books i've read april 2025

 4.4.25

• Cosplayers by Dash Shaw (GN)
• Black Butler #33 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Fence: Redemption by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (GN)

4.5.25

• Goodbye Autumn, Hello Fall by Kenard Pak (PB)
• Let's Be Bees by Shawn Harris (PB)
• The Creature of Habit Tries His Best by Jennifer E. Smith & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• The Curious Why by Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez (PB)
• Fairy Walk by Gaia Cornwall (PB)
• PictureFace Lizzy by Josh Gad & Marta Kissi (PB)
• The Change by Kirsten Miller (A)
• Saga Volume Eleven by Fiona Staples & Brian K. Vaughan (GN)
• Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman (GN)
• Our Tree by Jessica Meserve (PB)
• Billy & Rose: Just the Way They Are by Amy Hest & Kady MacDonald Denton (Y)
• Night: A Children's Fable by Katherine L. Jumbe & Shana Dixon (PB)
• The Secret Time Machine and the Gherkin Switcheroo by Simone Lia (Y)

4.6.25

• The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai (A)

4.7.25

• The Little Owl & the Big Tree: A Christmas Story by Jonah Winter & Jeanette Winter (PB)
• Eli and the Uncles by Jehan Madhani & Rashin Kheiriyeh (PB)
• Will the Pigeon Graduate? by Mo Willems (PB)
• Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence by Maisha Oso & Candice Bradley (PB)
• Me and Other Bunnies by Mo Willems (PB)
• Toto by Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (A)

4.9.25

• Pilgrim Codex by Vivian Mansour, Emmanuel Valtierra, & Carlos Rodriguez Cortez (Y)
• How to Tantrum Like a Champion: Ten Small Ways to Temper Big Feelings by Allan Wolf & Keisha Morris (PB)
• The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi & Monica Arnaldo (PB)
• Little Freddie Two Pants: (The Dog with Too Many Pants) by Drew Daywalt & Lucy Ruth Cummins (PB)
• We Celebrate the Light by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, & Jieting Chen (YNF)
• Etta Extraordinaire Goes to the White House by Roda Ahmed, Charnaie Gordon, & Chloe Burgett (PB)
• The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin;, Gentlemen Who Started America by Jonah Winter & Barry Blitt (YNF)
• ARTificial Intelligence by David Biedrzycki (PB)
• Many Things at Once by Veera Hiranandani & Nadia Alam (PB)
• How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-Eun (PB)
• The Hole by Lindsay Bonilla & Brizida Magro (PB)
• The Snow Man: A True Story by Jonah Winter & Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele (GN)
• Cosmoknights Book One by Hannah Temple (GN)

4.11.25

• A Card for My Mom by Bashabi Fraser & Maanvi Kapur (PB)
• Lights Out by Navessa Allen (A)
• Ada and the Galaxies by Alan Lightman, Olga Pastuchiv, & Susanna Chapman (PB)
• Gobble, Gobble, Tucker! by Leslie McGuirk (PB)
• Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic by Dr Shan Woo Lie, Kaili Liu Gormley, & Lisa Wee (YNF)
• Dragon Dreams by Roni Schotter & Khoa Le (PB)
• Katherine Johnson by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Jemma Skidmore (YNF)

4.12.25

• Little Lion Girl by Olivia Hope & Fiona Woodcock (PB)
• Something Good by Kenneth Kraegel (PB)
• Snarky Sharky by Bethan Clarke & Nikolas Ilic (PB)
• Slow Down...On Your Doorstep by Freya Hartas (YNF)
• Mini & Milo: Elephants Can't Jump by Venita Dimos & Natashia Curtin (PB)
• My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda by Bibi Duman Tak & Annemarie Van Haeringen (YNF)
• Cosmoknights Book Two by Hannah Temple (GN)
• Failed Princesses #1 by Ajiichi (M)
• Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (A)

4.13.25

• Cthulhu Cat by Pandania (M)
• The Juneteenth Alphabet by Andrea Underwood Petifer & Ana Latese (YNF)
• Frida Kahlo's Flower Crown by Nydia Armendia-Sanchez & Loris Lora (YNF)
• In-Between Places by Alex Killian & Gracy McFerrin (PB)
• Bears at the Beach by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Are You a Monster? by Guilherme Karsten (PB)
• Dino-Birthday by Lisa Wheeler & Barry Gott (PB)
• Maisy Gets a Pet by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock by Vikram Madan (GN)
• Hocus and Pocus and the Dragon Next Door by A.R. Capetta & Charlene Chua (Y)

4.14.25

• After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid (A)
• Duck, Duck, Porcupine! by Salina Yoon (PB)
• A Shelter for Sadness by Anne Booth & David Litchfield (PB)
• Manny's Mood Clouds by Lourdes Ubidia (PB)
• Pete with No Pants by Rowboat Watkins (PB)
• Bears in the Bath by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta & Charlene Chua (Y)
• The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu (ANF)

4.15.25

• Blue Box #1 by Kouji Miura (M)
• The Way of the House Husband #12 by Kousuke Oono (M)

4.16.25

• The Apothecary Diaries #7 by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao, & Touco Shino (M)

