books i've read july 2023

 7.2.23

• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (YA)

7.4.23

• 19 Love Songs by David Levithan (YA)

7.5.23

• Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page (ANF)

7.7.23

• If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch (YA)

7.8.23

• Noticing by Kobi Yamada & Elise Hurst (PB)
• How to Eat a Book by Mrs. MacLeod & Mr. MacLeod (PB)
• Be the Bus: The Lost & Profound Wisdom of the Pigeon by Mo Willems (PB)
• Small by Gina Perry (PB)
• Big by Vashti Harrison (PB)
• Braver Than Brave by Janet Sumner Johnson & Eunji Jung (PB)
• Pigs Can't Look Up by Vincent D'Onofrio & Shelly Cunningham (PB)
• The Rainbow Snail by Karin Akesson (PB)
• I Am Wonder Woman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)
• RuPaul by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Wednesday Holmes (YNF)
• Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby (ANF)

7.9.23

• Meh by Deborah Malcolm (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: In the Night by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Recitatif by Toni Morrison (A)
• Oh No by Alex Norris (GN)
• Happy Place by Emily Henry (A)

7.10.23

• Gigi, Listening by Chantel Guertin (A)
• Sam Is My Sister by Ashley Rhodes-Counter & MacKenzie Haley (PB)
• The You Kind of Kind by Nina West & Hayden Evans (PB)
• Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour & Kaylani Juanita (PB)
• Love Is Love by Michael Genhart, PhD & Ken Min (PB)

7.11.23

• Fence: Rivals by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (GN)
• You'll Be Sorry by Josh Schneider (PB)
• The Great Sheep Shenanigans by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka (PB)
• My Friends by Taro Gomi (PB)
• One Is a Drummer: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong & Grace Lin (PB)

7.12.23

• The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunter (ANF)

7.13.23

• The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (A)

7.14.23

• The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes (YA)

7.15.23

• Superbuns! by Diane Kredensor (PB)
• Woodpecker Girl by Chingyen Liu, I-Tsun Chiang, & Heidi Doll (PB)
• Bring Me a Rock! by Daniel Miyares (PB)
• D Is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet by Amanda Noll, Shari Dash Greenspan, & Howard McWilliam (PB)
• Spotty by Margret Rey & H.A. Rey (PB)
• The Shy Creatures by David Mack (PB)
• Lotsa de Casha by Madonna & Rui Paes (PB)
• Things That Make You Feel Good, Things That Make You Feel Bad by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)

7.16.23

• As You Walk on By by Julian Winters (YA)
• Heartwood Hotel: Home Again by Kallie George & Stephanie Graegin (Y)
• The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory & Mark Cleary (PB)
• This Tree Counts! by Alison Formento & Sarah Snow (PB)
• Arlene Sardine by Chris Raschka (PB)
• Mitchell Goes Bowling by Hallie Durand & Tony Fucile (PB)
• My Name Is Elizabeth! by Annika Dunklee & Matthew Forsythe (PB)

7.17.23

• Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey (ANF)

7.19.23

• Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston (YA)

7.20.23

• Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett (YA)

7.22.23

• I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (YA)

7.23.23.

• Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake (A)
• Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (A)

7.24.23

• The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
• A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (A)

7.25.23

• Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

7.26.23

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Y)

7.27.23

• Kitty and the Tiger Treasure by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• Root Magic by Eden Royce (Y)
• A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton (GN)
• Weather Together by Jessie Sima (PB)

7.28.23

• The Feelings Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• This Is My Hair by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Okay Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• Underwear Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr (PB)
• Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr (PB)
• Little Fox in the Snow by Jonathan London & Daniel Miyares (PB)
• Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin & Dan Tavis (PB)
• These Seas Count! by Alison Formento & Sarah Snow (PB)
• The Family Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• We Belong Together by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Cars and Trucks Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• You Are Fantastic! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Tale of the Shadow King by Daniel Haack & Stevie Lewis (PB)

7.29.23

• A True Home by Kallie George & Stephanie Graegin (Y)
• All Kinds of Others by James Sie (YA)

7.30.23

• Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans (YA)

07.23 total: 80

12 young adult fiction; 4 adult nonfiction; 46 picture books; 1 youth nonfiction; 7 adult fiction; 3 graphic novels; 7 youth fiction

books i've read june 2023

 6.1.23

• The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen (YA)

6.3.23

• Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning by Sarah Glenn Marsh & Maris Wicks (YNF)
• Ten Little Squirrels by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, & Nathalie Beauvois (PB)
• The Shabbat Puppy by Leslie Kimmelman & Jaime Zollars (PB)
• Skeletina and the In-Between World by Susie Jaramillo (PB)
• How to Send a Hug by Hayley Rocco & John Rocco (PB)
• Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Busy Boycott by Mara Rockliff & R. Gregory Christie (YNF)

6.4.23

• Bubbie & Rivka's Best-Ever Challah (So Far!) by Sarah Lynne Reul (PB)
• The Seasons Within Me by Bianca Pozzi (PB)
• Blanket by Ruth Ohi (PB)
• All About Nothing by Elizabeth Rusch & Elizabeth Goss (PB)
• Luna Oscura by Heidi Moreno (PB)
• Not Enough Lollipops by Megan Maynor & Micah Player (PB)
• Off the Wall by Theodore Taylor III (PB)
• Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn (YA)

6.5.23

• Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: A Goblin Problem! by Diane Walker & Tim Probert (Y)
• She Persisted: Marian Anderson by Katheryn Russell-Brown (YNF)
• She Persisted: Rosalind Franklin by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (YNF)
• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (A)

6.6.23

• She Persisted: Maya Lin by Grace Lin (YNF)
• Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens (YA)

6.8.23

• Monstress: The Vow by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (GN)
• The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (YA)

6.9.23

• Monstress: Devourer by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (GN)
• Star Friends: Wish Trap by Linda Chapman & Lucy Fleming (Y)

