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