books i've read april 2023

 4.1.23

• Kumo the Bashful Cloud by Kyo Maclear & Nathalie Dion (PB)
• The Adventures of Qai Qai by Serena Williams & Yesenia Moises (PB)
• Silence by Nivola Uya (PB)
• Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (YNF)
• Hedy Lamarr by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Maggie Cole (YNF)
• You Are a Story by Bob Raczka, Kristen Howdeshell, & Kevin Howdeshell (PB)
• Robin Robin by Dan Ojari, Mikey Please, & Briony May Smith (PB)
• Stanley's Secret by John Sullivan & Zach Manbeck (PB)
• Snow by Sam Usher (PB)
• Sun by Sam Usher (PB)
• Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo (YNF)
• The Little Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, & Rafael Lopez (YNF)
• How to Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab & Kelly Collier (PB)
• Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness by Helaine Becker & Aura Lewis (YNF)
• Colors of the Pacific Northwest by Amy Mullen (PB)
• Can I Pet Your Dog? by Jeremy Nguyen (GN)
• Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits #1 by Waco Ioka (M)

4.2.23

• Mad About Meatloaf by Maureen Fergus & Alexandra Bye (GN)
• Nine Color Deer by Kailin Duan (PB)
• Baby Squeaks by Anne Hunter (PB)
• A Story Is to Share: How Ruth Krauss Found Another Way to Tell a Tale by Carter Higgins & Isabelle Arsenault (YNF)
• The Twilight Library by Carmen Oliver & Miren Asiain Lora (PB)
• A Friend for Ghost by Suzanne Kaufman (PB)
• Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond & Daniel Minter (YNF)
• Pigeon Math by Asia Citro & Richard Watson (PB)
• Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia & Isaac Goodhart (GN)
• Hicotea by Lorena Alvarez (GN)
• Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature by Rachel Williams & Freya Hartas (YNF)
• Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulson (GN)
• Season of the Bruja Volume 1 by Aaron Duran & Sara Soler (GN)
• Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson (A)

4.4.23

• Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse by Maya Phillips (ANF)

4.6.23

• The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)

4.7.23

• The Happy Egg by Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson (PB)
• The Backward Day by Ruth Krauss & Marc Simont (PB)
• I Want to Paint My Bedroom Blue by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak (PB)
• Roar Like a Dandelion by Ruth Krauss & Sergio Ruzzier (PB)
• Youniverse: The Quantum Kaleidoscope of You by Lizelle van der Merwe (YNF)
• I Can't Draw by Stephen W. Martin & Brian Biggs (PB)
• Blue Badger and the Big Breakfast by Huw Lewis Jones & Ben Sanders (PB)
• The Little Forest Keepers by Mary Lundquist (PB)
• Jessie: Queen of the Road by Lindsay Ward (PB)
• The Bear's Garden by Marcie Colleen & Alison Oliver (PB)
• That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown & Nikkolas Smith (PB)
• The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss & Helen Oxenbury (PB)
• The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss & Marc Simont (PB)
• And I Love You by Ruth Krauss & Steven Kellogg (PB)
• Bears by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak (PB)
• A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak (PB)

4.8.23

• Namaste Is a Greeting by Suma Subramaniam & Sandhya Prabhat (PB)
• Let's Have a Tree Party! by David Martin & John Manders (PB)
• The Queen in the Cave by Julia Sarda (PB)
• That's Betty!: The Story of Betty White by Gregory Bonsignore & Jennifer M. Potter (YNF)
• My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant & Kitt Thomas (PB)
• Sarah and the Big Wave: The True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks by Bonnie Tsui & Sophie Diao (YNF)
• Dark on Light by Dianne White & Felicita Sala (PB)
• Double Puppy Trouble by Danica McKellar & Josee Masse (PB)
• Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall (PB)
• Egyptian Myths: Meet the Gods, Goddesses, and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Jean Menzies & Katie Ponder (YNF)
• The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood (GN)
• Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Dave Baker & Nicole Goux (GN)