6.10.23

• Who Will U Be? by Jessica Hische (PB)
• This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhenyeh (PB)
• How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford & Frank Morrison (YNF)
• The World of Worm: Shapes by Esther van den Berg (PB)
• Barkus: Dog Dreams by Patricia MacLachlan & Marc Boutavant (Y)
• Barkus by Patricia MacLachlan & Marc Boutavant (Y)
• Nesting by Henry Cole (YNF)
• The Worrywarts by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole (PB)
• Eddie the Bully by Henry Cole (PB)
• Sometimes I'm Bombaloo by Rachel Vail & Yumi Heo (PB)
• Spot, the Cat by Henry Cole (PB)
• Spot & Dot by Henry Cole (PB)
• No One Is Angry Today by Toon Tellegen & Marc Boutavant (Y)
• Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder & Dan Santat (Y)
• Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June (YA)
• The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Die by Sarah Knight (ANF)

6.11.23

• Firefighter Flo! by Andrea Zimmerman & Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (PB)
• Bunnies in a Boat by Philip Ardagh & Ben Mantle (PB)
• Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang & Hyewon Yum (PB)

6.12.23

• So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens (YA)

6.14.23

• The Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill (GN)
• Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All by Tami Charles & Jemma Skidmore (YNF)
• One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey by Henry Cole (PB)
• Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake by Eoin McLaughlin & Marc Boutavant (PB)
• Free Comic Book Day: The Umbrella Academy by Gabriel Ba, Gerard Way, Dave Stewart, & Nate Piekos (C)
• Free Comic Book Day: Marvel Voices #1 by John Jennings, Paris Alleyne, Erick Arciniega, & more (C)
• Heartwood Hotel: The Greatest Gift by Kallie George (Y)
• Guide for the Unlucky by Kyle Bean (ANF)

6.15.23

• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (YA)
• The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson (A)

6.16.23

• The Rules of Us by Jennifer Nissley (YA)

6.18.23

• The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, & Douglas Abrams (ANF)

6.19.23

• Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (YA)

6.20.23

• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli (YA)

6.21.23

• Heartwood Hotel: Better Together by Kallie George (Y)
• Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith (ANF)
• Who Owns the Clouds? by Mario Brassard & Gerard Dubois (GN)
• An ABC of Democracy by Nancy Shapiro & Paulina Morgan (YNF)
• What's Up, Pup?: How Our Furry Friends Communicate and What They Are Saying by Kersten Hamilton & Lili Chin (YNF)
• Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz, Kirsti Call, & Chad Otis (PB)
• Stick and Stone: On the Go by Beth Ferry & Kristen Cella (GN)
• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (A)

6.23.23

• Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington (YA)
• Book of Questions: Selections/Libro de las Preguntas: Selecciones by Pablo Neruda & Paloma Valdivia (YNF)
• Off-Limits by Helen Yoon (PB)
• Forest: Finn and Skip's Rainforest Adventure by Brendan Kearney (PB)
• The Lights That Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer (PB)
• Unbound: The Life & Art of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, & Melissa Sweet (YNF)
• Digestion!: The Musical by Adam Rex & Laura Pak (YNF)

6.24.23

• Open Me...I'm a Dog! by Art Spiegelman (PB)
• Bob and 6 More Christmas Stories by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Angel Sugar Cat: A New Friend by Ellie O'Ryan & Sachiho Hino (Y)
• Bunnies and Their Hobbies by Nancy Carlson (PB)
• Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems (PB)
• Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• Free Kid to a Good Home by Hiroshi Ito (Y)
• One Million Trees: A True Story by Kristen Balouch (YNF)
• Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington (PB)
• We Want a Dog by Lo Cole (PB)
• Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day by Erica Kim (PB)
• Lift, Mix, Fling!: Machines Can Do Anything by Lola M. Schaefer & James Yang (PB)
• Sometimes Rain by Meg Fleming & Diana Sudyka (PB)
• Planning Perfect by Haley Neil (YA)
• A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent by Isabella Rotman & Luke B. Howard (YANF)

6.25.23

• Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel (YNF)
• Once Upon an Eid edited by S.K. Ali & Aisha Saeed (Y)
• Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman (YA)

6.26.23

• Lunar Love by Lauren Kang Jessen (A)

6.28.23

• Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith & Boulet (GN)

6.30.23

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (ANF)
• The Black Queen by Jumata Emill (YA)

06.23 total: 97

14 young adult fiction; 15 youth nonfiction; 39 picture books; 11 youth fiction; 4 adult fiction; 6 graphic novels; 5 adult nonfiction; 2 comics; 1 young adult nonfiction

books i've read may 2023

 5.4.23

• Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (A)
• Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: A Book of Moods by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell (PB)

5.5.23

• 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (A)

5.6.23

• Who Bit My Book? by Elsa Mroziewicz (PB)
• I Am Benjamin Franklin by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Batman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)
• I Am George Washington by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Superman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)

5.7.23

• All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Carole Boston Weatherford & Ashley Evans (YNF)
• Joey and Jet by James Yang (PB)
• Monet's Cat by Lily Murray & Becky Cameron (PB)
• Milo's Monster by Tom Percival (PB)
• Where's Baby? by Anne Hunter (PB)
• Hello, Hot Dog! by Lily Murray & Jarvis (PB)
• Blue on Blue by Dianne White & Beth Krommes (PB)
• Kitty Sweet Tooth Makes a Movie b Abby Denson & Utomaru (GN)
• The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp (GN)
• Pea, Bee, & Jay: Lift Off by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Pea, Bee, & Jay: Farm Feud by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (YA)

5.9.23

• A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (YA)

5.10.23

• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (A)

5.11.23

• A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green (A)

5.12.23

• Grumpy New Year Katrina Moore & Xindi Yan (PB)
• Mr. Coats by Sieb Posthuma (PB)
• The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear & Marion Arbona (PB)
• My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood (PB)
• Jigsaw: Mystery in the Mail by Bob Graham (PB)
• My Name Is a Story by Ashanti Douglas & Monica Mikai (PB)
• Like by Amie Barrows & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• Grandad's Pink Trousers by Lucie Hasova Trahelkova (PB)
• You Can!: Kids Empowering Kids by Alexandra Strick & Steve Anthony (PB)

