• Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova (ANF)
• First Grade Dropout by Audrey Vernick & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Toby and the Snowflakes by Julie Halpern & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Leap Back Home to Me by Lauren Thompson & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Bear Island by Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Apple and Magnolia by Laura Gehl & Patricia Metola (PB)
• If the S in Moose Comes Loose by Peter Hermann & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: Under the Sea by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Explorers by Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Cornbread & Poppy by Matthew Cordell (Y)
• Cornbread & Poppy at the Carnival by Matthew Cordell (Y)

11.30.22

• Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood (A)

11.22 total: 136

8 adult nonfiction; 6 graphic novels; 12 adult fiction; 6 youth fiction; 8 manga; 1 young adult nonfiction; 81 picture books; 10 youth nonfiction; 4 young adult fiction

books i've read october 2022

 10.1.22

• The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather Smith & Rachel Wada (PB)
• Sir Ladybug and the Queen Bee by Corey R. Tabor (GN)
• The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna (YA)

10.2.22

• Berry Song by Michaela Goade (PB)
• Alex's Good Fortune by Benson Shum (Y)
• Your Birthday Was the Best! by Maggie Hutchins & Felicita Sala (PB)
• Sloth Went by Adam Lehrhaupt & Benson Shum (PB)
• Dress-Up Day by Blanca Gomez (PB)
• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell (ANF)

10.8.22

• !Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer (ANF)

10.9.22

• Big and Small and In-Between by Carter Higgins & Daniel Miyares (PB)
• Hattie Hates Hugs by Sarah Hovorka & Heather Brockman Lee (PB)
• See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow Miller & Suzy Lee (PB)
• Climb On! by Jacqueline Alcantara & Baptiste Paul (PB)
• Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince, Gabrielle Prince, & Carla Joseph (PB)
• The Path by Bob Staake (PB)
• I Really Want a Bigger Piece! by Harriet Ziefert & Travis Foster (PB)
• I Really Want to Be First! by Harriet Ziefert & Travis Foster (PB)
• Star the Elephant by Remy Lai (GN)

10.12.22

• The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris (GN)

10.14.22

• Gamer Baby: Role-Playing Games by Moloy Rossiter & BlueBean (PB)
• Gamer Baby: Video Games by Anne Elder & BlueBean (PB)
• The Princess Bride: A Counting Story by Bill Robinson (PB)
• Two Dogs by Ian Falconer (PB)
• Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich (PB)
• Lou by Breanna Carzoo (PB)
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• Princess Charming by Zibby Owens & Holly Hatam (PB)
• A Little Ferry Tale by Chad Otis (PB)
• The End of Something Wonderful: A Practical Guide to a Backyard Funeral by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic & George Ermos (PB)
• The Witchling's Wish by Lu Fraser 7 Sarah Massini (PB)
• Keeping the City Going by Brian Floca (PB)
• I'm Not Missing by Kashelle Gourley & Skylar Hogan (PB)
• Patchwork by Matt de la Pena & Corinna Luyken (PB)

10.15.22

• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (A)

10.16.22

• Magical Boy Volume 1 by The Kao (GN)
• Beastars #2 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #3 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #4 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Dictatorial Grimoire: Snow White #2 by Ayumi Kanou (M)
• Dictatorial Grimoire: Red Riding Hood #3 by Ayumi Kanou (M)
• In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (A)
• In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire (A)

10.17.22

• Magic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire (A)
• Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber (YA)
• The Rough Patch by Brian Lies (PB)
• All from a Walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette & Felicita Sala (PB)
• Barnaby Is Not Afraid of Anything by Gilles Bizouerne & Beatrice Rodriguez (PB)
• Good Night Little Bookstore by Amy Cherrix & E.B. Goodale (PB)
• Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi, & Loveis Wise (PB)
• 'Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick & Juana Medina (PB)
• The Crayons Trick or Treat by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (PB)

10.19.22

• Private Label by Kelly Yang (YA)

10.21.22

• My Moms Love Me by Anna Membrino & Joy Hwang Ruiz (PB)
• Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes by Mahak Jain & Anu Chouhan (PB)
• Some Daddies by Carol Gordan Ekster & Javiera Mac-lean Alvarez (PB)
• Wildflower by Melanie Brown & Sara Gillingham (PB)
• Rainbow the Koala by Remy Lai (GN)
• Banana Fox and the Gummy Monster Mess by James Kochalka (GN)

10.22.22

• Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman (GN)
• Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale (GN)

10.23.22

• Feel Your Feelings by Sara E. Williams & Scott Stoll (PB)
• The Halloween Tree by Susan Montanari & Teresa Martinez (PB)
• Keepunumuk: Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis Bunten, & Garry Meeches Sr. (PB)
• Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi & Loveis Wise (YNF)
• Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey & Loveis Wise (YNF)
• Katie the Catsitter: Best Friends for Never by Colleen AF Venable & Stephanie Yue (GN)
• Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez & Gabriela Epstein (GN)
• The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare & Wesley Chu (YA)
• Blameless by Gail Carriger (A)

10.28.22

• Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (YA)
• Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (A)

10.29.22

• I Can Explain by Shinsuke Yoshitake (PB)
• My Best Friends by Miguel Tanco (PB)
• Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie & Julie Flett (PB)
• Ali and the Sea Stars by Ali Stroker & Gillian Reid (PB)
• Full Moon by Camilla Pintonato (PB)
• Me and You in a Book Made for Two by Jean Reidy & Joey Chou (PB)
• A Spoonful of Frogs by Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol (PB)
• This Story Is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Seve & Carson Ellis (PB)
• Every Little Kindness by Marta Bartolj (PB)

10.30.22

• Stella Keeps the Sun Up by Clothilde Ewing & Lynn Gaines (PB)
• Dorothy the Brave by Meghan P. Browne & Brooke Smart (YNF)
• Swim, Jim! by Kaz Windness (PB)
• Beatrice Likes the Dark by April Genevieve Tucholka & Khoa Le (PB)
• Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• Bear Can't Sleep by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• Bear's Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• Pumpkin and Me by Alicia Acosta & Merce Gali (PB)
• The Hair Book by Latonya Yvette & Amanda Jane Jones (PB)
• Bear Can't Wait by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (YA)
• Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (YA)

10.31.22

• Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan (YA)

10.22 total: 95

60 picture books; 10 graphic novels; 8 young adult fiction; 1 youth fiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 6 adult fiction; 5 manga; 3 youth nonfiction

books i've read september 2022

 9.3.22

• Pig and Horse and the Something Scary by Zoey Abbott (PB)
• All the Ways to Be Smart by Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys (PB)
• Building by Henry Cole (YNF)
• Petal the Angry Cow by Maureen Fergus & Olga Demidova (PB)
• Lost and Found by Kate Banks & Galia Bernstein (PB)
• We Are Better Together by Bill McKibben & Stevie Lewis (YNF)
• Not a Cat: A Memoir by Winter Miller & Danica Novgorodoff (PB)
• How to Hug a Puffer Fish by Ellie Peterson (PB)
• Pink Is for Everybody! by Ella Russell & Udayana Lugo (PB)
• Would You Come Too? by Liz Garton Scanlon & Diana Sudyka (PB)
• Little Bee's Flower by Jacob Souva (PB)
• Love Block by Christopher Franceschelli & Peski Studio (PB)
• Bear & Mouse: Rise and Shine by Nicola Edwards & Maria Neradova (PB)
• Web Opposites by Rob Hodgson (PB)

9.4.22

• Shorty & Clem Blast Off! by Michael Slack (PB)
• Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley (GN)
• Bug Boys: Outside and Beyond by Laura Knetzger (GN)

9.5.22

• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (A)
• Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (A)
• Network Effect by Martha Wells (A)

9.7.22

• Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (A)

9.11.22

• Arab Arab All Year Long! by Cathy Camper & Sawsan Chalabi (YNF)
• As Glenn as Can Be by Sarah Ellis & Nancy Vo (YNF)
• Poopsie Gets Lost by Hannah E. Harrison (PB)
• Armadillo Antics by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, & Nathalie Beauvois (PB)
• Kick Push by Frank Morrison (PB)
• The Surprise by Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, & Magenta Fox (PB)
• Forest Magic: A Guidebook for Little Woodland Explorers by Sarah Grindler (YNF)
• Planetary-Yum by Drew Brockington (GN)
• Flight or Fright by Drew Brockington (GN)
• Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor (GN)
• The Flower Garden by Renee Kurilla (GN)
• Fitz and Cleo Get Creative by Jonathan Stutzman & Heather Fox (GN)
• Improbably Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa (YA)