4.9.23

• All the Love on This Island by Natalie Davis & Minji Kim (PB)
• All Through the Night: Important Jobs That Get Done at Night by Polly Faber & Harriet Hobday (YNF)
• Ratty's Big Adventure by Lara Hawthorne (PB)
• Chloe's Lunar New Year by Lily LaMotte & Michelle Lee (PB)
• Bedtime in Nunatsiavut by Raeann Brown (PB)
• Rabbit, Duck, and Big Bear by Nadine Brun-Cosme & Olivier Tallec (PB)
• Sea Creatures from the Sky by Ricardo Cortes (PB)
• I'll Be You and You Be Me by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak (PB)
• Team Up by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay (GN)
• See How They Grow: Forest by DK (YNF)
• Stacey's Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams & Kitt Thomas (PB)
• All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda Armand & Keisha Morris (PB)
• Baba's Gift: A Persian Father's Love of Family by Ariana Shaheen Amini, Christina Maheen Amini, & Elaheh Taherian (YNF)
• Hilda and the Nowhere Space by Luke Pearson & Stephen Davies (Y)
• Little Good Wolf by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel (PB)
• Frances in the Country by Liz Garton Scanlon & Sean Qualls (PB)
• Geraldine Pu and Her Cat Hat, Too! by Maggie P. Chang (GN)
• A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: The Story of Madeleine L'Engle and the Making of 'A Wrinkle in Time' by Charlotte Jones Voiklis, Jennifer Adams, & Adelina Lirius (YNF)
• It's Tough to Be Tiny: The Secret Life of Small Creatures by Kim Ryall Woolcock & Stacey Thomas (YNF)
• Maya's Song by Renee Watson & Bryan Collier (YNF)
• The New Rooster by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Mate & Daniel Mate (ANF)

4.10.23

• Cool. Awkward. Black. edited by Karen Strong (YA)

4.11.23

• The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)

4.14.23

• She Sang for India: How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change by Suma Subramaniam & Shreya Gupta (YNF)
• The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings by Richard Byrne (PB)
• A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi by James Yang (PB)
• Viking in Love by Doug Cenko (PB)
• Atle Zachen/Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor & Benjamin Phillips (GN)
• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (A)

4.15.23

• Little Cloud and the Lady Wind by Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison, & Sean Qualls (PB)
• Croc O'Clock by Huw Lewis Jones & Ben Sanders (PB)
• Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, & Sean Qualls (PB)
• 12 Days of Christmas by Lara Hawthorne (PB)
• Green on Green by Dianne White & Felicita Sala (PB)
• The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V & Filipe Andrade (GN)
• Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley (A)

4.16.23

• How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter by Lalena Garcia & Caryn Davidson (YNF)
• Forest Fighter: The Story of Chico Mendes by Anita Ganeri & Margaux Carpentier (YNF)
• Feminist Kids by Blanca Lacasa, Luis Amavisca, & Gusti (PB)
• The Poisoned Apple: A Fractured Fairy Tale by Anne Lambelet (PB)
• Breathing Makes It Better by Christopher Willard & Wendy O'Leary (PB)
• Courage in Her Cleats: The Story of Soccer Star Abby Wambach by Kim Chaffee & Alexandra Badiu (YNF)
• Listen by Gabi Snyder & Stephanie Graegin (PB)
• A Boy and His Mirror by Marchant Davis & Keturah A. Bobo (PB)
• Magic Like That by Samara Cole Doyon & Geneva Bower (PB)
• I Am Okay to Feel by Karamo Brown, Jason "Rachel" Brown, & Diobelle Cerna (PB)
• When the Sky Is Like Lace by Elinor Lander Horwitz & Barbara Cooney (PB)
• Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States compiled by Warren Binford (YNF)
• Tag Team by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay (GN)
• Wynd Book One: The Flight of the Prince by James Tynioin IV & Michael Dialynas (GN)

4.18.23

• Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds (Y)

4.19.23

• Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guild to Homicide by Rupert Holmes (A)

4.20.23

• Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May (ANF)

4.21.23

• Hidden Habitats: Earth by Camilla de la Bedoyere & Lara Hawthorne (YNF)
• Strange Academy: First Class by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, & Edgar Delgado (GN)

4.22.23

• Strange Academy: Bright Side by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, & Edgar Delgado (GN)
• She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor by Meg Medina (YNF)
• Strange Academy: Wish-Craft by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, & Edgar Delgado (GN)
• What If We Were... by Axelle Lenoir (GN)
• Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits #2 by Waco Ioka (M)
• Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond (ANF)
• Weenie Featuring Frank & Beans: The Pancake Problem by Maureen Fergus & Alexandra Bye (GN)
• Pepper & Boo: A Cat Surprise! by Charise Mericle Harper (GN)
• Pepper & Boo: Paws Up for Joy! by Cherise Mericle Harper (GN)
• Sir Ladybug and the Bookworms by Corey R. Tabor (GN)