5.13.23

• The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (A)
• Teen Titans: Robin by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo (GN)
• Spy X Family #9 by Tatsuya Endo (M)

5.14.23

• The Mouse's Apples by Frances Stickley & Kristyna Litten (PB)
• Moonlight by Stephen Savage (PB)
• SumoPuppy by David Biedrzycki (PB)
• A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards & G. Brian Karas (PB)
• The Little Bear by Nicola Killen (PB)
• Patch of Sky by Nic Yulo (PB)
• My Pet Feet by Josh Funk & Billy Yong (PB)
• Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head by Jeanne Walker Harvey & Diana Toledano (YNF)
• A Dress with Pockets by Lily Murray & Jenny Lovlie (PB)
• Mrs. Mole, I'm Home! by Jarvis (PB)
• Follow Me, Flo! by Jarvis (PB)
• I Am Temple Grandin by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Cockatoos on a Cruise by Russell Punter & David Semple (PB)
• Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox (GN)

5.15.23

• All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (YANF)
• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes (YA)

5.16.23

• Ollie by Olivier Dunrea (PB)
• Artifice by Alex Woolfson & Winona Nelson (GN)

5.17.23

• Kinds of B'more by R. Eric Thomas (YA)

5.19.23

• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (A)
• Fae and the Moon by Franco Aureliani, Catherine Satrun, & Sarah Satrun (GN)
• Freestyle by Gale Galligan (GN)

5.20.23

• In Every Life by Marla Frazee (PB)
• Sometimes It's Nice to Be Alone by Amy Hest & Philip Stead (PB)
• A Is for Ambitious by Meena Harris & Marissa Valdez (PB)
• We Go Way Back by Idan Ben-Barak & Philip Bunting (YNF)
• Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher (PB)
• All the Beating Hearts by Julie Fogliano & Catia Chien (PB)
• The Cool Code by Deirdre Langeland & Sarah Mai (GN)
• Van Gogh's World of Color by Julie Aigner-Clark (PB)
• Bailey Goes Camping by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• A Turtle in the Toilet by Jonathan Emmett & Caroline Jayne Church (PB)
• Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon by Jules Bass & Debbie Harter (PB)
• Feely Bugs by David A. Carter (PB)
• Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White (YA)

5.21.23

• Herbert on the Slide by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• Green Is for Christmas by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Happy Easter from the Crayons by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Not Me! by Nicola Killen (PB)
• And Then the Seed Grew by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• A Good Deed Can Grow by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman & Holly Hatam (PB)
• Ancient Night by David Alvarez & David Bowles (PB)
• The Library Fish Learns to Read by Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Gladys Jose (PB)
• Little Hearts: Finding Hearts in Nature by Charles Ghigna & Jacqueline East (PB)
• Sprout Branches Out by Jessika Von Innerebner (PB)
• Roxie Loves Adventure by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen & Leeza Hernandez (PB)
• We're Not Weird: Structure and Function in the Animal Kingdom by Michael Garland (YNF)

5.22.23

• Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (A)
• Passionate About Penguins by Owen Davey (YNF)
• Sam's Super Seats by Keah Brown & Sheree Miller (PB)
• I'm Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline, Scarlett Gray, & Stephanie Dehennin (PB)
• Wei Skates On by Nathan Chen & Lorraine Nam (PB)
• Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway (PB)
• Rick the Rock of Room 214 by Julie Falatko & Ruth Chan (PB)
• Our Story Starts in Africa by Patrice Lawrence & Jeanetta Gonzales (PB)
• Scurry by Mac Smith (GN)

5.23.23

• Starhug: A Journey of Hope, Healing & Hugs by Cindy Wong & ShiShi Nguyen (PB)
• Twenty Questions by Mac Barnett & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Buster's Trip to Victory Lane by Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Ela Smietanka (PB)
• We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Meet Frank by Mavis Lui (PB)

5.24.23

• Kuma-Kuma Chan's Home by Kazue Takahashi (PB)
• Kuma-Kuma Chan, the Little Bear by Kazue Takahashi (PB)
• C Is for Consent by Eleanor Morrison & Faye Orlove (PB)
• Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire (A)

5.25.23

• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (ANF)
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo (A)
• When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (A)
• Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (A)
• The Moonlight Zoo by Maudie Powell-Tuck & Karl James Mountford (PB)
• Nothing's Wrong! by Jory John & Erin Kraan (PB)
• The Invitation by Stacey May Fowles & Marie Lafrance (PB)
• The World and Everything in It by Kevin Henkes (PB)

5.26.23

• The Mess That We Made by Michelle Lord & Julia Blattman (YNF)
• I Am NOT an Octopus by Eoin McLaughlin & Marc Boutavant (PB)
• Mashkiki Road: The Seven Grandfather Teachings by Elizabeth S. Barrett & Jonathan Thunder (PB)
• Priya Dreams of Marigolds & Masala by Meenal Patel (PB)
• Thank You, Neighbor! by Ruth Chan (PB)
• Benford Draws a Blank by Danielle Dufayet & Katia Klein (PB)
• The Promised Neverland #20 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)

5.27.23

• Wilder Girls by Rory Power (YA)

5.28.23

• When a Friend Needs a Friend by Roozaboos (PB)
• Bravo, Little Bird! by Annie Silvestro & Ramona Kaulitzki (PB)
• Jump in! by Shadra Strickland (PB)
• If You Believe in Me by Rosemary Wells (PB)
• Remember by Joy Harjo & Michaela Goade (PB)
• Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin & Kate Messner (PB)
• Goldilocks and the Three Knocks by Gregory Barrington (PB)
• Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits #3 by Waco Ioka (M)
• The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni & A. Andrews (GN)
• Dragman by Steven Appleby (GN)