9.13.22

• The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor (ANF)

9.14.22

• Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA)

9.17.22

• K Is for Kindness by Rina Horiuchi & Risa Horiuchi (PB)
• Today I'm Strong by Nadiya Hussain & Ella Bailey (PB)
• A Mouthful of Minnows by John Hare (PB)
• Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson by Kathleen Krull, Paul Brewer, & Frank Morrison (YNF)
• I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison & Frank Morrison (PB)
• Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts & Frank Morrison (PB)
• The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta & Frank Morrison (YNF)

9.18.22

• Cranky Chicken: Party Animals by Katherine Battersby (GN)
• Beastars #1 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Dictatorial Grimoire: Cinderella #1 by Ayumi Kanou (M)

9.20.22

• The Agatha by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson (YA)

9.21.22

• Gallant by V.E. Schwab (YA)
• The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA)

9.22.22

• If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber (YA)
• Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)

9.24.22

• The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart (YA)
• All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (YA)

9.25.22

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford & Frank Morrison (YNF)
• The Bad Day by Frann Preston-Gannon (PB)
• Itzel and the Ocelot by Rachel Katstaller (PB)
• The Wolves of Yellowstone: A Rewilding Story by Catherine Barr & Jenni Desmond (YNF)
• Punky Aloha by Shar Tuiasoa (PB)
• Don't Worry, Murray by David Ezra Stein (PB)
• Everywhere with You by Carlie Sorosiak & Devon Holzwarth (PB)
• Anzu the Great Kaiju by Benson Shum (PB)
• Annie's Cat Is Sad by Heather Smith & Karen Obuhanych (PB)
• 5 Worlds: The Emerald Gate by Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, & Boya Sun (GN)
• Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis (GN)

09.22 total: 65

31 picture books; 9 youth nonfiction; 10 graphic novels; 4 adult fiction; 8 young adult fiction; 1 adult nonfiction; 2 manga

books i've read august 2022

 8.3.22

• The World Needs Purple Schools by Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart, & Daniel Wiseman (PB)
• There's a Lion in the Forest! by Monica Carnesi (PB)
• Daddy-Daughter Day by Pierce Freelon & Olivia Duchess (PB)
• Too Many Pigs in the Pool by Wendy Hinote Lanier & Iris Amaya (PB)
• Vampire Vacation by Laura Lavoie & Micah Player (PB)
• Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country by Kelly Yang, Nabi H. Ali, Fahmida Azim, Marcos Chin, Sally Deng, Shreya Gupta, Julia Kuo, Julie Kwon, Nhung Le, Kitkat Pescon, Dow Phumiruk, Sujean Rim, Dan Santat, Yuko Shimizu, Yao Xiao, & Yuewei Shi, (YNF)
• The Fabled Life of Aesop by Ian Lendler & Pamela Zagarenski (YNF)
• Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (A)
• We Will Find Your Hat!: A Conundrum! by Candy James (GN)

8.5.22

• Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos (GN)
• The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South Part One by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South Part Two by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South Part Three by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)

8.6.22

• To Make by Danielle Davis & Mags DeRoma (PB)
• Music Is a Rainbow by Bryan Collier (PB)
• Franz's Phantasmagorical Machine by Beth Anderson & Caroline Hamel (YNF)
• Love Rules: A Family's True Story of Adoption and Unconditional Love by Andrea Melvin, Dave Eaton, Michael Clark, Jr., & Danielle Parchment (YNF)
• Meow by Chris Raschka (PB)
• Strong by Bob Kearney, Eric Rosswood, & Nidhi Chanani (YNF)
• Kitty by Rebecca Jordan-Glum (PB)
• Courage Hats by Kate Hoefler & Jessixa Bagley (PB)
• No Nibbling! by Beth Ferry & A.N. Kang (PB)
• Sato the Rabbit: A Sea of Tea by Yuki Ainoya (PB)
• The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (A)

8.12.22

• Loveless by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Hands Against Our Hearts by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Tofu Takes Time by Helen H. Wu & Julie Jarema (PB)
• Pink Is Not a Color by Lindsay Ward (PB)
• I Want to Be a Vase by Julio Torres & Julian Glander (PB)
• Dinosaurs on Kitty Island by Michael Slack (PB)
• Rosa's Song by Helena Ku Rhee & Pascal Campian (PB)
• The Adventures of Dr. Sloth: Rebecca Cliffe and Her Quest to Protect Sloths by Suzi Esztherhas (YNF)
• Critter Chat by Rosemary Mosco (YNF)

8.13.22

• The Rare, Tiny Flower by Kitty O'Meara & Quim Torres (PB)
• Ice Cream Face by Heidi Woodward Sheffield (PB)
• My Shadow Is Pink by Scott Stuart (PB)
• Llama Rocks the Cradle of Chaos by Jonathan Stutzman & Heather Fox (PB)
• Because by Mo Willems & Amber Ren (PB)
• It's a Sign! by Jarrett Pumphrey & Jerome Pumphrey (PB)
• Maybe by Kobi Yamada & Gabriella Barouch (PB)
• Trying by Kobi Yamada & Elise Hurst (PB)
• Pina by Elif Yemenici (PB)
• Feeling Grateful: How to Add More Goodness to Your Gladness by Kobi Yamada & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Ish by Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• Be Who You Are by Todd Parr (PB)
• Vlad the Rad by Brigette Barrager (PB)
• Finding Muchness: How to Add More Life to Life by Kobi Yamada & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Rescuing Mrs. Birdley by Aaron Reynolds & Emma Reynolds (PB)
• The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger (PB)

8.14.22

• Pineapple Princess by Sabina Hahn (PB)
• A Perfect Fit: How Lena "Lane" Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion by Mara Rockliff & Juana Martinez-Neal (YNF)
• The Supreme Court and Us by Christy Mihaly & Neely Daggett (YNF)
• Goldie's Guide to Grandchilding by Clint McElroy & Eliza Kinkz (PB)
• All Hands on Deck!: A Deadly Hurricane, a Daring Rescue, and the Origin of the Cajun Navy by Robert Neubecker (YNF)
• Kicks by Van G. Garrett & Reggie Brown (PB)
• Land Shark by Beth Ferry & Ben Mantle (PB)
• Caveboy Crush by Beth Ferry & Joseph Kuefler (PB)
• Binny's Diwali by Thrity Umrigar & Nidhi Chanani (PB)
• The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry, Terry Fan, & Eric Fan (PB)
• Squirrel's Family Tree by Beth Ferry & A.N. Kang (PB)
• The Nice Dream Truck by Beth Ferry & Brigette Barrager (PB)
• Princess Truly: I Am Brave! by Kelly Greenwalt & Amariah Rauscher (Y)
• Babymouse: Tales from the Locker: Whisker Wizard by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (Y)
• Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab (YA)

8.17.22

• I'm a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe by Dr. Eve M. Vavagiakis & Ilze Lemesis (YNF)
• Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness by Maria Gianferrari & Pete Oswald (YNF)
• The Sweetest Scoop: Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa Robinson & Stacy Innerst (YNF)
• The Blur by Minh Le & Dan Santat (PB)
• Dolly!: The Story of Dolly Parton and Her Big Dream by Robyn McGrath & Ellen Surrey (YNF)
• How You Came to Be by Carole Gerber & Sawsan Chalabi (YNF)
• PAWS: Gabby Gets It Together by Michele Assarasakorn & Nathan Fairbairn (GN)

8.18.22

• The Aquanaut by Dan Santat (GN)
• Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas (GN)
• Aru Shah and the End of Time: The Graphic Novel by Joe Caramagna, Anu Chouhan, & Roshani Chokshi (GN)
• The Girl in the Moon Circle by Sia Figiel (ANF)

