My “have read” 2020 book list

I love books. Here I’m listing the books I’ve read this year – trying to post each one once even if I’ve read it more than once in the year. I hope you find a title here that interests you. NOTE: if there are any you’d like to purchase please go to my page BUY THE BOOK! to see if it is listed there. You can follow direct links, making it easier for you.
In blue I’ve  indicated which books are reviewed here on my blog. Also, any book I have marked *(ARC)* is an Advanced Reading Copy I was given in exchange for my free and honest review.
In green are the books I’ve read that are usually middle grade (not picture books, which are left in black, but may be story books with pictures), or YA and adult novels. Some are audio books or specifically from Audible.com, and a few are ebooks.
My reading interests vary widely. If you’re interested in any titles on this list or are encouraged to read more, do let me know! If you have suggestions of what would look good in my reading stash I’d love to hear about it so I can add it to my private to-be-read list.

:) Happy year of Reading!

JANUARY 2020:

  1. December – by Eve Bunting
  2. A Christmas Dollhouse – by Richard Rudnicki
  3. The Christmas Wind – by Stephanie Simpson McLellan
  4. Sugar Falls: a Residential School Story – by David Alexander Robertson
  5. To Everything There is a Season – by Jude Daly
  6. If All the Animals Came Inside – by Eric Pinder
  7. Silver Packages: an Appalachian Christmas Story – by Cynthia Rylant
  8. Miss Rumphius – by Barbara Cooney
  9. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins – by Eric Kimmel
  10. The Birds’ Christmas Carol – by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  11. Bear Came Along – by Richard T. Morris
  12. Monster Needs a Christmas Tree – by Paul Czajak
  13. Drummer Boy – by Loren Long
  14. The Great Santa Stakeout – by Betsy Bird
  15. Santa Mouse – by Michael Brown
  16. When Santa Was a Baby – by Linda Bailey
  17. The Mitten – retold by Jim Aylesworth
  18. Edgar Gets Ready for Bed – by Jennifer Adams
  19. Wombat Divine – Mem Fox
  20. Naughty Claudine’s Christmas – by Patrick Jennings
  21. Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve? – by Jan Brett
  22. Earth to Clunk – by Pam Smallcomb
  23. Santa’s Stuck – by Rhonda Gowler Greene
  24. Unspoken – by Henry Cole
  25. The Winter Noisy Book – by Margaret Wise Brown
  26. The Night Baafore Christmas – by Dawn Young
  27. Polar Bear’s Underwear – by Tupera Tupera
  28. Roly Poly – by Mem Fox
  29. A Merry Little Christmas: Celebrate from A to Z – by Mary Engelbreit
  30. Carl and the Meaning of Life – by Deborah Freedman
  31. An Otis Christmas – Loren Long
  32. Don’t Be Silly, Mrs. Millie! – by Judy C0x
  33. Aunt Pitty Patty’s Piggy – retold by Jim Aylesworth
  34. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? – by Bill Martin Jr.
  35. Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall’s Life and Art – by Barb Rosenstock
  36. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean – by R. M. Ballantyne
  37. Ice Age Cave Bear: the giant beast that terrified ancient humans – by Barbara Hehner
  38. I am Half-Sick of Shadows – by Alan Bradley
  39. Father Christmas and the Donkey – by Elizabeth Clark
  40. How to Catch a Dinosaur – Adam Wallace
  41. How to Catch a Unicorn – by Adam Wallace
  42. How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied – by Jess Keating
  43. How to Outswim a Shark Without a Snorkel – by Jess Keating
  44. The Piano Recital – by Akiko Miyakoshi
  45. One Starry Night – by Laure Thompson
  46. Around the Table That Grandad Built – by Melanie Heuiser Hill
  47. One Wild Christmas – by Nicholas Oldland
  48. How to Trick a Christmas Elf – by Sue Fliess
  49. And Then the Seed Grew – by Marianne Dubuc
  50. Singing Away the Dark – by Caroline Woodward
  51. Nanuk the Ice Bear – by Jeanette Winter
  52. What Miss Mitchell Saw – by Hayley Barrett
  53. There’s an Alligator Under my Bed – by Mercer Mayer
  54. Mathematickles! – by Betsy Franco
  55. Dear Boy – by Paris Rosenthal & Jason Rosenthal
  56. Three Cheers for Kid McGear! – by Sherri Duskey Rinker
  57. Trapped! A Whale’s Rescue – by Robert Burleigh
  58. Unicorn Diaries: Bo’s Magical New Friend – by Rebecca Elliott
  59. Arctic Adventures: Tales from the Lives of Inuit Artists – By Raquel Rivera
  60. Marja’s Skis – by Jean E. Pendziwol
  61. How Many Miles to Bethlehem? – by Kevin Crossley-Holland
  62. Baby’s Lullaby – by Jill Barber
  63. Animal Ark: celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures – by Joel Sartore & Kwame Alexander
  64. Bolivar Eats New York: a discovery adventure – by Sean Rubin
  65. At Night – by Jonathan Bean
  66. Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band – by Kwame Alexander
  67. The Art of Miss Chew – by Patricia Polacco
  68. Big Snow – by Jonathan Bean
  69. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – by Jamie Ford
  70. Love From the Crayons – by Drew Daywalt
  71. Don’t Worry, Bee Happy – by Ross Burach
  72. The Reindeer Wish – by Lori Evert
  73. Surf’s Up! – by Luke Flowers
  74. Snow Scene – by Richard Jackson
  75. Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? – by Martin Waddell
  76. How to Outfox Your Friends When You Don’t Have a Clue – by Jess Keating
  77. Airborn – by Kenneth Oppel
  78. Making Their Voices Heard: the inspiring friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe – by Vivian Kirkfield
  79. Green – by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  80. The Little Snowplow Wishes for Snow – by Lora Koehler
  81. Red & Lulu – by Matt Tavares
  82. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: the Story of Dr. Temple Grandin – by Julia Finley Mosca
  83. Imagine – by Juan Felipe Herrera
  84. How to Catch a Dragon – by Adam Wallace
  85. Tyrannoclaus – by Janet Lawler

FEBRUARY 2020:

  1. Jingle-Jingle – by Nicola Smee
  2. Dino-Hockey – by Lisa Wheeler
  3. My Many Colored Days – by Dr. Seuss
  4. Santa’s Underwear – by Marty Rhodes Figley
  5. The Nutcracker in Harlem – by T. E. McMorrow
  6. Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep – by Eleanor Farjeon
  7. A Redwall Winter’s Tale – by Brian Jacques
  8. I Used to Be Afraid – by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  9. Let’s Have a Sleepover! – by Norm Feuti
  10. Princess Truly: Off I Go! – by Kelly Greenawalt
  11. Princess Truly: I Am a Super Girl! – by Kelly Greenawalt
  12. Silly Tilly’s Valentine – by Lillian Hoban
  13. In Plain Sight – by Richard Jackson
  14. This Beautiful Day – by Richard Jackson
  15. All Ears, All Eyes – by Richard Jackson
  16. On the Night You Were Born – by Nancy Tillman
  17. Nature All Around: Bugs – by Pamela Hickman
  18. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold – by John le Carré
  19. The Tiny Wish – by Lori Evert
  20. The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever! – by Rebecca Rule
  21. Arthur’s Valentine – by Marc Brown
  22. A Crankenstein Valentine – by Samantha Berger
  23. Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies – by Ann Turner
  24. Call For The Dead – by John le Carré
  25. I Love You, Little One – by Holly Surplice
  26. Speaking From Among the Bones – by Alan Bradley
  27. The Monster in the Backpack – by Lisa Moser
  28. Hello, Hedgehog: Do You Like My Bike? – by Norm Feuti
  29. Bear and Hare – Snow! – by Emily Gravett
  30. Arrowhawk – by Lola M. Schaefer
  31. Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog – by Eva Moore
  32. Gretchen of Grand Pré – by Lilla Stirling
  33. The Library Book: the story of libraries from camels to computers – by Maureen Sawa
  34. Ragged Journey: escape from alcoholism and the aftershocks of abuse – by John Wabischewich with Ron Hembree
  35. Home Work: a memoir of my Hollywood years – by Julie Andrews
  36. Hatchet – by Gary Paulson
  37. The Library Card – by Jerry Spinelli
  38. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime – by Mark Haddon
  39. Library Mouse – by Daniel Kirk
  40. An Elephant in the Garden – by Michael Morpurgo
  41. Adventures in Black – by Arthur Widder
  42. The Heart Garden: a Marlena Books story – by Karla Kale
  43. The Railroad: a Marlena Books story – by Karla Kale
  44. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches – by Alan Bradley
  45. A Stone Sat Still – by Brendan Wenzel
  46. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse – by Beatrix Potter
  47. Because of an Acorn – by Lola M. Schaefer
  48. Dini Dinosaur – by Karen Beaumont
  49. The Dog Who Belonged to No One – by Amy Hest
  50. A Chicken Followed me Home!: questions and answers about a familiar fowl – by Robin Page
  51. A Song for China: how my father wrote Yellow River Cantata – by Ange Zhang
  52. Freedom Over Me: eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life – by Ashley Bryan
  53. Canada’s Natural Wonders – by Joanna Richter
  54. Click, Clack, Surprise! – by Doreen Cronin
  55. A Murder of Quality – by John Le Carré
  56. Let’s Go Froggy! – by Jonathan London
  57. Arthur’s April Fool – by Marc Brown
  58. Franklin in the Dark – by Paulette Bourgeois
  59. Little Polar Bear Finds a Friend – by Hans de Beer
  60. Franklin is Bossy – by Paulette Bourgeois
  61. Hurry Up, Franklin – by Paulette Bourgeois
  62. Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear – by Hans de Beer
  63. Chickens to the Rescue – by John Himmelman
  64. The Storm Whale in Winter – by Benji Davies
  65. Mix It Up! – by Hervé Tullet
  66. Ice Bears – by Brenda Z. Guiberson
  67. Lily and Bear – by Lisa Stubbs
  68. Crash, Splash, or Moo! – by Bob Shea
  69. You Loves Ewe – by Cece Bell
  70. Follow the Drinking Gourd: an underground railroad story – retold by Cari Meister
  71. The Little Snowplow – by Lora Kochler
  72. One Hundred Years of Solitude – by Gabriel García Márquez
  73. Hair for Mama – by Kelly A. Tinkham
  74. Wait, Rest, Pause: dormancy in winter – by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
  75. Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat – by Katie Harnett
  76. Katy and the Big Snow – by Virginia Lee Burton
  77. A Cold Winter’s Good Knight – by Shelley Moore Thomas
  78. Coat of Many Colors – by Dolly Parton
  79. The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth – by Kathleen Krull
  80. The Book Thief – by Markus Zusak
  81. Boxes for Katje – by Candace Fleming
  82. All Aboard! – by Mary Lyn Ray
  83. Groundhug Day – by Anne Marie Pace
  84. Relationships We Love to Listen To – by The Audible Editors
  85. Building Big – by David Macaulay

MARCH 2020:

  1. Because Amelia Smiled – by David Ezra Stein
  2. Itty Bitty – by Cece Bell
  3. Arthur’s Baby – by Marc Brown
  4. Commotion in the Ocean – by Giles Andreae
  5. Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups – by Tadgh Bentley
  6. There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight – by Penny Parker Klostermann
  7. Snappsy the Alligator did not want to be in this book! – by Julie Falatko
  8. Normal Norman – by Tara Lazar
  9. Z is for Moose – by Kelly Bingham
  10. Are We Pears Yet? – by Miranda Paul
  11. Sky Color – by Peter H. Reynolds
  12. Sun! One in a Billion – by Stacy McAnulty
  13. No Monkeys, No Chocolate – by Melissa Stewart
  14. Giant Squid – by Candace Fleming
  15. You Are My Friend: the story of Mister Rogers and his neighborhood – by Aimee Reid
  16. Swan: the life and dance of Anna Pavlova  – by Laurel Snyder
  17. Before She Was Harriet – by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  18. It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way – by Kyo Maclear
  19. Vroom! – by Barbara McClintock
  20. A Friend for Henry – by Jenn Bailey
  21. Going Down Home With Daddy – by Kelly Starling Lyons
  22. Truman – by Jean Reidey
  23. River – by Elisha Cooper
  24. Most Marshmallows – by Rowboat Watkins
  25. Chloe and the Lion – by Mac Barnett & Adam Rex
  26. Yucky Worms – by Vivian French
  27. Bear Came Along – by Richard T. Morris
  28. The Whisper – by Pamela Zagarenski
  29. My Footprints – by Bao Phi
  30. Save It! – by Cinders McLeod
  31. Love in the Time of Cholera – by Gabriel García Márquez
  32. The Looking Glass War – by John le Carré
  33. The Honeybee – by Kirsten Hall
  34. Over and Under the Pond – by Kate Messner
  35. Whale in a Fishbowl – by Troy Howell
  36. Here We Are: notes for living on planet earth – by Oliver Jeffers
  37. The Forgotten Home Child – by Genevieve Graham
  38. Stone Soup – by Marcia Brown
  39. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly – by Lucille Colandro
  40. My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis – by Paul Meisel
  41. What is Given From the Heart – by Patricia C. McKissack
  42. The Scarecrow – by Beth Ferry
  43. Bird, Balloon, Bear – by Il Sung Na
  44. Green Pants – by Kenneth Kraegel
  45. Twinderella, a Fractioned Fairy Tale – by Corey Rosen Schwartz
  46. Tar Beach – by Faith Ringgold
  47. The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse – by Alan Bradley
  48. Heart and Soul: the story of America and African Americans – by Kadir Nelson
  49. My Lost Family: an Audible original – by Danny Ben Moshe
  50. Stonewall: a building. an uprising. a revolution – by Rob Sanders
  51. The Road That Trucks Built – by Susanna Hill
  52. Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor – by Robert Burleigh
  53. The Rabbit Listened – by Cori Doerrfeld
  54. The Journey – by Francesca Sanna
  55. 100 Bugs: a counting book – by Kate Narita
  56. I’m Trying to Love Math – by Bethany Barton
  57. Count On Me – by Miguel Tanco
  58. Linus The Little Yellow Pencil – by Scott Magoon
  59. The Book of Mistakes – by Corinna Luyken
  60. Clip-Clop – by Nicola Smee
  61. Earn It! – by Cinders McLeod
  62. Straw – by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  63. Angelina Ballerina – by Katharine Holabird
  64. The Five Forms – by Barbara McClintock
  65. Gyo Fujikawa’s A to Z Picture Book – by Gyo Fujikawa
  66. The Way She Spoke – by Isaac Gomez
  67. A Big Bed for Little Snow – by Grace Lin
  68. Pete With No Pants – by Rowboat Watkins
  69. Nine Months before a baby is born – by Miranda Paul
  70. Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go To School – by Julie Falatko
  71. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust – by Alan Bradley
  72. Sometimes You Fly – by Katherine Applegate
  73. Wolfie the Bunny – by Ame Dyckman
  74. Why? – by Adam Rex
  75. We Are Grateful – by Traci Sorell
  76. The Gardener – by Sarah Stewart
  77. The Curious Garden – by Peter Brown
  78. Me … Jane – by Patrick McDonnell
  79. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! – by Carmen Agra Deedy
  80. They Say Blue – by Jillian Tamaki
  81. The Undefeated – by Kwame Alexander
  82. Hawk Rising – by Maria Gianferrari
  83. The Stuff of Stars – by Marion Dane Bauer
  84. Colette’s Lost Pet – by Isabelle Arsenault
  85. Stop That Yawn! – by Caron Levis
  86. Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian – by Jacob Sager Weinstein
  87. Narwhal’s Otter Friend – by Ben Clanton
  88. When Turtle Grew Feathers: A Folktale from the Choctaw Nation – by Tim Tingle
  89. Untouchable: a novel – by Scott O’Connor
  90. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – by L. Frank Baum
  91. Fry Bread: a Native American family story – by Kevin Noble Maillard
  92. Give Me Back My Bones! – by Kim Norman
  93. Love, Agnes: postcards from an octopus – by Irene Latham
  94. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – by E. L. Konigsburg
  95. The Girl on the Train – by Paula Hawkins
  96. Into the Water – by Paula Hawkins
  97. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Maker’s Strike of 1909 – by Michelle Markel
  98. Dreamers – by Yuyi Morales
  99. My Papi Has a Motorcycle – by Isabel Quintero
  100. The Great Gatsby – by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  101. Nobody’s Duck – by Mary Sullivan
  102. Moo Moo in a TuTu – by Tim Miller
  103. Duck, Duck, Porcupine! – by Salina Yoon
  104. Snail & Worm Again – by Tina Kügler
  105. I Don’t Want To Be a Frog – by Dev Petty
  106. The Remember Balloons – by Jessie Oliveros
  107. Flying Deep: climb inside deep-sea submersible ALVIN – by Michelle Cusolito
  108. You Are Special – by Max Lucado
  109. Not My Idea: a book about whiteness – by Anastasia Higginbotham
  110. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – by Samuel Clements  (Mark Twain)
  111. After the Fall: how Humpty Dumpty got back up again – by Dan Santat
  112. Birdsong – by Julie Flett
  113. A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals – by Lucy Ruth Cummins
  114. Alma and How She got Her Name – by Juana Martinez-Neal
  115. Birdsong – by Julie Flett
  116. Brave New World – by Aldous Huxley
  117. White Fang – by Jack London
  118. The Jungle Book l & ll – by Rudyard Kipling
  119. Anne of Green Gables – by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  120. The Reluctant Dragon – by Kenneth Grahame

APRIL 2020:

  1. The Blue Umbrella – by Ruskin Bond
  2. Stepping on the Cracks – by Mary Downing Hahn
  3. The Golden Goblet – by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – by Samuel Clements
  5. Robinson Crusoe – by Daniel Defoe
  6. Pride and Prejudice – by Jane Austen
  7. Stinky Winky Silly Willy Off-Key Donkey – by Donald Jacobsen
  8. The Cookie Girl – by David Novak
  9. A Day in a Forested Wetland – by Keven Kurtz
  10. The Boy Who Drew Cats – by Anushka Ravishankar
  11. Kaka and the Mouse – by Pankaja Srinivasan
  12. Fish Friends Three – by Sheila Gandhi
  13. Kutti and the Mouse – by Shobha Viswanath
  14. The First Music – by Dylan Pritchett
  15. The Fox and the Squirrel – by Sheila Gandhi
  16. Surprised by Joy – by C. S. Lewis
  17. Persuasion – by Jane Austen
  18. Diva Dolores and the Opera House Mouse – by Laura Sassi
  19. The Green Ember – by S. D. Smith
  20. Rivals: Frenemies Who Changed the World – by Scott McCormick
  21. Oh Beans! starring Vanilla Bean – by Ellen Weiss
  22. Digging up Dinosaurs – by Aliki
  23. 50 Below Zero – by Robert Munsch
  24. Gurgle, Bubble, Splash – by Richard Thompson
  25. Little Women – by Louisa May Alcott
  26. Stone Soup – by Heather Forest
  27. The Mare’s Egg – retold by Carole Spray
  28. My Ántonia – by Willa Cather
  29. My First Counting Book – by Lillian Moore
  30. A Grief Observed – by C. S. Lewis
  31. Gynn – by Mary Jane Muir
  32. Squint – by Chad Morris & Shelly Brown Morris
  33. Beowulf: Monster Slayer: a British Legend – by Phil D. Storrie
  34. Thumbelina – by Hans Christian Anderson; adapted by Ina Shapiro
  35. Alice the Fairy – by David Shannon
  36. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet – by Jane O’Connor
  37. Fancy Nancy and the 100th Day of School – by Jane O’Connor
  38. Leroy Ninker Saddles Up – by Kate DeCamillo
  39. Fancy Nancy and the Mean Girl – by Jane O’Connor
  40. How to Catch an Elf – by Adam Wallace
  41. When I Grow Up – by Al Yankovic
  42. Chu’s First Day of School – by Neil Gaiman
  43. The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish – by Neil Gaiman
  44. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat – by Lucille Colandro
  45. Amazing Grace – by Mary Hoffman
  46. Axel and the Trucks: Beach Race – by J. D. Riley
  47. The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep: a new way of getting children to sleep – by Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin
  48. My Wounded Island – by Jacques Pasquet
  49. Silverlicious – Victoria Kann
  50. The Worst Best Christmas Pageant Ever – by Barbara Robinson
  51. Froggy Gets Dressed – by Jonathan London
  52. The Little Shop of Monsters – by R. L. Stine
  53. The Very, Very, Very Long Dog – by Julia Patton
  54. All Around Us – by Xelena Gonzáles
  55. You and Me – by Susan Verde
  56. The Swiss Family Robinson – by Johann David Wyss
  57. The Goat – by Anne Fleming
  58. A Plan for Pops – by Heather Smith
  59. Froggy Goes to the Library – by Jonathan London
  60. A Sack Full of Feathers – by Debby Waldman
  61. Pocket Rocks – by Sheree Fitch
  62. How Tiger Got His Stripes: a Folktale from Vietnam – by Bob Cleveland
  63. Anansi and the Tug ‘o War – by Bobby Norfolk
  64. Anansi and the Pot of Beans – by Bobby Norfolk
  65. Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail – by Martha Hamilton
  66. Why Spider Has a Thin Waist – Bill Gordh
  67. Llama Llama Loves to Read – by Anna Dewdney
  68. The Magic Boat – by Kit Pearson
  69. The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room – by Stan Berenstain
  70. I Don’t Want to Eat Bugs – by Rachel Branton
  71. Good Wives – by Louisa May Alcott
  72. To Build a Fire – by Jack London
  73. Jesus Calling: enjoying peace in His presence – by Sarah Young