5.29.23

• Stacey Abrams and the Fight to Vote by Traci N. Todd & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• Sometimes I Grumblesquinch by Rachel Vail & Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Forever Home: A Dog and Boy Love Story by Henry Cole (PB)
• Worry? by Gail Hayes, M.A. & Helen Flook (PB)
• Hidden Treasures by Elly MacKay (PB)
• Michael Rosen's Sticky McStickstick: The Friend Who Helped Me Walk Again by Michael Rosen & Tony Ross (YNF)
• Ida B. Wells, Voice of the Truth by Michelle Duster & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• The Tide Pool Waits by Candace Fleming & Amy Herron (YNF)
• The Ugliest Monster in the World by Luis Amavisca & Erica Salcedo (PB)
• Monsters in the Briny by Lynn Becker & Scott Brundage (PB)
• Miss Rita, Mystery Reader by Sam Donovan, Kristen Wixted, & Violet Tobacco (PB)
• Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan & Chris Raschka (PB)
• Curious About Crocodiles by Owen Davey (YNF)
• Obsessive About Octopuses by Owen Davey (YNF)
• The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen (YA)

05.23 total: 143

11 adult fiction; 92 picture books; 15 youth nonfiction; 13 graphic novels; 7 young adult fiction; 3 manga; 1 young adult nonfiction; 1 adult nonfiction

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

books i've read march 2023

 3.1.23

• Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (A)

3.3.23

• Together: A First Conversation About Love by Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Anne/Andy Passchier (PB)
• Being You: A First Conversation About Gender by Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Anne/Andy Passchier (PB)
• Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Isabel Roxas (PB)
• Bye Bye, Binary by Eric Geron & Charlene Chua (PB)
• Little Black Lives Matter by Khodi Dill & Chelsea Charles (YNF)

3.4.23

• The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon (A)
• I'm Growing Great by Mechal Renee Roe (PB)

3.5.23

• The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill (A)
• Pizza!: A Slice of History by Greg Pizzoli (YNF)
• Mister Rogers' Gift of Music by Donna Cangelosi & Amanda Calatzis (YNF)
• Slow Samson by Bethany Christou (PB)
• Twelve Dining Doorbells: An Every-Holiday Carol by Tameka Fryer Brown & Ebony Green (PB)
• Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards & April Harrison (PB)
• The Way Champs Play by Naomi Osaka & Kamala Nair (PB)

3.8.23

• I Am John Lewis by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Wilma Mankiller by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alexandra Bowman (YNF)
• Little Bat in Night School by Brian Lies (PB)
• Emmeline Pankhurst by Lisbeth Kaiser & Ana Sanfelippo (YNF)
• Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly? by Dan Richards & Jeff Newman (PB)
• Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin (PB)
• I Caught a Rainbow by Danielle Chaperon & Nathalie Dion (PB)
• The Button Book by Sally Nicholls & Bethan Woollvin (PB)
• The Bird Coat by Inger Marie Kjolstadmyr & Oyvind Torseter (PB)

3.9.23

• On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue: How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate to America by Tziporah Cohen & Steven Salerno (YNF)
• Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell Brown & Kim Holt (YNF)
• Me and Muhammad Ali by Jabari Asim & AG Ford (PB)
• Time to Go! by Marta Cunill (PB)
• How We Say I Love You by Nicole Chen & Lenny Wen (PB)
• The Mystery of the Love List by Sarah Glenn Marsh & Ishaa Lobo (PB)
• Basketball Dreams by Chris Paul & Courtney Lovett (YNF)
• The Hero of Compassion: How Lokeshvara Got One Thousand Arms by Harry Einhorn & Khoa Le (YNF)
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (A)

3.10.23

• Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer (Y)
• Saga Book One by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)
• The Overeager Egg by Milja Praagman (PB)
• When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• The Knowing by Ani Di Franco & Julia Mathew (PB)
• Iris Apfel by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Kristen Barnhart (YNF)
• John Lennon by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Octavia Bromwell (YNF)
• Nikola Tesla by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alexander Mostov (YNF)
• Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker & Eda Kaban (PB)
• Even Superheroes Get Scared by Shelly Becker & Eda Kaban (PB)
• A Bucket of Questions by Tim Fite (PB)
• Saga Book Two by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)

3.11.23

• Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (A)
• "You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon (ANF)
• Leaf by Sandra Dieckmann (PB)
• Dragon Noodle Party: A Story of Chinese Zodiac Animals by Ying Chang Compestine & Paula Pang (PB)
• Meowsterpieces: A Cat's Guide to Art...and Life! by Jenn Bailey & Nyangsongi (PB)
• Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Yas Imamura (YNF)
• S'more Magic by Sohpie Escabasse (GN)

3.12.23

• Hooky Volume Two by Miriam Bonastre Tur (GN)
• Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox & Jan Thomas (PB)
• Dwayne Johnson by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lirios Bou (YNF)
• King Kong's Cousin by Mark Teague (PB)
• Seagull & Sea Dragon by Sydni Gregg (PB)
• The Three Little Pugs and the Big, Bad Cat by Becky Davies & Caroline Attia (PB)
• Pick Me! by Max Amato (PB)
• Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams by Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• Milo + Niko by D Guzman (PB)
• Butterfly Child by Marc Majewski (PB)
• Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang & Charlene Chua (PB)
• You So Black by Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. & London Ladd (PB)
• I Love Vincent by Laura Ljungkvist (PB)
• Too Many Bubbles: A Story About Mindfulness by Christine Peck & Mags DeRoma (PB)
• The Talk by Alicia D. Williams & Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (PB)
• Rise Up with a Song: The True Story of Ethel Smyth, Suffragette Composer by Diane Warthey & Helena Perez Garcia (YNF)
• New Kids in the Flock by Elise Gravel (GN)
• Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen (GN)

3.14.23

• Jam!: Tales from the World of Roller Derby edited by Jill Benton (GN)
• Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (A)