8.19.22

• The Prisoner of Shiverstone by Linette Moore (GN)
• Unicorn Selfies by Dana Simpson (GN)
• Sorceline by Sylvia Douye & Paola Antista (GN)
• My Life as a Background Slytherin: Special Bonus Comics by Emily McGovern (GN)
• My Life as a Background Slytherin: All the Flounces by Emily McGovern (GN)
• Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology edited by Joamette Gil (GN)
• Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy edited by Joamette Gil (GN)
• Huia Short Stories 7: Contemporary Maori Fiction by James George & Kelly Ana Morey (A)

8.20.22

• Peter Darling by Austin Chant (A)
• The Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael Leali (Y)

8.21.22

• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (A)

8.22.22

• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (A)

8.26.22

• Knuckleheads by Joan Holub & Michael Slack (PB)
• My Name is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way. by Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin (YANF)

8.27.22

• Deaf Republic: Poems by Ilya Kaminsky (ANF)
• Crafting the Body Divine: Ritual, Movement and Body Art by Yasmine Galenorn (ANF)
• Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez (ANF)

8.28.22

• Shorty & Clem by Michael Slack (PB)
• A Is for Axolotl: An Unusual Animal ABC by Catherine Macorol (YNF)
• Unicorn Playlist by Dana Simpson (GN)
• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (YA)

8.31.22

• Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (A)

08.22: 98

45 picture books; 16 youth nonfiction; 7 adult fiction; 18 graphic novels; 4 young adult fiction; 3 youth fiction; 4 adult nonfiction; 1 young adult nonfiction

books i've read july 2022

 7.1.22

• Extraordinary: A Villains Story by V.E. Schwab, Enid Balam, & Jordi Escuin Llorach (GN)

7.3.22

• The Boy with Flowers in His Hair by Jarvis (PB)
• What Happened to You? by James Catchpole & Karen George (PB)
• The Great Zapfino by Mac Barnett & Marla Frazee (PB)
• I Am Able to Shine by Korey Watari & Mike Wu (PB)
• Brian the Dancing Lion by Tom Tinn-Disbury (PB)
• I Am Mozart, Too by Audrey Ades & Adelina Lirius (YNF)
• Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford & Jeffrey Boston Weatherford (YNF)
• She Persisted: Claudette Colvin by Lesa Cline-Ransome & Gillian Flint (YNF)
• She Persisted: Clara Lemlich by Deborah Heiligman & Gillian Flint (YNF)
• The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams (YA)
• Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton (ANF)

7.4.22

• Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen (Y)
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (YA)

7.5.22

• Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske (PB)

7.8.22

• The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search Book Three by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass (YA)

7.9.22

• The Goody by Lauren Child (PB)
• Counting to Bananas by Carrie Tillotson & Estrela Lourenco (PB)
• The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, & Jess Golden (PB)
• Little Moar and the Moon by Roselynn Akulukjuk & Jazmine Gubbe (PB)
• Noor by Nnedi Okorafor (A)
• Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes (YA)

7.10.22

• The Mysterious Sea Bunny by Peter Raymundo (YNF)
• Thingamabob by Marianna Coppo (PB)
• When a Tree Grows by Cathy Ballou Mealey & Kasia Nowowiejska (PB)
• Sylvie by Jean Reidy & Lucy Ruth Cummins (PB)
• There's a Rock Concert in My Bedroom by Kevin Jonas, Danielle Jonas, & Courtney Dawson (PB)
• This Book Will Get You to Sleep! by Jory John & Olivier Tallec (PB)
• Spring Parade by Camelia Kay & Allyn Howard (PB)
• The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest by Heather Long & Jana Christy (YNF)
• I Am Dolly Parton by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle's Incredible Journey Home by Lindsay Moore (YNF)
• Lumberjanes: The Good Egg by Mariko Tamaki & Brooklyn Allen (Y)
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory (A)

7.11.22

• Chirp by Kate Messner (Y)

7.13.22

• Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen (Y)

7.15.22

• Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney (YA)

7.16.22

• I Won't Give Up My Rubber Band by Shinsuke Yoshitake (PB)
• Good Night, Toucan by Joanne Partis (PB)
• Always with You, Always with Me by Kelly Rowland, Jessica McKay, & Fanny Liem (PB)
• I'd Like to Be the Window for a Wise Old Dog by Philip Stead (PB)
• I Love You More Than All the Stars by Becky Davies & Dana Brown (PB)
• You Have Feelings All the Time by Deborah Farmer Kris & Jennifer Zivoin (PB)
• City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab (Y)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift Part One by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift Part Two by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift Part Three by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• She Persisted: Ruby Bridges by Kekla Magoon & Gillian Flint (YNF)
• Batman and Robin and Howard by Jeffrey Brown (GN)
• Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case (GN)
• Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram (YA)

7.17.22

• Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal (GN)

7.18.22

• Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod & Jess Taylor (GN)

7.21.22

• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (A)

7.23.22

• You Look Yummy! by Tatsuya Miyanishi (PB)

7.24.22

• It's Raining Tacos! by Parry Gripp & Peter Emmerich (PB)
• Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho & Dung Ho (PB)
• The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• Peanut Gets Fed Up by Dana Wulfekotte (PB)
• Dress Like a Girl by Patricia Toht & Lorian Tu-Dean (PB)
• Poo-Dunit?: A Forest Floor Mystery by Katlyn Aronson & Stephanie Laberis (YNF)
• The Worst Luck Book in the Whole Entire World by Joey Acker (PB)
• The Home Builders by Varsha Bajaj & Simona Mulazzani (PB)
• Oona and the Shark by Kelly DiPucchio & Raissa Figueroa (PB)

7.26.22

• Besties: Work It Out by Kayla Miller, Jeffrey Canino, & Kristina Luu (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Monster Friends by Kaeti Vandorn (GN)

7.27.22

• The Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan (Y)
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (YA)

7.28.22

• Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente (Y)
• Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (A)

7.29.22

• The Trials of Apollo: The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan (Y)

7.30.22

• I Really Love You by Tatsuya Miyanishi (PB)
• I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (PB)
• Wild Beings by Dorien Brouwers (PB)
• Oceans of Love by Janet Lawler & Holly Clifton-Brown (PB)
• Have You Eaten?: A Story of Food, Friendship, and Kindness by Su Youn Lee (PB)

7.31.22

• Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin (A)
• Sourdough by Robin Sloan (A)
• Mem by Bethany C. Morrow (A)

07.22 total: 82

12 graphic novels; 30 picture books; 16 youth nonfiction; 7 young adult fiction; 1 adult nonfiction; 9 youth fiction; 7 adult fiction

books i've read june 2022

 6.1.22

• San Francisco ABCs by Mr. Boddinton's Studio LLC (PB)
• San Francisco: A Book of Numbers by Ashley Evanson (PB)
• The Mighty Golden Gate Bridge by Robert Lieber & Carol Klammer (YNF)

6.3.22

• Why?: A Conversation About Race by Taye Diggs & Shane W. Evans (PB)
• I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon (PB)
• Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope by Jodie Patterson & Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (YNF)
• They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki (PB)
• It's Just a Plant: A Children's Story About Marijuana by Ricardo Cortes (YNF)

6.4.22

• Rainbow: A First Book of Pride by Michael Genhart & Anne Passchier (YNF)

6.5.22

• Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach (ANF)
• Scaredy Squirrel Gets a Surprise by Melanie Watt (GN)
• Beast by Brie Spangler (YA)
• A Spark within the Forge by Sabaa Tahir, Nicole Andelfinger, & Sonia Liao (GN)
• Squire by Sara Alfageeh & Nadia Shammas (GN)

6.6.22

• Churro and the Magician by Gaston Caba (GN)

6.7.22

• Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson (YA)

6.8.22

• Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler (YA)

6.9.22

• Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi (YANF)

6.10.22

• The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble by Isabelle Marinov & Deborah Marcero (YNF)
• A Kids Book About Anxiety by Ross Szabo (YNF)
• Big Wig by Jonathan Hillman & Levi Hastings (PB)
• This Book Is Not for You! by Shannon Hale & Tracy Subisak (PB)
• Wild for Winnie by Laura Marx Fitzgerald & Jenny Lovlie (PB)
• Cats Can by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & Ebony Glenn (PB)
• Smitten with Kittens by Florence Minor & Wendell Minor (PB)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search Part One by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Button Pusher by Tyler Page (GN)