MAY 2020:

  1. The Island of Dr. Moreau – by H.G. Wells
  2. Kidnapped – by Robert Louis Stevenson
  3. Listening With My Heart: a story of kindness and self-compassion – by Gabi Garcia
  4. The Three Musketeers – by Alexandre Dumas
  5. Love Among the Chickens – by P.G. Wodehouse
  6. My Man Jeeves – by P.G. Wodehouse
  7. Select Poems – by Robert Frost
  8. My Father’s Dragon – by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  9. Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus – by Francis P. Church & Virginia O’Hanlon
  10. The Adventures of a Brownie: as told to my child – by Dinah Mulock
  11. A Tale of Three Lions – by H. Rider Haggard
  12. The House That Jack Built – by unknown author
  13. Poor Little Rich Girl – by Eleanor Gates
  14. Ah Ha! – by Jeff Mack
  15. Water Steps – by A. LaFaye
  16. Because of Winn-Dixie – by Kate DiCamillo
  17. Double Bass Blues – by Andrea J. Loney
  18. Pete the Cat: Pete’s Big Lunch – by James Dean
  19. Chu’s Day – by Neil Gaiman
  20. Young Fredle – by Cynthia Voigt
  21. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – by Ambrose Bierce
  22. Dogger – by Shirley Hughes
  23. The Fox’s Kettle – by Laura Langston
  24. The Outcasts of Poker Flat – by Bret Harte
  25. The Magic Ear – by Laura Langston
  26. Room Enough for Daisy – by Debby Waldman & Rita Feutl
  27. Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School – by Herman Parish
  28. Princess Cora and the Crocodile – by Laura Amy Schlitz
  29. What Katy Did at School – by Susan Coolidge
  30. The Only Plane in the Sky: an oral history of 9/11 – by Garrett M. Graff
  31. Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days – by Judith Viorst
  32. The Bridge to Terabithia – by Katherine Paterson
  33. Bless This Mouse – by Lois Lowry
  34. Little Red Pencil – by Joan Holub
  35. Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter – by Francesca Simon
  36. Quarantine: What is Old is New: Halifax and the Lawlor’s Island Quarantine Station 1866-1938 – by Ian Cameron, M.D.
  37. How to go Gray Gracefully and Look Fantastic – by Deborah Bauer
  38. The Five Lives of our Cat Zook – by Joanne Rocklin
  39. Brown Girl Dreaming – by Jacqueline Woodson
  40. Wow Wow and Haw Haw – by George Murray
  41. The Brilliant Deep – by Kate Messner
  42. Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses – by Kimberly & James Dean
  43. The King’s Taster – by Kenneth Oppel
  44. Universe’s Meanest Dog – by Andrew Rolston
  45. Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach – James Dean
  46. Love You More Than Anything – by Doretta Groenendyk
  47. The Benefits of Being an Octopus – by Ann Graden
  48. Refugee – by Alan Gratz
  49. Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes – James Dean
  50. Henry Huggins, book 1 – by Beverly Cleary
  51. Lailah’s Lunchbox: a Ramadan story – by Reem Faruqi
  52. Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug – by J.D. Lester
  53. Perfect Soup – by Lisa Moser
  54. The Proudest Blue – by Ibtihaj Muhammad

JUNE 2020:

  1. Atlas Shrugged – by Ayn Rand
  2. My Name is Not Alexander – by Jennifer Fosberry
  3. The Orphan of Ellis Island – by Elvira Woodruff
  4. The Animals Could Talk – by Aesop
  5. Flat Stanley Goes Camping – by Jeff Brown
  6. At the Pond – by Geraldo Valério
  7. Ten Little Rabbits – by Virginia Grossman
  8. Ethan Frome – by Edith Wharton
  9. Don’t Touch That Toad and Other Strange Things Adults Tell You – by Catherine Rondina
  10. Secrets at Sea – by Richard Peck
  11. The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail – by Richard Peck
  12. Anna Karenina – by Leo Tolstoy
  13. Pete the Cat: Robo Pete – by James Dean
  14. Pete the Cat: CaveCat Pete – by James Dean
  15. Tuck Everlasting – by Natalie Babbitt
  16. Kitty’s New Doll – by Dorothy Kunhardt
  17. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian – by Sheldon Alexie
  18. I Know What You Did Last Summer – by Lois Duncan
  19. The Princess and the Fog: a story for children with depression – by Lloyd Jones
  20. Chomp – by Carl Hiaasen
  21. If You Could Wear My Sneakers – by Sheree Fitch
  22. The Day You Begin – by Jacqueline Woodson
  23. A Very Big Bunny – by Marisabina Russo
  24. The Poky Little Puppy – by Janette Sebring Lowrey
  25. Best Friend Trouble – by Frances Itani
  26. We’re All Wonders – by R. J. Palacio
  27. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – by Howard Pyle
  28. The Prairie Dogs – by Glenda Goertzen
  29. Being Frog – by April Pulley Sayre
  30. The Big Umbrella – by Amy June Bates
  31. Why Don’t Cars Run on Apple Juice? – by Kira Vermond
  32. A Bear Called Paddington – by Michael Bond
  33. The Nine Lives of Travis Keating – by Jill MacLean
  34. I Won What? – by Audrey Vernick
  35. I Am a Unicorn! – by Michaela Schuett
  36. Moon’s First Friends: one giant leap for friendship – by Susanna Leonard Hill
  37. Moldilocks and the Three Scares: a zombie tale – by Lynne Marie
  38. Everyone’s Awake – by Colin Meloy
  39. Sidewalk Flowers – by Jon Arno Lawson
  40. Like the Moon Loves the Sky – by Hena Khan
  41. The Little Engine’s Easter Egg Hunt – by Lana Edelman
  42. Natumi Takes the Lead: the true story of an orphan elephant who finds family – by Gerry Ellis
  43. Bear Snores On – by Karma Wilson
  44. We Are Water Protectors – by Carole Lindstrom
  45. Here and Now – by Julia Denos
  46. The Christmas Wish – by Lori Evert
  47. Bunny Slopes – by Claudia Rueda
  48. All the Water in the World – by George Ella Lyon
  49. Arthur’s Teacher Trouble – by Marc Brown
  50. The Boreal Forest: a year in the world’s largest land biome – by L. E. Carmichael
  51. The Thing About Bees: a love letter – by Shabazz Larkin
  52. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site – by Sheri Duskey Rinker
  53. Frederick Douglass: Voice for Justice, Voice for Freedom – by Frank Murphy
  54. The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation – by Elizabeth Letts
  55. Flat Stanley, (Flat Stanley series book 1) – by Jeff Brown
  56. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
  57. The Silence Slips In – by Alison Hughes
  58. Gordon Parks: how the photographer captured black and white America – by Carole Boston Weatherford
  59. Priscilla and Rosy – by Sharon Jennings
  60. This is the House That Jack Built – retold by Simms Taback
  61. Pride: a Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag – by Rob Sanders
  62. The Boy From the Woods – by Harlan Coben
  63. The Golden Acorn – by Katy Hudson
  64. Orangutan Orphanage – by Suzi Eszterhas
  65. A Book of Babies – by Il Sung Na
  66. Be You! – by Peter Reynolds
  67. Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans – by Phil Bildner
  68. Esperanza Rising – by Pam Muñoz Ryan
  69. The Potter – by Jacolyn Caton
  70. Katie Woo Has the Flu – by Fran Manushkin
  71. If You Ask Me (And of Course, You Won’t) – by Betty White
  72. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas – by Eric Litwin & James Dean
  73. Baby Loves The Five Senses: Sight! – by Ruth Spiro
  74. Oh, What a Busy Day – by Gyo Fujikawa
  75. Flower Talk: how plants use color to communicate – by Sara Levine
  76. Sea Bear: a journey for survival – by Lindsay Moore
  77. Black is a Rainbow Color – by Angela Joy
  78. Little Libraries, Big Heroes – by Miranda Paul
  79. Summer of the Gypsy Moths – by Sara Pennypacker
  80. It’s a Tiger! – by David LaRochelle
  81. The Ant and the Butterfly – by Dina Gregory
  82. Zero G – by Dan Wells
  83. Gingerella – by Dina Gregory
  84. Ella Enchanted – by Gail Carson Levine
  85. Fortunately, The Milk – by Neil Gaiman
  86. Henry and Beezus – by Beverly Cleary
  87. One Good Dog – by Susan Wilson
  88. The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat – by Nurit Karlin
  89. The Invention of Hugo Cabret – by Brian Selznick
  90. Pete the Cat: Play Ball – by James Dean
  91. The Turn of the Screw – by Henry James
  92. Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love – by Larry Levin
  93. Look and be Grateful – by Tomie DePaola
  94. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! – by Dr. Seuss
  95. The Magical Yet – by Angela DeTerlizzi
  96. A Day For Skating – by Sara Sullivan
  97. Welcome Home, Bear: a book of animal habitats – by Il Sung Na
  98. Bunny in the Middle – by Anika A. Denise
  99. Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years – by Stacy McAnulty
  100. Ruby Rose, Big Bravos – by Rob Sanders
  101. Big Friends – by Linda Sarah
  102. Blue Rider – by Geraldo Valério
  103. Dragon’s Fat Cat – by Dav Pilkey
  104. The Butter Battle Book – by Dr. Seuss
  105. Thunder Dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at ground zero – by Michael Hingson
  106. Bringing Back the Wolves: how a predator restored an ecosystem – by Jude Isabella
  107. Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep – by April Pulley Sayre
  108. Maple – by Lori Nichols
  109. The Opposite Zoo – by Il Sung Na
  110. So Many Days – by Alison McGhee
  111. The Berenstain Bears and The Spooky Old Tree – by Stan & Jan Berenstain
  112. Koala Hospital, wildlife rescue – by Suzi Eszterhas
  113. The Hate U Give – by Angie Thomas
  114. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter – by Seth Grahame-Smith
  115. Lucky Leopards and more true stories of amazing animal rescues – by Aline Alexander Newman
  116. Arabel’s Raven: Arabel and Mortimer – by Joan Aiken
  117. A Newfoundland Year – by Dawn Baker
  118. A Dog For a Friend – by Marilynn Reynolds
  119. Bullet the New Steam Engine – by Dwayne LaFitte
  120. When I Found Grandma – by Saumiya Balasubramaniam
  121. Nanny’s Kitchen Party – by Rebecca North
  122. Just Because – by Rebecca Elliott
  123. You Make Me Happy – by Doretta Groenendyk

JULY 2020:

  1. Missing Mike – by Shari Green
  2. The List – by Patricia Forde
  3. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1) – by Mary Pope Osborne
  4. Silver Linings: stories of gratitude, resiliency, and growth through adversity – by Janice Landry
  5. Sit – by Deborah Ellis
  6. The Secret Chicken Society – by Judy Cox
  7. The Magician of Auschwitz – by Kathy Kacer
  8. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, book 1 – by Betty MacDonald
  9. Lotta’s Bike – by Astrid Lindgren
  10. My Hair is a Garden – by Cozbi A. Cabrera
  11. Allie All Along – by Sarah Lynne Reul
  12. Apples and Butterflies – by Shauntay Grant
  13. Dragon Night – by J. R. Krause
  14. When Grandad Was a Penguin – by Morag Hood
  15. Cinderella Penguin, or The Little Glass Flipper – by Janet Perlman
  16. Turtle Pond – by James Gladstone
  17. Why Peacocks Have Colorful Feathers – by Safaa Ali
  18. The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place – by Alan Bradley
  19. Over the Rooftops, Under the Moon – by JonArno Lawson
  20. Just in Case You Want to Fly – by Julie Fogliano
  21. If We Were Gone: imagining the world without people – by John Coy
  22. Ten, Nine, Eight – by Molly Bang
  23. Grandpa’s Stories: a book of remembering – by Joseph Coelho
  24. Dreams From My Father: a story of race and inheritance – by Barack Obama
  25. A Dog and a Squirrel – by Alexis Jade Morales
  26. The Big Red Balloon – by Mya Jean Barnett
  27. Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters – by Andrea Beaty
  28. Ellie, Engineer – by Jackson Pearce
  29. Where the Crawdads Sing – by Delia Owens
  30. Driftwood Dragons and other seaside poems – by Tyne Brown
  31. Owl Moon – by Jane Yolen
  32. Give Bees a Chance – by Bethany Barton
  33. The All-I’ll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll – by Patricia C. McKissack
  34. A Sick Day for Amos McGee – by Philip C. Stead
  35. My Forest is Green – by Darren LeBeuf
  36. Quiet – by Tomie DePaola
  37. The Very Impatient Caterpillar – by Ross Burach
  38. My Friend Isabelle – by Eliza Woloson
  39. Don’t Worry Bear – by Greg Foley
  40. Franklin Plays the Game – by Paulette Bourgeois
  41. Growing Frogs – by Vivian French
  42. Do Not Lick This Book (it’s full of germs) – by Idan Ben-Barak
  43. The Bug Girl (a true story) – by the Bug Girl herself, Sophia Spencer with Margaret McNamara
  44. A True Home: Heartwood Hotel, book 1 – by Kallie George
  45. Dinosaur Boy, book 1 – by Cory Putman Oakes
  46. The Greatest Gift: Heartwood Hotel,  book 2 – by Kallie George
  47. The Glorious Impossible – by Madeleine L’Engle
  48. The Great Trouble: a mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy called Eel – by Deborah Hopkinson
  49. All The Dirt: a history of getting clean – by Katherine Ashenburg
  50. Jacob Have I Loved – by Katherine Paterson
  51. A Giant Man from a Tiny Town: a Story of Angus MacAskill – by Tom Ryan
  52. Badir and the Beaver – by Shannon Stewart
  53. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories – by Dr. Seuss
  54. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln – by Margarita Engle
  55. Overground Railroad – by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  56. Across the Bay – by Carlos Aponte
  57. Go, Dog, Go! – by P.D. Eastman
  58. The Berenstain Bears: Old Hat, New Hat – by Stan & Jan Berenstain
  59. Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller
  60. Owl Diaries: Eva and Baby Mo – by Rebecca Elliott
  61. Owl Diaries: Eva and the Lost Pony – by Rebecca Elliott
  62. Chi’s Sweet Adventures – by Konami Kanata
  63. No Fixed Address – by Susan Nielsen
  64. Karissa & Felix – by Jan L. Coates
  65. Lily in the Loft – by Carol L. MacKay
  66. Jump, Leap, Count Sheep! – by Geraldo Valério
  67. Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: a book of changing seasons – by Il Sung Na
  68. The Highway Rat – by Julia Donaldson
  69. Home in the Rain – by Bob Graham
  70. Dad and the Dinosaur – by Gennifer Choldenko
  71. Grandmother School – by Rina Singh
  72. Barracoon: the story of the last “Black Cargo” – by Zora Neale Hurston
  73. Shark Wars – by E.J. Altbacker
  74. Mrs. Beaton’s Question: my nine years at the Halifax School for the Blind – by Robert Mercer
  75. Fierce: Women Who Shaped Canada – by Lisa Dalrymple
  76. Mary Poppins – by P.L. Travers
  77. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke
  78. Dora’s Bedtime Wishes (Dora the Explorer) – by Phoebe Beinstein
  79. Little Bunny Foo Foo – the real story – by Cori Doerrfeld
  80. Frank and Bean – Jamie Michalak
  81. The Golden Tresses of the Dead – by Alan Bradley
  82. Inside Out and Back Again – by Thanhha Lai
  83. Pecos Bill – by Eric Blair
  84. The Girl in the Well is Me – by Karen Rivers
  85. Hokey Pokey – by Jerry Spinelli
  86. Anna and the Swallow Man – by Gavriel Savit
  87. Antiracist Baby – by Ibram X. Kendi