3.15.23

• Husband Material by Alexis Hall (A)
• Sensory: Life on the Spectrum: An Autism Comic Anthology edited by Bex Ollerton (GN)

3.18.23

• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
• Dinos Don't Meditate by Catherine Bailey & Alex Willmore (PB)
• Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Good Night, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Dragonboy and the Wonderful Night by Fabio Napoleoni (PB)
• Ozzie & Prince Zebedee by Gela Kalaitzidis (PB)
• The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming & Nicola Slater (PB)
• Stephen Hawking by Isabel Thomas & Marianna Madriz (YNF)

3.19.23

• Little Black Girl: Oh, the Things You Can Do! by Kirby Howell-Baptiste & Paul Davey (PB)
• Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran by Cory McCarthy & Ekua Holmes (YNF)
• The Corgi and the Queen by Caroline L. Perry & Lydia Corry (YNF)
• Lost by Sam Usher (PB)
• Akpa's Journey by Mia Pelletier & Kagan McLeod (YNF)
• Little Black Boy: Oh, the Things You Will Do! by Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Larry C. Fields III, & Paul Davey (PB)
• The Mermaid Moon by Briony May Smith (PB)
• One & Everything by Sam Winston (PB)
• Big Bold Beautiful Me by Jane Yolen, Maddison Stempler-Piatt, & Chloe Burgett (PB)
• Elvis Presley by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• City Under the City by Dan Yaccarino (GN)
• A Is for Asian American: An Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Alphabet by Virginia Loh-Hagan & Tracy Nishimura Bishop (YNF)
• Saga Book Three by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)
• Saga Volume Ten by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)

3.21.23

• In Every Generation by Kendare Blake (YA)

3.22.23

• Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman (ANF)
• Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan (YA)

3.24.23

• The Tryout by Christina Soontornvant & Joanna Cacao (GN)

3.25.23

• The Pronoun Book by Chris Ayala-Kronos & Melita Tirado (PB)
• Chaos Theory by Nic Stone (YA)
• The Witch's Throne #1 by Cedric Caballes (GN)
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery by Cynthia Yuan Cheng & Ann M. Martin (GN)

3.26.23

• Room on Top by Bruno Hachler & Laura D'Arcangelo (PB)
• There's Something About a Rock by Linda Kranz (YNF)
• Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders by Sarah Prager & Cheryl "Ras" Thuesday (YNF)
• Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom by Glenda Armand & Steffi Walthall (YNF)
• Rosie and the Pre-Loved Dress by Leanne Hatch (PB)
• The Rhino Suit by Colter Jackson (PB)
• What Are You? by Christian Trimmer & Mike Curato (PB)
• Rain by Sam Usher (PB)
• The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (GN)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Grumplets and Pests by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Bips and Roses by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Wishypoofs and Hiccups by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• Unfamiliar Volume 1 by Haley Newsome (GN)

3.28.23

• The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane (GN)

3.29.23

• Man o' War by Cory McCarthy (YA)

3.30.23

• Pride Colors by Robin Stevenson (PB)

03.23 total: 123

7 adult fiction; 61 picture books; 26 youth nonfiction; 4 youth fiction; 18 graphic novels; 2 adult nonfiction; 5 young adult fiction

books i've read february 2023

 2.1.23

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (A)

2.2.23

• Lore Olympus Volume Two by Rachel Smythe (GN)

2.3.23

• Sparks!: Double Dog Dare by Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto (GN)
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster (GN)
• Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky (GN)
• Sunny the Shark by Remy Lai (GN)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Monsters and Mold by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Merhorses and Bubbles by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)

2.4.23

• Sarabella's Thinking Cap by Judy Schachner (PB)
• Knock, Knock! by Saxton Freymann, Tomie dePaola, Dan Yaccarino, Peter H. Reynolds, Sophie Blackall, Yumi Heo, Boris Kulikov, Brett Helquist, Henry Cole, Judy Schachner, Chris Raschka, Laurie Keller, David Small, & Jon J. Muth (PB)
• Duck Tents by Lynne Berry & Hiroe Nakata (PB)
• Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis (PB)
• Ravi's Roar by Tom Percival (PB)
• Ducking for Apples by Lynne Berry & Hiroe Nakata (PB)
• Very Lulu: The (Mostly) True Story of a Training School Dropout by Stephanie Campisi & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• Crafty Chloe: Dress-Up Mess-Up by Kelly DiPucchio & Heather Ross (PB)
• My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons & Tonya Engel (PB)
• Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist by Barbara Herkert & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (YNF)
• Stretchy and Beanie by Judy Schachner (PB)
• Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou by Bethany Hegedus & Tonya Engel (YNF)
• Salsa Lullaby by Jen Arena & Erika Meza (PB)
• Lady Liberty's Holiday by Jen Arena & Matt Hunt (PB)
• As Cool as It Gets by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Crumbs by Danie Stirling (GN)

2.5.23

• Finding Me by Viola Davis (ANF)
• Esme's Birthday Conga Line by Lourdes Heuer & Marissa Valdez (Y)
• The Wump World by Bill Peet (PB)
• Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy & Janelle Washington (YNF)
• The Last Rainbow Bird by Nora Brech (PB)
• Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin & Bethany Stancliffe (YNF)
• Wild Peace by Irene Latham & Il Sung Na (PB)
• Ferocious Fluffity by Erica S. Perl & Henry Cole (PB)
• My Paati's Saris by Jyoti Rajan Gopal & Art Twink (PB)
• Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence by Beth Anderson & Susan Reagan (YNF)
• Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (YA)

2.6.23

• Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution edited by Mark Eisner & Tina Escaja (ANF)

2.7.23

• Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi (YA)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance by Faith Erin Hicks & Peter Wartman (GN)