6.11.22

• The Odds #1 by Matt Stanton (GN)
• Princeless: Find Yourself by Jeremy Whitley, Emily Martin, Christine Hipp, Ainhoa Aramayo, & Brett Grunig (GN)
• Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo & Andrea Pippins (YANF)
• Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo (GN)
• Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee & Molly Brooks (GN)

6.12.22

• Have I Got a Book for You! by Melanie Watt (PB)
• Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes "the French Chef" by Alex Prud'homme & Sarah Green (YNF)
• She Persisted in Science: Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger (YNF)
• Sometimes, All I Need Is Me by Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• Solar the Polar by Kim Constantinesco & Jessica Linn Evans (PB)
• Choices by Roozeboos (PB)
• New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story by April Halprin Wayland & Stephane Jorisch (PB)
• Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & John Parra (PB)
• Big Dance by Aoife Greenham (PB)
• The Tiger Who Would Be King by James Thurber & JooHee Yoon (PB)
• Faraway Fox by Jolene Thompson & Justin K. Thompson (PB)
• This Book Is Not About Dragons by Shelley Moore Thomas & Fred Koehler (PB)
• Housecat Trouble #1 by Mason Dickerson (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search Part Two by Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (GN)
• Snug Harbor Stories by Will Henry (GN)

6.13.22

• The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones (ANF)

6.16.22

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (ANF)

6.17.22

• Noodle Magic by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & Meilo So (PB)
• Peacock and Sketch by Allan Peterkin & Sandhya Prabhat (PB)
• Alone Like Me by Rebecca Evans (PB)
• Being Friends with Dragons by Katherine Locke & Diane Ewen (PB)

6.18.22

• The Stack by Vanessa Roeder (PB)
• The Lantern House by Erin Napier & Adam Trest (PB)
• Wutaryoo by Nilah Magruder (PB)
• Almost Always Best, Best Friends by Apryl Stott (PB)
• The Fog by Kyo Maclear & Kenard Pak (PB)
• Hom by Jeanne Willis & Paddy Donnelly (PB)
• Star Fishing by Sang-Keun Kim (PB)
• Yak and Dove by Kyo Maclear & Esme Shapiro (PB)
• Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin (PB)
• Patience, Miyuki by Roxane Marie Galliez & Seng Soun Ratanavanh (PB)
• Layla the Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish, Jerdine Nolen, & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• I'm On It! by Andrea Tsurumi (PB)
• Lovebird Lou by Tammi Sauer & Stephanie Laberis (PB)
• Return of the Underwear Dragon by Scott Rothman & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Mako & Tiger: Two Not-So-Friendly Sharks by Scott Rothman & Mika Song (PB)
• The Eyebrows of Doom by Steve Smallman & Miguel Ordonez (PB)
• I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick & Eric Wilkerson (YNF)
• Tiger Days: A Book of Feelings by M.H. Clark & Anna Hurley (PB)
• You're Loved by Liz Climo (PB)
• Dozens of Doughnuts by Carrie Finison & Brianne Farley (PB)
• Noodle and the No Bones Day by Jonathan Graziano & Dan Tavis (PB)
• ABC Pride by Dr. Elly Barnes MBE, Louie Stowell, & Amy Phelps (YNF)
• An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (A)

6.19.22

• Wombat Underground: A Wildfire Survival Story by Sarah L. Thompson & Charles Santoso (YNF)
• She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger (YNF)
• Octopants and the Missing Pirate Underpants by Suzy Senior & Claire Powell (PB)
• Grandma's Gardens by Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, & Carme Lemniscates (YNF)
• Who Will You Be? by Andrea Pippins (PB)
• Bug Scouts: Out in the Wild by Mike Lowery (GN)
• Mapmakers and the Lost Magic by Cameron Chittock & Amanda Castillo (GN)
• The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle (GN)
• Mermaid Dreams by Kate Pugsley (PB)
• A Church for All by Gayle E. Pitman & Laure Fournier (PB)
• Playing Wicked by Alex R. Kahler & Ben Whitehouse (PB)
• Alan Turing by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ashling Lindsay (YNF)
• The Bear and the Little Green Thing by Diandian (PB)
• The Night Walk by Marie Dorleans (PB)
• Just to See by Morgane de Cadier & Florian Pige (PB)
• Rosie the Truffle Hound by Jessie Hartland (PB)
• Donut: The Unicorn Who Wants to Fly by Laura Gehl & Andrea Zuill (PB)
• Glow by Ruth Forman & Geneva Bowers (PB)

6.20.22

• Graceling: The Graphic Novel by Kristin Cashore & Gareth Hinds (GN)
• She Persisted: Coretta Scott King by Kelly Starling Lyons & Gillian Flint (YNF)
• Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs: 25 Tales of Mothers and Daughters by Rebel Girls (YNF)
• The Princess in Black and the Mermaid Princess by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed! by Madeleine Roux & Tim Probert (Y)

6.21.22

• Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (YA)

6.25.22

• Don't Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe by Chelsea Clinton & Gianna Marion (YNF)
• Princeless: Princesses by Jeremy Whitley, Jackie Crofts, Newt Taber, Takeia Marie, Robin Kaplan, Kaitlin Jann, & Brett Grunig (GN)
• Crema by Johnnie Christmas, Dante Luz, Ryan Ferrier, & Atla Hrafney (GN)

6.26.22

• Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. Lee (YA)
• Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd (YA)
• Ashes of Gold by J. Elle (YA)

06.22 total: 106

55 picture books; 17 youth nonfiction; 3 adult nonfiction; 19 graphic novels; 7 young adult fiction; 2 young adult nonfiction; 1 adult fiction; 2 youth fiction

books i've read may 2022

 5.1.22

• The Race by Edouard Manceau (PB)
• Someday, Narwhal by Lisa Mantchev & Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Our World Is a Family: Our Community Can Change the World by Miry Whitehill, Jennifer Jackson, & Nomar Perez (YNF)
• The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School by Laura Murray & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Zen Happiness by Jon J. Muth (PB)
• Ida, Always by Caron Levis & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Score One for the Sloths by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Three Cheers for Tacky by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Nova: The Star Eater by Lindsay Leslie & John Taesoo Kim (PB)
• May I Have a Word? by Caron Levis & Andy Rash (PB)
• Mama's Work Shoes by Caron Levis & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (PB)
• Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor (YA)

5.2.22

• Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk (YA)

5.4.22

• Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou (ANF)
• Muted by Tami Charles (YA)

5.6.22

• Tacky Goes to Camp by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Tacky in Trouble by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Tackylocks and the Three Bears by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Tacky and the Emperor by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Happy Birdday, Tacky! by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• The Way Home for Wolf by Rachel Bright & Jim Field (PB)
• Violet's Tempest by Ian Eagleton & Clara Arganuzzi (PB)
• New in Town by Kevin Cornell (PB)
• Brilliant Bea by Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vudadinovich, & Fiona Lee (PB)

5.7.22

• The Monster Returns by Peter McCarty (PB)
• ABC Pasta: An Entertaining Alphabet by Juana Medina (PB)
• Prickly Jenny by Sibylle Delacroix (PB)
• Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus & Jose Aruego (PB)
• Brave Molly by Brooke Boynton-Hughes (PB)
• Moon's First Friends: One Giant Leap for Friendship by Susanna Leonard Hill & Elisa Paganelli (PB)
• The Best American Food Writing 2021 edited by Gabrielle Hamilton (ANF)
• Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters (YA)