4.23.23

• Zen & the Ten Oxherding Pictures by Demi (PB)
• Bake Infinite Pie with X + Y by Eugenia Cheng & Amber Ren (YNF)
• Too-Small Tyson JaNay Brown-Wood & Anastasia Magloire Williams (PB)
• Small Nap, Little Dream by Talia Aikens-Nunez & Natalia Colombo (PB)
• Bibi's Got Game: A Story About Tennis, Meditation and a Dog Named Coco by Bianca Andreescu, Mary Beth Leatherdale, & Chelsea O'Byrne (YNF)
• The Coquies Still Sing by Karina Nicole Gonzalez & Krystal Quiles (PB)
• I Don't Care by Julie Fogliano, Molly Idle, & Juana Martinez-Neal (PB)
• We All Play/Kimetawanaw by Julie Flett (PB)
• Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld (PB)
• The Animal Song by Jonty Howley (PB)
• Sun Wishes by Patricia Storms & Milan Pavlovic (PB)
• The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran & Michelle Pereira (PB)
• Feathers Together by Caron Levis & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Very Good Hats by Emma Straub & Blanca Gomez (PB)
• Because of You, John Lewis: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Keith Henry Brown (YNF)
• Mister Kitty Is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• The Spirit of Springer: The Real-Life Rescue of an Orphaned Orca by Amanda Abler & Levi Hastings (YNF)
• Bear and the Whisper of the Wind by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• I Love You Like by Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar (PB)

4.27.23

• Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman (YA)

4.28.23

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (A)
• Go Sled! Go! by James Yang (PB)
• Bus! Stop! by James Yang (PB)
• Two Dogs on a Trike by Gabi Snyder & Robin Rosenthal (PB)
• I Dare! I Can! I Will!: The Day the Icelandic Women Walked Out and Inspired the World by Linda Olafsdottir (YNF)
• Oona in the Arctic by Kelly DiPucchio & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• Sunny and Oswaldo by Nicole Melleby & Alexandra Colombo (PB)
• The Fantastic Bureau of Imagination by Brad Montague & Kristi Montague (PB)
• Everyone Loves Lunchtime But Zia by Jenny Liao & Dream Chen (PB)
• This Book Is My Best Friend by Robin Robinson (PB)
• Love Birds by Jane Yolen & Anna Wilson (PB)
• Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter & Daniel Miyares (PB)
• Only the Trees Know by Jane Wittingham & Chinyee Chiu (PB)
• Just the Right Cake by Christina Tosi & Emily Balsley (PB)

4.29.23

• Shy and Mighty: Your Shyness Is a Superpower by Nadia Finer & Sara Thielker (YNF)
• On Baba's Back by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• Little Houses by Kevin Henkes & Laura Dronzek (PB)
• Black: The Many Wonders of My World by Nancy Johnson James & Constance Moore (PB)
• Let's Go for a Walk by Ranger Hamza & Kate Kronreif (YNF)
• One Thursday Afternoon by Barbara DiLorenzo (PB)
• Moose Is Loose on the Palouse by Seema Jot Kaur & Chris Shanahan (PB)
• Emile and the Field by Kevin Young & Chioma Ebinama (PB)
• Mop Rides the Waves of Lifeby Jaimal Yogis & Matthew Allen (PB)
• Beautiful You, Beautiful Me by Tasha Spillet-Sumner & Salini Perera (PB)
• So You Want to Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie & Ariel Basil (PB)
• Dear Reader: A Love Letter to Libraries by Tiffany Rose (PB)
• Hidden Habitats: Water by Lara Hawthorne & Lily Hurray (YNF)

4.30.23

• Party Hearty Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham (PB)
• Shall We Dance? by Robin Page (YNF)
• Little Cheetah's Shadow by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom & Steph Littlebird (PB)
• Stillwater and Koo Save the World by Jon J. Muth (PB)
• The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, & Hatem Aly (PB)
• No No, Baby! by Anne Hunter (PB)
• A Crown for Corina by Laekan Zea Kemp & Elisa Chavarri (PB)
• Linus by Stuart Hausmann (PB)
• Wonder of the World by Katey Howes & Dinara Mirtalipova (YNF)
• Sleepy Sheepy by Lucy Ruth Cummins & Pete Oswald (PB)
• How to Draw a Happy Cat by Ethan T. Berlin & Jimbo Matison (PB)
• Pea, Bea, & Jay: Gotta Find Gramps by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Beach Read by Emily Henry (A)
• Alcatoe and the Turnip Child by Isaac Lenkiewicz (GN)
• D&D Dungeon Club: Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag & Xanthe Bouma (GN)
• Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way About Caring for People, Including Myself by S. Bear Bergman & Saul Freedman-Lawson (ANF)

04.23 total: 191

112 picture books; 35 youth nonfiction; 25 graphic novels; 2 manga; 6 adult fiction; 5 adult nonfiction; 4 young adult fiction; 2 youth fiction