2.10.23

• Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change by Brittney Cooper & Cathy Ann Johnson (YNF)
• The Story of Ukraine: An Anthem of Glory and Freedom by Olena Kharchenko, Michael Sampson, & Polina Doroshenko (YNF)
• Where We Come from by Diane Wilson, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney, & John Coy (YNF)
• The Poem Forest: Poet W.S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch by Carrie Fountain & Chris Turnham (YNF)
• Still Mine by Jayne Pillemer & Sheryl Murray (PB)
• So Much Snow by Kristen Schroeder & Sarah Jacoby (PB)
• The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer by Philip C. Stead & Erin E. Stead (PB)
• A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Yo, Vikings! by Judith Byron Schachner (PB)
• Pezzettino by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos & Jacqueline Alcantara (PB)
• In the Rabbitgarden by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Now? Not Yet! by Gina Perry (PB)
• Charlie & Mouse Are Magic by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• A Bear Named Bjorn by Delphine Perret (Y)
• The Catalogue of Hugs by Joshua David Stein, Augustus Heeren Stein, & Elizabeth Lilly (PB)
• Thunderous by M.L. Smoker & Natalie Peeterse (GN)

2.11.23

• Bird, Balloon, Bear by Il Sung Na (PB)
• Queen Elizabeth by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Melissa Lee Johnson (YNF)
• That's My Carrot! by Il Sung Na (PB)
• The World Is Family by Rosie Adams & Frances Ives (PB)
• Dim Sum, Here We Come! by Maple Lam (PB)
• Nubby by Dan Richards & Shanda McCloskey (PB)
• To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and 'Star Trek' Helped Advocate Civil Rights by Angela Dalton & Lauren Semmer (YNF)
• Zoey and Sassafras: The Pod and the Bog by Asia Cipro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Unicorns and Germs by Asia Cipro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Little Guides to Great Lives: Maya Angelou by Danielle Jawando (YNF)
• She Persisted: Margaret Chase Smith by Ruby Shamir (YNF)
• She Persisted: Sally Ride by Atia Abawi (YNF)
• Doodleville: Art Attacks! by Chad Sell (GN)
• Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator by Seaerra Miller (GN)
• Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely (GN)
• Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam (ANF)

2.12.23

• Cowie by Elizabeth Rose Stanton (PB)
• Iced Out by CK Smouha & Isabella Bunnell (PB)
• Bear Moves by Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown & Sav Akyuz (PB)
• Charlie & Mouse Even Better by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• The Snail by Emily Hughes (YNF)
• Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement by Sandra Neil Wallace & Bryan Collier (YNF)
• That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed (PB)
• If You're a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist by Gavin Grimm, Kyle Lukoff, & J Yang (YNF)
• Little Bat Up All Day by Brian Lies (PB)
• Hide & Seek by Il Sung Na (PB)
• A Book of Babies by Il Sung Na (PB)
• A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet (YNF)
• What's Sweeter by June Tate (PB)
• Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change by Tameka Fryer Brown & Nina Crews (YNF)
• Winter Dance by Marion Dane Bauer & Richard Jones (PB)
• The Power Book: What It Is, Who Has It, and Why? by Claire Saunders, Hazel Songhurst, Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Minna Salami, Mik Scarlet, Joelle Avelino, & David Breadbent (YNF)
• The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur (ANF)
• Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, & Berenice Nelle (GN)

2.13.23

• The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson (A)

2.14.23

• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales (YA)

2.17.23

• Garlic & the Witch by Bree Paulsen (GN)

2.18.23

• If This Gets Out by Sohpie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich (YA)
• Sparks!: Future Purrfect by Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto (GN)
• Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side #12 by Nagabe (M)
• How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by K.C. Davis (ANF)

2.19.23

• Yetis Are the Worst! by Alex Willan (PB)
• Once Upon a Goat by Dan Richards & Eric Barclay (PB)
• Skater Cielo by Rachel Katstaller (PB)
• Books Aren't for Eating by Carlie Sorosiak & Manu Montoya (PB)
• Antoine's Tale: An Extraordinary Shelter Dog's Journey by Janet Curran (YNF)
• Ferdinand Cheval: The Postman Who Delivered a Palace by Anne Renaud & Ana Salopek (YNF)
• Runs with the Stars by Darcy Whitecrow, Heather M. O'Connor, & Lenny Lishchenko (PB)
• Michael Jordan by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lo Harris (YNF)

2.20.23

• The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston (YA)

2.21.23

• Brave Every Day by Trudy Ludwig & Patrice Barton (PB)
• Scaredy Bath by Zoe Foster Blake & Daniel Gray-Barnett (PB)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream by Frederick Joseph & Nikkolas Smith (PB)

2.24.23

• Heart to Heart: A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet by His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Patrick McDonnell (ANF)
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (ANF)

2.25.23

• Charlie & Mouse Outdoors by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• Charlie & Mouse Lost and Found by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• Fashionista: Fashion Your Feelings by Maxine Beneba Clarke (PB)
• Anna Pavlova by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sue Downing (YNF)
• Opal Lee: And What It Means to Be Free by Alice Faye Duncan & Keturah A. Bobo (YNF)
• Whimsy's Heavy Things by Julie Kraulis (PB)
• Nervous Nigel by Bethany Christou (PB)
• Tim's Hat by Jacqueline East & Rose Clayton (PB)
• Valentine's Guest House by Sam Sharland (PB)
• Portrait of an Artist: Frida Kahlo by Sandra Dieckmann & Lucy Brownridge (YNF)
• Something Happened to My Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation by Ann Hazzard, Vivianne Aponte Rivera, & Gloria Felix (PB)
• Why Johnny Doesn't Flap by Clay Morton, Gail Morton, & Alex Merry (PB)
• Best Day Ever! by Marilyn Singer & Leah Nixon (PB)
• Be Thankful for Trees by Harriet Ziefert & Brian Fitzgerald (YNF)
• Sam's Pet Temper by Sangeeta Bhadra & Marion Arbona (PB)