5.8.22

• Bobo and Pup-Pup: Let's Make Cake! by Vikram Madan & Nicola Slater (Y)
• The Cats and the Cake by Martha Hamilton, Mitch Weiss, & Steve Henry (PB)
• Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote by Dean Robbins & Nancy Zhang (YNF)
• Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Julia's House Goes Home by Ben Hatke (PB)
• The Tunnel by Sarah Howden & Erika Rodriguez Medina (PB)
• The Monster in the Bathhouse by Sina Merabian (PB)
• Dog Says, Cat Says by Marilyn Singer & Sonia Sanchez (PB)
• With Lots of Love by Jenny Torres Sanchez & Andre Ceolin (PB)
• Gib-ber-ish by Young Vo (PB)
• The Problem with Pierre by C.K. Smouha & Suzanna Hubbard (PB)
• Death & Sparkles by Rob Justus (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Katara and the Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks & Peter Wartman (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Team Avatar Tales by Gene Luen Yang, Ryan Hill, Dave Scheidt, Little Corvus, Faith Erin Hicks, Ron Koertge, Sara Goetter, Kiku Hughes, Carla Speed McNeil, & Coni Yovaniniz (GN)
• Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's School Picture by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo (GN)
• Pink, Blue, and You!: Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes by Elise Gravel & MyKaell Blais (YNF)
• Hana-Chan and the Shape of the World by Ryotaro Uedal (M)
• Free Comic Book Day: School for Extraterrestrial Girls by Jeremy Whitley & Jamie Noguchi (C)

5.9.22

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (A)

5.12.22

• Fresh by Margot Wood (YA)
• Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera (YA)

5.13.22

• Midnight & Moon by Kelly Cooper & Daniel Miyares (PB)
• Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens by Elizabeth Lilly (PB)
• Fox: A Circle of Life Story by Isabel Thomas & Daniel Egneus (YNF)

5.15.22

• Always Only You by Chloe Liese (A)
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (A)

5.16.22

• The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces by Courtney Cook (ANF)
• Menopause: A Comic Treatment edited by M.K. Czerwiec (GN)

5.17.22

• Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo (ANF)

5.18.22

• Lore Olympus Volume One by Rachel Smythe (GN)

5.20.22

• The Changeling by Victor LaVelle (A)
• Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick (Y)
• Knight Owl by Christopher Denise (PB)
• Hugo and the Impossible Thing by Renee Felice Smith, Chris Gabriel, & Sydney Hanson (PB)
• Counting Creatures by Julia Donaldson & Sharon King-Chai (PB)
• The Superpower Sisterhood by Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush, & Cyndi Wojciechowski (PB)
• Amanda Gorman by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lauren Semmer (YNF)
• Elton John by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sophie Beer (YNF)
• Prince by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Cachetejack (YNF)
• Gloria Steinem by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lucila Perini (YNF)
• J.R.R. Tolkien by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Aaron Cushley (YNF)
• Stevie Wonder by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Melissa Lee Johnson (YNF)
• Stacey's Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams & Kitt Thomas (YNF)
• Vivienne Westwood by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Laura Callaghan (YNF)
• A Gift for Nana by Lane Smith (PB)
• Hang in There! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• School Is Cool! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)

5.21.22

• Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister (ANF)

5.22.22

• Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak by Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd (PB)
• Think Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison (YNF)
• Audrey: My First Audrey Hepburn by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amaia Arrazolalf (YNF)
• John James Audubon Painted Birds by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• You Are My Magical Unicorn by Joyce Wan (PB)
• Tiny Like a Bug by Kotryna Zyle (PB)
• Uni Paints a Rainbow by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Brigette Barrager (PB)
• Little Seed by Benson Shum (PB)
• I Am the Longest Dog by Avery Monsen (PB)
• Friends Are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu & Lynn Scurfield (PB)
• Capybara Is Friends with Everyone by Maddie Frost (PB)
• Wondering Around by Meg Fleming & Richard Jones (PB)
• Olu & Greta by Diana Ejaita (PB)
• All Moms by Sarah Kate Ellis, Kristen Ellis-Henderson, & Max Rambaldi (PB)
• I Am Thinking My Life by Allysun Atwater & Stevie Lewis (PB)

5.23.22

• The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He (YA)

5.24.22

• Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (YA)
• Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz (ANF)

5.25.22

• Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA)

5.26.22

• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (YA)

5.27.22

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (A)

5.28.22

• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang, & Gurihiru (GN)
• Wisp by Annika Rodrigues (PB)
• Just You and Me: Remarkable Relationships in the Wild by Jennifer Ward & Alexander Vidal (YNF)
• Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas & Daniel Egneus (YNF)
• XO, Exoplanet by Deborah Underwood & Jorge Lacera (YNF)
• Lightfall, Book One: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert (GN)
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (YA)

5.29.22

• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures by Aaron Ehasz, Alison Wilgus, Amy Kim Ganter, Brian Ralph, Corey Lewis, Dave Roman, Elsa Garagarza, Ethan Spaulding, Frank Pittarese, Gurihiru, J. Torres, Joaquim Dos Santos, Johane Matte, John O'Bryan, Joshua Hamilton, Justin Ridge, Katie Mattila, May Chan, Rawles Cumumba, Reagan Lodge, Jim Hendrick, & Tom McWeeney (GN)
• School for Extraterrestrial Girls: Girl on Fire by Jeremy Whitley & Jamie Noguchi (GN)
• Athena: Goddess of Wisdom and War by Imogen Greenberg & Isabel Greenberg (GN)
• Snail & Worm: Three Stories About Two Friends by Tina Kugler (PB)
• My Must-Have Mom by Maudie Smith & Jen Khatun (PB)
• Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty & David Roberts (PB)
• There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight by Penny Parker Klostermann & Ben Mantle (PB)
• Spencer and Vincent, the Jellyfish Brothers by Tony Johnston & Emily Dove (PB)
• Once Upon Another Time by Charles Ghigna, Matt Forrest Esenwine, & Andres F. Landazabal (PB)
• How to Bake a Universe by Alec Carvlin & Brian Biggs (YNF)
• You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Dean Robbins & Sarah Green (YNF)
• Whole Whale by Karen Yin & Nelleke Verhoeff (PB)
• Princeless: Make Yourself Part Two by Jeremy Whitley, Emily Martin, & Brett Grunig (GN)
• Princeless: Raven: The Pirate Princess: Free Women by Jeremy Whitley, Rosy Higgins, & Ted Brandt (GN)
• The Nightmare Brigade: The Girl from Deja Vu by Franck Thilliez, Yomgui Dumont, & Drac (GN)

5.30.21

• The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare & Wesley Chu (YA)
• Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong (GN)
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Good-Bye Stacey, Good-Bye Gabriela Epstein & Ann M. Martin (GN)

5.31.22

• Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson (Y)

05.22 total: 129

64 picture books; 20 youth nonfiction; 12 young adult fiction; 6 adult nonfiction; 3 youth fiction; 17 graphic novels; 1 manga; 1 comic; 5 adult fiction

books i've read april 2022

 4.1.22

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron (ANF)
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (A)
• Perfectly Pegasus by Jessie Sima (PB)
• Nook by Sally Anne Garland (PB)
• Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color by Monique Fields & Yesenia Moises (PB)
• The Three Water Drop Brothers by Lee Eun-Hee & Yun Mi-Sook (YNF)
• Somewhere in the Bayou by Jarrett Pumphrey & Jerome Pumphrey (PB)
• Sometimes Cake by Edwina Wyatt & Tamsin Ainslie (PB)
• Crocodile Hungry by Eija Sumner & John Martz (PB)
• Drive: A Look at Roadside Opposites by Kellen Hatanaka (PB)
• Bok's Giant Leap: One Moon Rock's Journey Through Time and Space by Neil Armstrong & Grahame Baker Smith (YNF)
• Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women by Christine McDonnell & Victoria Tentler-Krylov (YNF)
• A History of Me by Adrea Theodore & Erin K. Robinson (YNF)
• Just Help!: How to Build a Better World by Sonia Sotomayor & Angela Dominguez (YNF)
• Work: An Occupational ABC by Kellen Hatanaka (PB)