AUGUST 2020:

  1. Bonobo Handshake: a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo – by Vanessa Woods
  2. The Blind Side – by Michael Lewis
  3. Forget Me Not – by Nancy Van Laan
  4. The Carrot Seed – by Ruth Krauss
  5. At the Mountain’s Base – by Traci Sorell
  6. An Egg is Quiet – by Dianna Aston
  7. And Then Comes Summer – by Tom Brenner
  8. Elmer’s Day – by David McKee
  9. It Looked Like Spilt Milk – by Charles G. Shaw
  10. If You Give a Moose a Muffin – by Laura Joffe Numeroff
  11. Leap Back Home to Me – by Lauren Thompson
  12. Bruno, The Standing Cat – by Nadine Robert
  13. Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood legend and brilliant inventor – by Laurie Wallmark
  14. Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm – by James Dean
  15. Digger the Dinosaur – by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
  16. Of Thee I Sing: a Letter to my Daughters – by Barack Obama
  17. Three Cups of Tea: one man’s journey to change the world … one child at a time – by Sarah L. Thomson
  18. Soul Surfer – by Bethany Hamilton
  19. One Cool Friend – by Toni Buzzeo
  20. Franklin and the Tooth Fairy – by Paulette Bourgeois
  21. Little Red Riding Hood – retold by Trina Schart Hyman
  22. On Duck Pond – by Jane Yolen
  23. Me and You and the Red Canoe – by Jean E. Pendziwol
  24. In the Bag: Margaret Knight Wraps it Up – by Monica Kulling
  25. The Hundred Dresses – by Eleanor Estes
  26. The Goose That Almost Got Cooked – by Marc Simont
  27. Once Upon a Goat – by Don Richards
  28. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse – by Charlie Mackesy
  29. Inspector Flytrap: The Goat Who Chewed Too Much – by Tom Angleberger
  30. The Ocean at the End of the Lane – by Nail Gaiman
  31. Small in the City – by Sydney Smith
  32. The Tiny Seed – by Eric Carle
  33. When Emily Was Small – by Lauren Soloy
  34. Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies – by Ann Turner
  35. Gingerbread Baby – by Jan Brett
  36. Count Your Chickens – by Jo Ellen Bogart
  37. Up Home – by Shauntay Grant
  38. Baby Bear: discovers the world – by Marion Dane Bauer
  39. A Friend for Dragon – by Dav Pilkey
  40. The Tweedles Go Electric – by Monica Kulling
  41. All the Animals Where I Live – by Philip C. Stead
  42. Birds: Nature’s Magnificent Flying Machine – by Caroline Arnold
  43. Alligator Pie – by Dennie Lee
  44. Digging a Hole to Heaven: Coal Miner Boys – by S.D. Nelson
  45. The Adventures of a South Pole Pig – by Chris Kurtz
  46. The Hiding Place – by Corrie ten Boom
  47. A Tale of Magic – by Chris Colfer
  48. Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week – by Caroline Adderson
  49. Eat, Leo, Eat! – by Caroline Adderson
  50. A Fish Named Glub – by Dan Bar-el
  51. Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus – by James Dean
  52. The Berenstain Bears: We Love Trucks! – by Jan Berenstain
  53. Bright Sky, Starry Sky – by Uma Krishnaswami
  54. Thankful – by Eileen Spinelli
  55. Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds – by Marianne Dubuc
  56. Clementine, Friend of the Week – by Sara Pennypacker
  57. The Haircut – by Theo Heras
  58. Mouse Paint – by Ellen Stoll Walsh
  59. Push! Dig! Scoop!: a construction counting rhyme – by Rhonda Gowler Greene
  60. It’s Raining Bats & Frogs – by Rebecca Colby
  61. Number One Sam – by Greg Pizzoli
  62. Babies Come From Airports – by Erin Dealey
  63. When Sadness Is At Your Door – by Eva Eland
  64. A Fiddle for Angus – by Budge Wilson
  65. The Octopus – by Cynthia Rylant
  66. A Hen For Izzy Pippik – by Audrey Davis
  67. Moon! Earth’s Best Friend – by Stacy McAnulty
  68. My First Real Mother Goose board book – compiled by Scholastic
  69. The Richest Man in Babylon – by George S. Clason
  70. The Enchanted Castle – by E. Nesbit
  71. Silly Mr. Wolf – by Tony Ross
  72. Knot Cannot – by Tiffany Stone
  73. This is Moose – by Richard T. Morris
  74. Hattie & Hudson – by Chris Van Dusen
  75. Diggersaurs Explore – by Michael Whaite
  76. Five Days Gone – by Laura Cumming
  77. It Was You, Blue Kangaroo! – by Emma Chichester Clark
  78. Jump – by David McPhail
  79. Tree – by Britta Teckentrup
  80. We March – by Shane W. Evans
  81. No More Naps! a story for when you’re wide awake and definitely NOT tired – by Chris Grabenstein
  82. Mouse Count – by Ellen Stoll Walsh
  83. Bagels From Benny – by Aubrey Davis
  84. New York’s Bravest – by Mary Pope Osborne
  85. Kindred – by Octavia E. Butler
  86. The Scarlet Letter – by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  87. Heartwood Hotel: better together – by Kallie George
  88. Timmy and Tina – by Lorna Doolan
  89. Slumdog Millionaire – by Vikas Swarup
  90. The Gathering – by Theresa Meuse
  91. Look Out For the Fitzgerald-Trouts – by Esta Spalding
  92. The Age of Innocence – by Edith Wharton
  93. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories – by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  94. Dear Martin – by Nic Stone
  95. Buffalo Bird Girl: a Hidatsa Story – by S.D. Nelson
  96. One More Thing: stories and other stories – b y B.J. Novak
  97. Hat On, Hat Off – by Theo Heras
  98. Rooster Can’t Cock-a-doodle-doo – by Karen Rostoker-Gruber
  99. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! – by Candace Fleming
  100. Beach House – by Deanna Caswell
  101. Extraordinary Jane – by Hanna E. Harrison
  102. Mo’s Mustache – by Ben Clanton
  103. Arthur’s Jelly Beans – by Marc Brown
  104. Arthur’s Tooth – by Marc Brown
  105. Arthur’s Eyes – by Marc Brown
  106. As An Oak Tree – by G. Brian Karas
  107. A Seaside Alphabet – by Donna Grassby
  108. Carnivores – by Aaron Reynolds
  109. Saving the Countryside: the story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit – by Linda Elovitz Marshall