2.26.23

• Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad (PB)
• The Ocean in Your Bathtub by Seth Fishman & Isabel Greenberg (YNF)
• I Want My Book Back by Viviane Elbee & Nicole Miles (PB)
• Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Anika Aldamuy Denise & Loris Lora (YNF)
• Zuri Ray and the Backyard Bash by Tami Charles & Sharon Sordo (PB)
• Gold by Jed Alexander (PB)
• A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexicah Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh (YNF)
• How to Hear the Universe: Gaby Gonzalez and the Search for Einstein's Ripples in Space-Time by Patricia Valdez & Sara Palacios (YNF)
• Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado (YA)

2.28.23

• My Bindi by Gita Varadarajan & Archana Sreenivasan (PB)
• No! Said Custard the Squirrel by Sergio Ruzzier (PB)
• Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land by Mirelle Ortega (YNF)
• Standing in the Need of a Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford & Frank Morrison (YNF)

02.23 total: 139

2 adult fiction; 14 graphic novels; 11 youth fiction; 65 picture books; 33 youth nonfiction; 7 adult nonfiction; 6 young adult fiction; 1 manga

books i've read january 2023

 1.1.23

• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #7 by Nagabe (M)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #8 by Nagabe (M)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #9 by Nagabe (M)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #10 by Nagabe (M)
• Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur (A)

1.2.23

• The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera (YA)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #11 by Nagabe (M)
• Animals Lost & Found by Jonathan Woodward & Jason Bittel (YNF)
• Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes (YA)

1.4.23

• Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (A)

1.6.23

• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (A)
• Narwhalicorn and Jelly by Ben Clanton (GN)
• The Imagination Chamber: Cosmic Rays from Lyra's Universe by Philip Pullman (YA)
• The Good Egg and the Talent Show by Jory John & Pete Oswald (Y)
• Blue Bison Needs a Haircut by Scott Rothman & Pete Oswald (PB)
• The Library Bus by Bahram Rahman & Gabrielle Grimard (PB)
• Why Not You? by Ciara Wilson, Russell Wilson, & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• I Love You Because I Love You by Muon Thi Van & Jessica Love (PB)
• The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseno & Magdalena Mora (PB)
• You Hold Me Up by Monique Gay Smith & Danielle Daniel (PB)
• Something's Fishy by Jean Gourounas (PB)
• Princess Arabella at the Museum by Mylo Freeman (PB)
• Cold Paws, Warm Heart by Madeleine Floyd (PB)
• Kat Writes a Song by Greg Foley (PB)
• I'm an Immigrant Too! by Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh (PB)
• The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma by Diane Fox & Christyan Fox (PB)
• Spy X Family #3 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #4 by Tatsuya Endo (M)

1.7.23

• Spy X Family #5 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #6 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #7 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #8 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• The National Parks: Preserving America's Wild Places by Falynn Koch (GN)

1.8.23

• I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu by Refiloe Moahloli & Zinelda McDonald (PB)
• Shine Bright by Kheris Rogers & Mechal Renee Roe (PB)
• Sloth Sleeps Over by Blythe Russo (PB)
• My Self, Your Self by Esme Shapiro (PB)
• Nour's Secret Library by Wafa' Tarnowska & Vali Mintzi (PB)
• The End by John Bray & Josh Cleland (PB)
• Bus Stop by Angela H. Dale & Lala Watkins (PB)
• When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith & Nicole Neidhardt (PB)
• Only One by Deborah Hopkinson & Chuck Groenink (YNF)
• Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between by Lesa Cline-Ransome & Ashley Benham-Yazdani (YNF)
• My Life at the Bottom: The Story of a Lonesome Axolotl by Linda Bondestam (PB)
• No Such Thing by Ella Bailey (PB)
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (A)
• Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (YA)

1.10.23

• A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (A)
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (A)

1.11.23

• Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons About the Natural World from Bird and Moon by Rosemary Mosco (GN)

1.12.23

• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (A)
• Erroll by Hannah Shaw (PB)
• Kitten Lady's Big Book of Little Kittens by Hannah Shaw (YNF)

1.13.23

• Wonder Doodles: The Little Book of Encouragement, Wisdom, & Self-Care by Joanne Shi (GN)
• Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle (YA)

1.14.23

• The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye by Nancy Springer (Y)
• Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun (A)

1.15.23

• Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome (PB)
• The Humblebee Hunter by Deborah Hopkinson & Jen Corace (PB)
• Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson & Nancy Carpenter (YNF)
• Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome (YNF)
• Independence Cake by Deborah Hopkinson & Giselle Potter (PB)
• Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome & Raul Colon (YNF)
• A Charmed Christmas by Alison Cochrun (A)
• Under the Bodhi Tree: A Story of the Buddha by Deborah Hopkinson & Kailey Whitman (YNF)
• Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome (YNF)
• Curious Encounters: 1 to 13 Forest Friends by Ben Clanton & Jessica Bagley (PB)
• Sky Boys: How They Build the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson & James E. Ransome (YNF)
• Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston & Marta Altes (Y)

1.16.23

• Primer by Jennifer Muro, Thomas Krajewski, & Gretel Lusky (GN)
• Other Boys by Damian Alexander (GN)
• Moonstruck: Troubled Waters by Grace Ellis, Shea Beagle, & Claudia Aguirre (GN)
• Black Butler #28 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #29 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #30 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #31 by Yana Toboso (M)

1.17.23

• I Forgive Alex: A Simple Story About Understanding by Kerascoet (PB)
• Leo + Lea by Monica Wesolowska & Kenard Pak (PB)
• Freaky, Funky Fish: Odd Facts About Fascinating Fish by Debra Kempf Shumaker & Claire Powell (YNF)
• Extra Ezra Makes an Extra-Special Friend by Kara LaReau & Vincent X. Kirsch (PB)
• Special Delivery by Elliot Kruszynski (PB)
• Let's Do Everything and Nothing by Julia Kuo (PB)
• Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton (ANF)
• Pirate Penguin Vs. Ninja Chicken: Macaroni & BEES!?! by Ray Friesen (GN)
• Layla and the Bots: Making Waves by Vicky Fang & Christine Nishiyama (GN)
• What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg & Fiona Smyth (YNF)
• Cat & Cat Adventures: The Quest for Snacks by Susie Yi (GN)
• Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker by Olugbemisda Rhuday-Perkovich & Andrea Pippins (YNF)
• The Stories Behind the Stories: The Remarkable True Tales Behind Your Favorite Children's Books by Danielle Higley (YNF)
• Cat & Cat Adventures: The Goblet of Infinity by Susie Yi (GN)