4.3.22

• Oscar Seeks a Friend by Pawel Pawlak (PB)
• The Seekers: The Legend of the Silver Fox and the Fire Wolf by Hari & Deepti (PB)
• Enough Is ENOUGH! by Barney Saltzberg (PB)
• Bear and Bee: Too Busy by Sergio Ruzzier (PB)
• Tricky by Kari Rust (PB)
• Hug This Book! by Barney Saltzberg & Fred Benaglia (PB)
• But the Bear Came Back by Tammi Sauer & Dan Taylor (PB)
• Red Ted and the Lost Things by Michael Rosen & Joel Stewart (PB)
• Oh No, Astro! by Matt Roeser & Brad Woodard (PB)
• Bruno, the Standing Cat by Nadine Robert & Jean Jullien (PB)
• Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal & Lee Durfey-Lavoie (GN)
• Walter Does His Best by Eva Pilgrim & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman & Maria Mola (PB)
• Some Questions About Trees by Toni Yuly (PB)
• The Barking Ballad: A Bark-Along Meow-Along Book by Julie Paschkis (PB)
• Letters to Live By: An Alphabet Book with Intention by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough & Asa Gilland (PB)
• Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild by Joshua David Stein & Donimique Ramsey (YNF)
• Wild Feelings by David Milgrim (PB)
• Bear Wants to Sing by Cary Fagan & Dena Seiferling (PB)
• Can I Sit with You? by Sarah Jacoby (PB)
• Brave as a Mouse by Nicolo Carozzi (PB)
• Once Upon a Forest by Pam Fong (PB)
• Jazz for Lunch! by Jarrett Dapier & Eugenia Mello (PB)
• Slug in Love by Rachel Bright & Nadia Shireen (PB)
• Dance, Dance, Dance! by Ethan Long (PB)

4.8.22

• Big Cat by Ethan Long (PB)
• The Important Thing about Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett & Sarah Jacoby (YNF)
• Side by Side by Rachel Bright & Debi Gliori (PB)
• Fangsgiving by Ethan Long (PB)

4.9.22

• A-Okay by Jarad Greene (GN)
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (A)

4.10.22

• The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward & Wayne Anderson (PB)
• I Need All of It by Petra Postart & Jens Rassmus (PB)
• Wait by Antoinette Portis (PB)
• Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World by Margaret Rey & H.A. Rey (PB)
• Sweet Success by Liz Reed & Jimmy Reed (PB)
• I Feel Teal by Lauren Rille & Aimee Sicuro (PB)
• The Other Rabbit by Maranke Rinck & Martijn van der Linden (PB)
• Pax and Blue by Lori Richmond (PB)
• The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright & Jim Field (PB)
• Jules Vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima (PB)
• William's Winter Nap by Linda Ashman & Chuck Groenink (PB)
• Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick & David Serlin (Y)
• Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell by Ted Naifeh (GN)
• Courney Crumrin: Tales of a Warlock by Ted Naifeh (GN)
• Treasure in the Lake by Jason Pamment (GN)
• Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Volume 2 by Joamette Gil (Ed.) (GN)
• The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith (YA)

4.12.22

• The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (A)

4.13.22

• My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler (ANF)

4.14.22

• Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood (A)

4.15.22

• I Am Malala Yousafzai by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Her Body Can by Katie Crenshaw, Ady Meschke, & Li Liu (PB)
• Powwow Day by Traci Sorell & Madelyn Goodnight (PB)
• The Tale of the Whale by Karen Swann & Padmacandra (PB)
• The Longest Letsgoboy by Derick Wilder & Catia Chien (PB)
• Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson & Will Hillenbrand (PB)
• The Lost Package by Richard Ho & Jessica Lanan (PB)
• Mouse Seasons by Leo Lionni (PB)
• The Crab Ballet by Renee M. LaTulippe & Cecile Metzger (PB)
• The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff & Daniel Duncan (YNF)
• John's Turn by Mac Barnett & Kate Berube (PB)
• The Robot King by Brian Selznick (Y)

4.16.22

• Calm Down, Zebra by Lou Kuenzler & Julia Woolf (PB)
• Lula and the Sea Monster by Alex Latimer (PB)
• Betty Bunny Wants Everything by Michael B. Kaplan & Stephane Jorisch (PB)
• Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon by Torben Kuhlmann (Y)
• Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann (Y)
• Goodnight Mr. Clutterbuck by Mauri Kunnas & Tarja Kunnas (PB)
• The Shaman's Apprentice by Zacharias Kunuk & Megan Kyak-Monteith (PB)
• Not Yet, Zebra by Lou Kuenzler & Julia Woolf (PB)
• Snail & Worm All Day by Tina Kugler (PB)
• Banana Fox and the Book-Eating Robot by James Kochalka (GN)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Suki Alone by Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, & Adele Matera (GN)
• Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab by Priya Huq (GN)

4.17.22

• Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freeman (PB)
• A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins & Sophie Blackall (PB)
• What If Everybody Said That? by Ellen Javernick & Colleen Madden (PB)
• George Flies South by Simon James (PB)
• The Cutest Thing Ever by Amy Ignatow & Hsinping Pan (PB)
• Rex by Simon James (PB)
• Big Boys Cry by Jonty Howley (PB)
• Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story by Edward Hemingway (PB)
• Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat by Katie Harnett (PB)
• Fierce Grey Mouse by Chantal Bourgonje (PB)
• Doctor Who: Dr. Thirteenth by Roger Hargreaves & Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library by Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom (YNF)
• My Pillow Keeps Moving! by Laura Gehl & Christopher Weyant (PB)
• You're Angry: Throw a Fit or Talk It Out? by Connie Colwell Miller & Victoria Assanelli (YNF)
• You Can Stay in Control: Wild or Calm? by Connie Colwell Miller & Victoria Assanelli (YNF)
• You Can Handle Conflict: Hands or Words? by Connie Colwell Miller & Victoria Assanelli (YNF)
• Story Worlds: Nature by Thomas Hegbrook (YNF)
• Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
• Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood (A)
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (A)

4.18.22

• Ozy and Millie: Perfectly Normal by Dana Simpson (GN)
• We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Ross Ishikawa, & Matt Sasaki (GN)

4.21.22

• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (A)

4.22.22

• The Zombie Prince by Matt Beam & Luc Melanson (PB)
• Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey & Kass Reich (PB)
• The Lending Zoo by Frank Asch (PB)
• Forever Friends by Carin Berger (PB)
• Monster's New Undies by Samantha Berger & Tad Carpenter (PB)
• Madame Eiffel: The Love Story of the Eiffel Tower by Alice Briere-Haquet & Csil (PB)
• I Know Sasquatch by Jess Bradley (PB)
• The Lines on Nana's Face by Simona Ciraolo (PB)
• Whatever Happened to My Sister? by Simona Ciraolo (PB)
• Inside the Suitcase by Clotilde Perrin (PB)
• I'm Sorry by Michael Ian Black & Debbie Ridpath Ohi (PB)
• Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham (PB)
• Undercover: One of These Things Is Almost Like the Others by Bastien Contraire (PB)
• A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Perfect Valentine by Amy Young (PB)
• The Ugly Dumpling by Stephanie Campisi & Shahar Kober (PB)
• Mister Fairy by Morgane de Cadier & Florian Pige (PB)

4.24.22

• Bright Brown Baby: A Treasury by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney (PB)
• Sing with Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla by Diana Lopez & Teresa Martinez (YNF)
• Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge by Gary Golio & James Ransome (YNF)
• Ride the Wind by Nicola Davies & Salvatore Rubbino (PB)
• Which Nose for Witch? by David Crosby & Carolina Coroa (PB)
• We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, & Eduardo Trejos (YNF)
• Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett (PB)
• Bump in the Night by Edward Hemingway (PB)

4.26.22

• Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter (ANF)

4.27.22

• Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeous Queer Life by Jonathan Van Ness (ANF)

4.28.22

• Revver the Speedway Squirrel by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Alex Willan (Y)

4.30.22

• Not a Box by Antoinette Portis (PB)
• Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals by Ashley Bryan (YNF)
• Bunny Overboard by Claudia Rueda (PB)
• Moles Present: The Natural Tolls of Digging Holes by Springer Badger (YNF)
• Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady & Gracey Zhang (PB)
• Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero (PB)
• Escape Goat by Ann Patchett & Robin Preiss Glasser (PB)
• I'm a Gnome! by Jessica Peill-Meininghaus & Poly Bernatene (PB)
• Who Stole the Hazelnuts?: A Forest Mystery by Marcus Pfister (PB)
• Baloney and Friends: Dream Big! by Greg Pizzoli (GN)

04.22 total: 151

4 adult nonfiction; 7 adult fiction; 102 picture books; 19 youth nonfiction; 12 graphic novels; 5 youth fiction; 2 young adult fiction 

books i've read march 2022

 3.3.22

• Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen (ANF)

3.5.22

• Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin (YA)