SEPTEMBER 2020:

  1. Plume – by Isabelle Simler
  2. An Acceptable Time – by Madeleine L’engle
  3. Backyard Bear – by Anne Rockwell
  4. The Soccer Fence: a story of friendship, hope and apartheid in South Africa – by Phil Bildner
  5. Life on the Refrigerator Door – by Alice Kuipers
  6. Good Boy – by Sergio Ruzzier
  7. Atlantic – by G. Brian Karas
  8. Baby Bear Counts ONE – by Ashley Wolff
  9. Something Happened in our Town: a child’s story about racial injustice – by Marianne Celano
  10. Duck, Duck, Moose! – Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
  11. Chocolate Me! – by Taye Diggs
  12. Bailey – by Harry Bliss
  13. A Home for Bird – by Philip C. Stead
  14. Once Upon a Memory – by Nina Laden
  15. Sweet!: The Delicious Story of Candy – by Ann Love & Jana Drake
  16. The Bear, the Piano, The Dog and the Fiddle – by David Litchfield
  17. The Lonely Polar Bear – by Khoa Le
  18. Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind – by Gary Ross
  19. A Color of His Own – by Leo Lionni
  20. Ida, Always – by Caron Levis
  21. Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock – retold by Eric A. Kümmel
  22. Oryx and Crake – by Margaret Atwood (I read part of it; will try again later)
  23. Fire Season: field notes from a wilderness lookout – by Philip Connors
  24. Violet Shrink – by Christine Baldacchino
  25. Cleonardo: The Little Inventor – by Mary Grand Pré
  26. The House That Jane Built: a story about Jane Addams – by Tanya Lee Stone
  27. Planting Stories: the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré – by Anika Aldamuy Denise
  28. Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: a book of moods – by Sandra Boynton
  29. Grizzly Pete’s Stinky Feet – by Big Red Balloon
  30. Basket Moon – by Mary Lyn Ray
  31. 8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel ÷ 1 Dog = Chaos – by Vivian Vande Velde
  32. Albert the Albatross – by Syd Hoff
  33. Pemmican Wars: a Girl Called Echo, vol 1 – by Kathleen Vermette
  34. 2010 Odyssey Two – by Arthur C. Clarke
  35. Little Goblins Ten – by Pamela Jane
  36. Viva Frida – by Yuyi Morales
  37. Understanding Sam and Asperger Syndrome – by Clarabelle van Neikerk
  38. Pete the Cat: Out of This World – by James Dean
  39. Matthew’s Dream – by Leo Lionni
  40. Where? – by Leo Lionni
  41. The Blunders: a Counting Catastrophe! – by Christine Soontornvat
  42. More – by I. C. Springman
  43. A Home in the Barn – by Margaret Wise Brown
  44. Snow Leopard: Ghost of the Mountains – by Justin Anderson
  45. Flora’s Very Windy Day – by Jeanne Birdsall
  46. Beach – by Elisha Cooper
  47. King Hugo’s Huge Ego – by Chris Van Dusen
  48. An Extraordinary Egg – by Leo Lionni
  49. Eek, You Reek!: Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk – by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple
  50. Nightingale – by Kristin Hannah
  51. Barney’s Horse – by Syd Hoff
  52. The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt – by Riel Nason
  53. School Days According to Humphrey – by Betty G. Birney
  54. Trees: a Rooted History – by Piotr Socha
  55. Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? – by Bill Martin Jr.
  56. North: the Amazing Story of Arctic Migration – by Nick Dowson
  57. Bad Dog – by Mike Boldt
  58. Ladybug Girl’s Day Out With Grandpa – by David Soman
  59. A River – by Marc Martin
  60. The Little Gardener – by Emily Hughes
  61. Monkey Truck – by Michael Slack
  62. Living Sunlight: how plants bring the earth to life – by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm
  63. To Burp or Not to Burp: a guide to your body in space – by Dr. Dave Williams
  64. Hello, I’m Johnny Cash – by G. Neri
  65. Click, Clack, 1 2 3 – by Doreen Cronin
  66. Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale – by Marcus Pfister
  67. The German Heiress – by Anika Scott
  68. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures – by Malcolm Gladwell
  69. Spy Penguins – by Sam Hay
  70. The Jacket – by Kirsten Hall
  71. Bug in a Vacuum – by Mélanie Watt
  72. Millions of Cats – by Wanda Gág
  73. When the Babies Came to Stay – by Christine McDonnell
  74. This way, Charlie: inspired by real animal friendship – by Caron Levis
  75. Lost in the Library – by Josh Funk
  76. Where’s Halmoni? – by Julie Kim
  77. Four Feet, Two Sandals – by Karen Lynn Williams & Khadra Mohammed
  78. Dancing With Daisy –  by Jan L. Coates
  79. Beatrix Potter & the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig – by Deborah Hopkinson
  80. Bunny Roo, I Love You – by Melissa Marr
  81. Arto’s Big Move – by Monica Arnaldo
  82. Two – by Kathryn Otoshi
  83. Always With You – by Eric Waters
  84. Angus All Aglow – by Heather Smith
  85. Bub – by Elizabeth Rose Stanton
  86. Crab Cake: turning the tide together – by Andrea Tsurumi
  87. Snail Crossing – by Corey R. Tabor
  88. A Place For Owls – by Katherine McKeever
  89. The Secret Holocaust Diaries – by Nonna Bannister
  90. Zane and the Hurricane – by Rodman Philbrick