4.18.25

• Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (A)

4.19.25

• That's My Book!: And Other Stories by Salina Yoon (PB)
• Bears in a Band by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Bears in the Snow by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Henry's Picture-Perfect Day by Jenn Bailey & Mika Song (Y)
• Are You a Sleepy Monster? by Guilherme Karsten (PB)
• Mr. Fox's Game of "No!" by David LaRochelle & Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
• My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith & Julie Flett (PB)
• Grandmother School by Rina Singh & Ellen Rooney (PB)
• My Wounded Island by Jacques Pasquet & Marion Arbona (PB)
• The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life #2 by Guru Mizoguchi, Usata Nonohara, & ox (M)
• The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life: Cycle of the Elixir #1 by Aya Obara, Usata Nonohara, & ox (M)
• Olivetti by Allie Millington (Y)
• Girls on the Rise by Amanda Gorman & Loveis Wise (PB)

4.20.25

• The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes (Y)
• A Man & His Cat #11 by Umi Sakurai (M)
• A Bride's Story #4 by Kaoru Mori (M)
• I Love You More Than My Phone: A "Slothilda & Peanut" Comic Collection by Dante Fabiero (GN)

4.21.25

• Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (A)
• Until I Meet My Husband: The Manga by Ryousuke Nanasaki (M)
• Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi & Shazleen Khan (GN)

4.22.25

• Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett (A)

4.23.25

• I Want to Be a Wall #3 by Honami Shirono (M)

4.24.25

• Uh-Oh! Rabbit by Jo Ham (PB)
• Oops! Rabbit by Jo Ham (PB)
• Bears in Bed by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Maisy Goes to London by Lucy Cousins (PB)

4.25.25

• The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain (A)
• Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, & Jamie Green (GN)

4.26.25

• The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog by Rick McIntyre (ANF)
• The Nutcracker: A Dancing Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• When Your Llama Needs a Haircut by Susanna Leonard Hill & Daniel Wiseman (PB)
• Little Poet William Shakespeare: I Love You by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Little Poet Emily Dickinson: In Emily's Garden by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Little Master Barrie: Peter Pan: An Adventure Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Q Is for Quokka by Jean Claude (YNF)
• Little Poet Lewis Carroll: Silly Time by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Georgia O'Keeffe Loved the Desert by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Rachel Carson Cared About Our World by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Goodnight, Rainbow Cats by Barbara Castro Urio (PB)
• Little Poet Robert Frost: Two Roads by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• Beatrix Potter Wrote Stories by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• The Odyssey: A Monsters Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Ansel Adams and His Camera by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• The Zero Dads Club by Angel Adeyoha & Aubrey Williams (PB)
• You're Loved by Liz Climo (PB)
• The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury (PB)
• Giraffe Is Too Tall for This Book by DK Ryland (PB)
• Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Words of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien by Katie Wray Schon (YNF)
• Sari Sisters by Anitha Rao-Robinson & Anoosha Syed (PB)
• Karma Is Three Cats: Life According to Taylor Swift's Kitty Best Friends by Bella Montgomery & Caroline Marando (PB)
• Kamala Raised Her Hand by Raakhee Mirchandani & Supriya Kelkar (YNF)
• Robinson's New Thing by Julia Mills (PB)
• Rosemary Long Ears by Susie Ghahremani (PB)
• Clovis Suspects a Sneak by Katelyn Aronson & Benji Williams (PB)

4.27.25

• The Bear's Surprise by Benjamin Chaud (PB)
• A Song of Gladness by Michael Morpurgo & Emily Gravett (PB)
• Bling Blaine: Throw Glitter, Not Shade by Rob Sanders & Letizia Rizzo (PB)
• 100 Dogs: Playful Pups to Count by Michael Whaite (PB)
• The Seedling That Didn't Want to Grow by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• You Need to Chill!: A Story of Love and Family by Juno Dawson & Laura Hughes (PB)
• My Brother Otto by Meg Raby & Elisa Pallmer (PB)
• Owl & Cat: Muslims Are... by Emma Apple (YNF)
• Ten-Word Tiny Tales to Inspire and Unsettle by Joseph Coehlo (PB)
• Barnacle Bay by Jana Curll (GN)
• A Loud Winter's Nap by Katy Hudson (PB)
• Bears and Boos by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Maisy's Chinese New Year by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Harry Styles by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lizzie Knott (YNF)
• Bears and a Birthday by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• This Ends in Embers by Kamilah Cole (YA)

4.28.25

• Becoming Ted by Matt Cain (A)
• William Kamkwamba by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Kirsti Beautyman (YNF)
• The Only Monster by Matt Coyne & Brendan Kearney (PB)
• Why We Eat Fried Peanuts by Zed Zha & Sian James (PB)
• Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten by Candice Ransom & Christine Grove (PB)
• No Huddles for Heloise by Deborah Kerbel & Udayana Lugo (PB)

4.30.25

• The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore (A)

04.25 total: 154

12 graphic novels; 12 manga; 88 picture books; 12 adult fiction; 8 youth fiction; 19 youth nonfiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 1 young adult fiction