3.6.22

• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (YA)

3.10.22

• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (A)

3.12.22

• Skywatcher by Jamie Hogan (PB)
• This Is a Gift for You by Emily Winfield Martin (PB)
• Ben & Emma's Big Hit by Gavin Newson, Ruby Shamir, & Alexandra Thompson (PB)
• The Spectacular Suit by Kat Patrick & Hayley Wells (PB)
• With Great Power: The Marvelous Stan Lee: An Unauthorized Biography by Annie Hunter Eriksen & Lee Gatlin (YNF)
• Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History by Schele Williams & Tanya Engel (YNF)
• Wet Moon: Unseen Feet by Ross Campbell (GN)
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (A)

3.13.22

• My Riot by Rick Spears & Emmett Helen (GN)
• Amethyst: Princess of Gem World by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & Asiah Fulmore (GN)

3.15.22

• Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin DiAngelo (ANF)
• The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (ANF)
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (A)
• Bob and Flo and the Missing Bucket by Rebecca Ashdown (PB)
• 1234 Cake!: A Count-and-Bake Book by Caroline Wright & Allison Oliver (PB)

3.18.22

• Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Yee (Y)
• 39 Uses for a Friend by Harriet Ziefert & Rebecca Doughty (PB)
• Cat Nap by Toni Yuly (PB)
• 16 Words: William Carlos Williams & "The Red Wheelbarrow" by Lisa Rogers & Chuck Groenink (YNF)
• Dancing with Daddy by Anitra Rowe Schulte & Ziyue Chen (PB)
• The Wordy Book by Julie Paschkis (PB)
• Where Is Bina Bear? by Mike Curato (PB)
• Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat by Sue Lowell Gallion & Joyce Wan (PB)
• Jasper & Ollie by Alex Willan (PB)
• Quackers by Liz Wong (PB)
• Morris Mole by Dan Yaccarino (PB)

3.19.22

• You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves edited by Diana Whitney (YANF)
• A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow (YA)
• Living with Viola by Rosena Fung (GN)

3.20.22

• A Brand New Day with Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee (Y)
• Mouse and Mole: Secret Valentine by Wong Herbert Yee (Y)
• Mouse and Mole: A Winter Wonderland by Wong Herbert Yee (Y)
• Monsters 101 by Cale Atkinson (PB)
• William Wakes Up by Linda Ashman & Chuck Groenink (PB)
• The Whopper by Rebecca Ashdown (PB)
• Chicken Story Time by Sandy Asher & Mark Fearling (PB)
• A Bear to Share by Jessica Alba, Kelly Sawyer Patricof, Norah Weinstein, & Alicia Mas (PB)
• Edda: A Valkyrie's First Day of School by Adam Auerbach (PB)
• Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry (PB)
• Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's Kittycat Club by Ann M. Martin & Katy Farina (GN)
• The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood & Renee Nault (GN)
• Courtney Crumrin: The Coven of Mysteries by Ted Naifeh (GN)
• Courtney Crumrin: The Twilight Kingdom by Ted Naifeh (GN)
• Courtney Crumrin: Monstrous Holiday by Ted Naifeh (GN)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (ANF)

3.21.22

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (ANF)

3.25.22

• Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (ANF)

3.26.22

• Clash by Kayla Miller (GN)
• The Altered History of Willow Sparks by Tara O'Connor (GN)
• Courtney Crumrin: The Witch Next Door by Ted Naifeh (GN)
• Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's Worst Day by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin (GN)

3.27.22

• A Seat at the Table: The Nancy Pelosi Story by Elisa Boxer & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• Where Happiness Lives by Barry Timms & Greg Abbott (PB)
• Almost Nothing, Yet Everything by Hiroshi Osada & Ryoji Arai (PB)
• Lotus & Feather by Ji-li Jiang & Julie Downing (PB)
• Ready for Anything! by Keiko Kasza (PB)
• The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker & Mark Pett (PB)
• Jasper & Ollie Build a Fort by Alex Willan (PB)
• Clovis Keeps His Cool by Katelyn Aronson & Eve Farb (PB)
• Thunder and Cluck: Friends Do Not Eat Friends by Jill Esbaum & Miles Thompson (GN)
• Love You by Heart by Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole by Wong Herbert Yee (Y)
• Mouse and Mole: A Perfect Halloween by Wong Herbert Yee (Y)
• I Am Muhammad Ali by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)

03.22 total: 68

6 adult nonfiction; 3 young adult fiction; 3 adult fiction; 30 picture books; 5 youth nonfiction; 14 graphic novels; 6 youth fiction; 1 young adult nonfiction

books i've read february 2022

 2.3.22

• Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby (ANF)
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (A)

2.5.22

• One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read (PB)
• Have You Seen Gordon? by Adam Jay Epstein & Ruth Chan (PB)
• CATastrophe!: A Story of Patterns by Ann Marie Stephens & Jenn Harney (PB)
• Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez by Larry Dane Brimner & Maya Gonzalez (YNF)
• !Vamos!: Let's Cross the Bridge by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay (PB)
• Lola Sleeps Over by Anna McQuinn & Rosalind Beardshaw (PB)
• Pop! by Karen Kilpatrick & German Blanco (PB)
• Jeff Goes Wild by Angie Roselaar (PB)
• 'Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis & Kenard Pak (PB)
• We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell & Frane Lessac (YNF)
• Bedhead Ted by Scott SanGiacomo (GN)
• My Love Mix-Up! #1 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory (A)
• Blue Flag #1 by Kaito (M)

2.6.22

• Who Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg? by Lisbeth Kaiser & Stanley Chow (YNF)
• Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory by Julie Abery & Chris Sasaki (YNF)
• We Give Thanks by Cynthia Rylant & Sergio Ruzzier (PB)
• The House of Love by Adriana Trigiani & Amy June Bates (PB)

2.11.22

• The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson (GN)
• While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams (A)

2.12.22

• Small Room, Big Dreams: The Journey of Julian and Joaquin Castro by Monica Brown & Mirelle Ortega (YNF)
• Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small by Dr. Jess Wade & Melissa Castrillon (YNF)
• A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla by Azadeh Westergaard & Julia Sarda (YNF)
• The Queen on Our Corner by Lucy Christopher & Nia Tudor (PB)
• At This Very Moment by Matthew Hodson (PB)
• Group Hug by Jean Reidy & Joey Chou (PB)
• A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott (YNF)
• Sloppy Takes the Plunge by Sean Julian (PB)
• The Gender Wheel: A Story About Bodies and Gender for Everybody by Maya Gonzalez (YNF)
• Barb the Last Berzerker, Book 1 by Dan & Jason (GN)
• Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carre (GN)
• Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?! by Sophie Escabasse (GN)
• Handa-Kun #1 by Satsuki Yoshino (M)
• Handa-Kun #2 by Satsuki Yoshino (M)

2.13.22

• Boa's Bad Birthday by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross (PB)
• Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Twitchy Witchy Itch by Priscilla Tey (PB)
• Threads by Torill Kove (PB)
• The Great Lollipop Caper by Dan Krall (PB)
• Bird by Beatriz Martin Vidal (PB)
• Twig by Aura Parker (PB)
• Courtney Crumrin: The Night Things by Ted Naifeh (GN)
• Handa-Kun #3 by Satsuki Yoshino (M)
• The Magic Touch #1 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)

2.14.22

• The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (A)

2.15.22

• Runaways: Canon Fodder by Rainbow Rowell, Andres Genolet, & Kris Anka (GN)
• Wings of Ebony by J. Elle (YA)

2.19.22

• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (A)
• I Am Golden by Eva Chen & Sophie Diao (PB)
• Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari & Patrice Barton (PB)
• The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach (PB)
• I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn & Julia Denos (PB)
• Smitten by David Gordon (PB)
• Mina by Matthew Forsythe (PB)
• The Goonies: The Illustrated Storybook by Brooke Vitale & Teo Skaffa (PB)
• Parker Shines On: Another Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry, Jessica Curry, & Brittany Jackson (PB)
• The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson & Rafael Lopez (PB)
• Who Are Your People? by Bakari Sellers & Reggie Brown (PB)