1.20.23

• We Are the Shapes by Kevin Jenner (PB)
• The Wild Mustang: Horses of the American West by Chris Duffy & Falynn Koch (GN)

1.21.23

• How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind by David G. Myers (ANF)
• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Disco Fever by Doug Savage (GN)
• She Persisted: Patsy Mink by Tae Keller (YNF)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Caterflies and Ice by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)

1.22.23

• Little Goddess Girls: Persephone & the Unicorn's Ruby by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, & Yuyi Chen (Y)
• The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman & Galia Bernstein (PB)
• The Blue Scarf by Mohamed Danawi & Ruaida Mannaa (PB)
• Michelle by Deborah Hopkinson & AG Ford (YNF)
• I Am Loved: A Poetry Collection by Nikki Giovanni & Ashley Bryan (YNF)
• Acorn Was a Little Wild by Jen Arena & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• Can Pup Find the Pups? by Vincent X. Kirsch (PB)
• Because Claudette by Tracey Baptiste & Tonya Engel (YNF)
• I Am a Peaceful Goldfish by Shoshana Chaim & Lori Joy Smith (PB)
• Cinderella and the Furry Slippers by Davide Cali & Raphaelle Barbenegre (PB)
• Let's Dance! by Valerie Bolling & Maine Diaz (PB)
• Everything Will Be OK by Anna Dewdney & Judy Schachner (PB)
• Where Happiness Begins by Eva Eland (PB)
• American Desi by Jyoti Rajan Gopal & Supriya Kelkar (PB)
• Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis by Julie Sakai & Stan Sakai (GN)
• Year of the Cat by Richard Ho & Jocelyn Li Langrand (PB)
• Tomorrow Is New Year's Day: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year by Aram Kim (YNF)
• Lucky by Christy Mandin (PB)
• The In-Between Book by Christopher Willard, Olivia Weisser, & Alison Oliver (YNF)
• The Disappearing Mr. Jacques by Gideon Sterer & Benjamin Chaud (PB)
• We Are All Different: A Celebration of Diversity by Tracey Turner & Asa Gilland (YNF)
• The Curious Demise of a Contrary Cat by Lynne Berry & Luke LaMarca (PB)
• Goodnight Racism by Ibram X. Kendi & Cbabi Bayoc (PB)
• Boy's Life by Robert McCammon (A)

1.23.23

• The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (YANF)

1.24.23

• Go, Pea, Go! by Joe Moshier & Chris Sonnenberg (PB)
• Food Friends: Fun Foods That Go Together by Cece Bell (PB)

1.27.23

• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales (YA)
• Haylee and Comet: A Tale of Cosmic Friendship by Deborah Marcero (GN)
• Haylee and Comet: Over the Moon by Deborah Marcero (GN)
• Into the Heartlands by Roseanne Brown, Dika Araujo, Natacha Bustos, & Claudia Aguirre (GN)

1.28.23

• Timo the Adventurer by Jonathan Garnier & Yohan Sacre (GN)
• Library Girl: How Nancy Pearl Became America's Most Celebrated Librarian by Karen Henry Clark & Sheryl Murray (YNF)
• More Than Peach by Bellen Woodard & Fanny Liem (YNF)
• Three Little Vikings by Beth Woollvin (PB)
• Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax & Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (PB)
• Madani's Best Game by Fran Pintadera & Raquel Catalina (PB)
• Justice Is...: A Guide for Young Truth Seekers by Preet Bharara & Sue Cornelison (YNF)
• Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes (PB)
• If I Were a Park Ranger by Catherine Stier & Patrick Corrigan (YNF)
• Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith (PB)
• Cat on the Bus by Aram Kim (PB)
• The Fifth Quarter by Mike Dawson (GN)
• Eve by Victor LaValle, Jo Mi-Gyeong, & Brittany Peer (GN)
• Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hank Jones, & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (GN)
• The Weirn Books #1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova (GN)
• Kisses for Jet: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Joris Bas Backer (GN)

1.29.23

• The Greatest in the World! by Ben Clanton (GN)
• Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandre Bolan (GN)
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni (PB)
• The Grannyman by Judith Byron Schachner (PB)
• It Starts with a Seed by Laura Knowles & Jennie Webber (YNF)
• H Is for Harlem by Dinah Johnson & April Harrison (YNF)
• Beauty Woke by NoNieqa Ramos & Paola Escobar (PB)
• African Proverbs for All Ages by Johnnetta Betsch Cole & Nelda LaTeef (YNF)
• One Shoe Two Shoes by Caryl Hart & Edward Underwood (PB)
• Keyana Loves Her Family by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley & Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (PB)
• What About Neko?: A Story About Divorce by Nancy Loewen & Elisa Paganelli (PB)
• Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd & Shannon Wright (YNF)
• Take a Breath by Sujean Rim (PB)
• The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy by Beatrice Alemagna (PB)
• Book or Bell? by Chris Barton & Ashley Spires (PB)
• Nicolas, Where Have You Been? by Leo Lionni (PB)
• An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni (PB)
• The Biggest House in the World by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Fish Is Fish by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• Beastars #14 by Paru Itagaki (M)

1.30.23

• Busy Buddies: Silly Stuff That Goes Together by Cece Bell (PB)

01.23 total: 166

16 manga; 10 adult fiction; 7 young adult fiction; 25 graphic novels; 5 youth fiction; 71 picture books; 29 youth nonfiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 1 young adult nonfiction