2.20.22

• I Know the River Loves Me/Yo Se Que el Rio Me Ama by Maya Christina Gonzalez (PB)
• Sick Simon by Dan Krall (PB)
• Absolutely Beastly Children by Dan Krall (PB)
• I See Peace: The Picture Book by Maya Gonzalez (PB)
• Runaways: Come Away with Me by Rainbow Rowell & Andres Genolet (GN)

2.21.22

• Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (A)
• Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy (GN)

2.26.22

• Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness (ANF)

2.27.22

• Kraken Me Up by Jeffrey Ebbeler (GN)
• Kink: Stories by R.O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell (A)
• Naturally Tan by Tan France (ANF)

02.22 total: 71

3 adult nonfiction; 7 adult fiction; 35 picture books; 9 youth nonfiction; 10 graphic novels; 6 manga; 1 young adult fiction

books i've read january 2022

 1.1.22

• Between Two Worlds: The Art and Life of Amrita Sher-Gil by Meera Sriram & Ruchi Bakshi Sharma (YNF)
• Chill, Chomp, Chill! by Chris Ayala-Kronos & Paco Sordo (PB)
• Merry Witchmas by Petrell Marie Ozbay, Tess La Bella, & Sonya Abby (PB)
• The Midnight Club by Shane Goth & Yong Ling Kang (PB)
• Dumpling Day by Meera Sriram, Ines de Antunano, & Laurel P. Jackson (PB)
• Who Will Pull Santa's Sleigh? by Russ Willms (PB)
• Parks and Recreation: Leslie for Class President! by Robb Pearlman & Melanie Demmer (PB)
• What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a Museum by Candace Fleming & Matthew Cordell (YNF)
• My Name is Bana by Bana Alabed & Nez Riaz (YNF)
• We Can: Portraits of Power by Tyler Gordon (YNF)
• Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau (GN)
• Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee (GN)

1.2.22

• Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression by Iris Gottlieb (YANF)
• Pawcasso by Remy Lai (GN)
• Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan (YA)

1.6.22

• The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (A)

1.7.22

• My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education by Jennine Capo Crucet (ANF)
• The Longest Storm by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• A Thing Called Snow by Yuval Zommer (PB)
• How to Be Cooler than Cool by Sean Taylor & Jean Jullien (PB)
• Archie Celebrates Diwali by Mitali Banerjee Ruths & Parwinder Singh (PB)
• Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins & Lavanya Naidu (PB)
• Vampire Peter by Ben Manley & Hannah Peck (PB)
• My Body Is a Rainbow: The Color of My Feelings by Mallika Chopra & Izzy Burton (PB)

1.8.22

• Better Place by Duane Murray & Shawn Daley (GN)
• Another Kind by Cait May & Trevor Bream (GN)
• I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki & Yoshi Yoshitani (GN)

1.9.22

• Slothy Claus: A Christmas Story by Jodie Shepherd & Mackenzie Haley (PB)
• Mi Casa Is My Home by Laurenne Sala & Zara Gonzalez Hoang (PB)
• Maybe... by Chris Haughton (PB)
• The Autumn Visitors by Karel Hayes (PB)
• Santa Jaws by Bridget Heos & Galia Bernstein (PB)
• I Am Smoke by Henry Herz & Mercie Lopez (YNF)
• Maryam's Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid & Aaliya Jaleel (YNF)
• My Voice Is a Trumpet by Jimmie Allen & Cathy Ann Johnson (PB)
• You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner (YA)
• Poems to Live Your Life By edited by Chris Riddell (ANF)
• Obit: Poems by Victoria Chang (ANF)
• Horse Trouble by Kristin Varner (GN)
• Both Sides Now by Peyton Thomas (YA)
• Good Girls Don't Make History by Elizabeth Kiehner, Keith Olwell, Kara Coyle, Micaela Dawn, & Mary Sanche (GN)

1.12.22

• We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman (YA)

1.14.22

• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (A)

1.15.22

• The Birthday Presents by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (PB)
• Platypus by Chris Riddell (PB)
• The Summer Visitors by Karel Hayes (PB)
• Is Mommy? by Victoria Chang & Marla Frazee (PB)
• Continuum by Chella Man (YANF)
• Skate for Your Life by Leo Baker (YANF)
• Lala's Words by Gracey Zhang (PB)
• Smashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman, David Clemesha, & Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Kalamata's Kitchen by Sarah Thomas & Jo Kosmides Edwards (PB)
• The Wind May Blow by Sasha Quinton & Thomas Hegbrook (PB)
• My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang & Huynh Kim Lien (PB)
• What Is Love? by Mac Barnett & Carson Ellis (PB)
• Loving Kindness by Deborah Underwood & Tim Hopgood (PB)
• Feminist Baby: He's a Feminist Too! by Loryn Brantz (PB)
• Out to Sea by Helen Kellock (PB)
• The Three Little Yogis and the Wolf Who Lost His Breath: A Fairy Tale to Help You Feel Better by Susan Verde & Jay Fleck (PB)
• 100 Hugs by Chris Riddell (GN)
• Witch for Hire by Ted Naifeh (GN)

1.16.22

• My Christmas Wish for You by Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar (PB)
• Off the Beaten Track by Maylis de Kerangal & Tom Haugomat (PB)
• The Umbrella by Lisa Lebedovich (PB)
• The Christmas Extravaganza Hotel by Tracey Corderoy & Tony Neal (PB)
• The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Regis Bethencourt, & Kahran Bethencourt (PB)
• Something Else by Kathryn Cave & Chris Riddell (PB)
• A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (PB)
• Delicates by Brenna Thummler (GN)
• Neurocomic by Dr. Matteo Farinella & Hana Ros (GN)
• Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today by Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, & Ally Shwed (GN)

1.17.22

• Spill Zone Book 1 by Scott Westerfeld & Alex Puvilland (GN)
• Spill Night by Scott Westerfeld & Alex Puvilland (GN)
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (YA)

1.22.22

• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoksi & Amelia Nagoski (ANF)
• Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday by Jordan Matter (ANF)
• Glory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty by Kahran Bethencourt & Regin Bethencourt (ANF)

1.23.22

• Platypus and the Lucky Day by Chris Riddell (PB)
• Platypus and the Birthday Party by Chris Riddell (PB)
• Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• The ABCs of AOC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from A to Z by Jamia Wilson & Krystal Quiles (YNF)
• Lions & Cheetahs & Rhinos, Oh My!: Animal Artwork by Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by John Platt & Moira Rose Donohue (YNF)
• There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Super Santa: The Science of Christmas by Bruce Hale & Guy Francis (PB)
• Never, Not Ever! by Beatrice Alemagna (PB)
• Every Body Shines edited by Cassandra Newbould (YA)

1.24.22

• Changeless by Gail Carriger (A)

1.27.22

• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (A)

1.28.22

• We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays by Samantha Irby (ANF)

1.29.22

• I Am Oprah Winfrey by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Went for Hajj by Na'ima B. Robert & Paula Pang (YNF)
• The Cute Penguin by Gabriel Evans (PB)
• The Olphabet: "O" No! An Alphabet Revolt by Jess M. Brallier & Nichola Cowdery (PB)
• SuperJoe Does Not Do Cuddles by Michael Latchpool & Emma Proctor (PB)
• Shine Like a Unicorn by Shelli R. Johannes & Maddie Frost (PB)
• Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpre Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories by Annette Bay Pimental & Magaly Morales (YNF)
• Hey!: A Colorful Mystery by Kate Read (PB)
• Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators by Claudia Friddell & Elizabeth Baddeley (YNF)
• Fox & Rabbit Celebrate by Beth Ferry & Gergely Dudas (GN)
• Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven (YA)

1.30.22

• Flying High: the Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles by Michelle Meadows & Ebony Glenn (YNF)
• The Winter Visitors by Karel Hayes (PB)
• You, Me and Empathy by Jayneen Sanders & Sofia Cardoso (YNF)
• Love Was Inside by Andrew Joyner (PB)
• Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho & Teresa Martinez (YNF)
• More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball by Madison Moore & Lonnie Ollivierre (YNF)

01.22 total: 106

16 youth nonfiction; 53 picture books; 16 graphic novels; 3 young adult nonfiction; 7 young adult fiction; 4 adult fiction; 7 adult nonfiction