OCTOBER 2020:

  1. Armies of Ants – by Walter Retan
  2. Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees – by Franck Prévot
  3. The Lottery – by Shirley Jackson
  4. Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: a counting adventure – by Doreen Cronin
  5. Mice Skating – by Annie Silvestro
  6. Wild – by Emily Hughes
  7. Chicks Run Wild – by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
  8. Spoon – by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  9. The Napping House – by Audrey Wood
  10. Stormy: a story about finding a forever home – by Guojing
  11. That’s Life!: where will life take you? – by Ame Dyckman
  12. Toucan Can! – by Juliette MacIver
  13. American Prince: a memoir – by Tony Curtis
  14. But Not The Hippopotamus – by Sandra Boynton
  15. Tap the Magic Tree – by Christie Matheson
  16. Cone Cat – by Sarah Howden
  17. Snoring Beauty – by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
  18. Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa – by Don Brown
  19. Double the Dinosaurs – by Diana Murray
  20. If You Come to Earth – by Sophie Blackall
  21. Jabari Jumps – by Gaia Cornwall
  22. Railroad Hank – by Lisa Moser
  23. Moo-Moo, I Love You – by Tom Lichtenheld & Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  24. Over in The Forest: come and take a peek – by Marianne Berkes
  25. The Love Letter – by Anika Aldamuy Denise
  26. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself – by Harriet Ann Jacobs
  27. The Haberdasher Prince – by Dina Gregory
  28. Goodnight From London – by Jennifer Robson
  29. Where’s Bear? – by Emily Gravett
  30. Bearnard’s Book – by Doborah Underwood
  31. Something Extraordinary – by Ben Clanton
  32. Bear Wants More – by Karma Wilson
  33. Henry and Mudge: Under the Yellow Moon – by Cynthia Rylant
  34. Gilbert and the Lost Tooth – by Diane deGroat
  35. Sunny Moments – by Fred E. Weatherly (published in 1907 or earlier)
  36. The Way to Start a Day – by Byrd Baylor
  37. The Backwards Birthday Party – by Tom Chapin
  38. Mama Built a Little Nest – by Jennifer Ward
  39. Spend It! – by Cinders McLeod
  40. Dino-Wrestling – by Lisa Wheeler
  41. Anxious People – by Fredrick Backman
  42. Number the Stars – by Lois Lowry
  43. Vulture View – by April Pulley Sayre
  44. The Emperor’s Cool Clothes – by Lee Harper
  45. Dino-Racing – by Lisa Wheeler
  46. The Princess Bride – by William Goldman
  47. Each Peach Pear Plum – by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
  48. The Elephant and the Bad Baby – by Eldridge Vipont
  49. Are You Ready to Play Outside? – by Mo Willems
  50. The Only Child – by Guojing
  51. The Bluest Eye – by Toni Morrison
  52. Honey – by Sarah Weeks
  53. Because I Love You – by Max Lucado
  54. When Stavinsky Met Nijinsky: two artists, their ballet, and one extraordinary riot – by Lauren Stringer
  55. Martin & Mahalia: his words, her song – by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  56. Frog on a Log? – by Kes Gray
  57. EveryBody’s Different on EveryBody Street – by Sheree Fitch
  58. E.I.E.I.O – How Old MacDonald Got His Farm – by Judy Sierra
  59. If You Decide to Go to the Moon – by Faith McNulty
  60. All My Stripes: a story for children with autism – by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer
  61. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: the poetry of Mister Rogers – by Fred Rogers
  62. The Scar – by Charlotte Moundlic
  63. David Jumps In – by Alan Woo
  64. A Family For Louie – by Alexandra Thomspon
  65. The Farm Team – by Linda Bailey
  66. One – by Kathryn Otoshi
  67. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – by Grace Lin
  68. Extra Yarn – by Mac Barnett
  69. Edie’s Ensembles – by Ashley Spires
  70. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden – by Heather Smith
  71. The Last Flight – by Julie Clark
  72. The Busy Beaver – by Nicholas Oldland
  73. Let The Children March – by Monica Clark Robinson
  74. Louis – by Tom Lichtenheld
  75. Car Wash – by Sandra Steen
  76. Alfie Gets in First – by Shirley Hughes
  77. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – by Verna Aardema
  78. A Leaf Can Be … – by Laura Purdie Salas
  79. In a Jar – by Deborah Marcero
  80. Free as The Wind: Saving the Horses of Sable Island – by Jamie Bastedo
  81. Eleanor – by Barbara Cooney
  82. Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People: Maya Angelou – by Bethany Hegedus
  83. Cinderella Skeleton – by Robert D. San Souci
  84. Arthur’s Halloween – by Marc Brown
  85. A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee – by Chris Van Dusen
  86. Baby Says “Moo!” – by JoAnn Early Macken
  87. Agent A to Agent Z – by Andy Rash
  88. The Emperor and the Kite – by Jane Yolen
  89. Pumpkin Cat – by Anne Mortimer
  90. Goldilicious – by Victoria Kann
  91. Little Boo – by Stephen Wunderli

NOVEMBER 2020:

  1. I Want That Nut! – by Madeline Valentine
  2. book – by David Miles
  3. Madeline Finn and the Library Dog – by Lisa Papp
  4. The Animals’ Ark – by Marianne Dubuc
  5. The Circus Ship – by Chris Van Dusen
  6. Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He’s the Favorite – by Stacy McAnulty
  7. Stars – by Mary Lyn Ray
  8. The Golden Sandal: a Middle Eastern Cinderella Story – by Rebecca Hickox
  9. On Gull Beach – by Jane Yolen
  10. Sadie – by Courtney Summers
  11. With the Fire on High – by Elizabeth Acevedo
  12. Restart – by Gordon Korman
  13. Goldilocks and the Three Bears – retold by James Marshall
  14. World at War 1944 (Magic Tree House Super Edition #1) – by Mary Pope Osborne
  15. Me, Frida – by Amy Novesky
  16. How Much is a Million? – by David M. Schwartz
  17. You Be You – by Linda Kranz
  18. The Little Kitten – by Nicola Killen
  19. Baghead – by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  20. Ralph Tells a Story – by Abby Hanlon
  21. Sometimes a Wall – by Dianne White
  22. The Golden Egg Book – by Margaret Wise Browning
  23. Zog – by Julia Donaldson
  24. Noah Webster and His Words – by Jeri Chase Ferris
  25. The Word For Friend – by Aidan Cassie
  26. ABC, Baby Me! – by Susan B. Katz
  27. Farm – by Elisha Cooper
  28. Aliens Love Underpants – by Claire Freedman
  29. The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough – by Katie Smith Milway
  30. A Few Blocks – by Cybèle Young
  31. The Serious Goose – by Jimmy Kimmell
  32. Dandelion – by Don Freeman
  33. Grandma’s Tiny House: a counting story! – by JaNay Brown-Wood
  34. Shake the Tree! – by Chiara Vignocchi & Paolo Chiarinotti
  35. Green Anaconda: the world’s heaviest snake – by Molly Smith
  36. Just Like Me – by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
  37. The Epic Adventures of Huggie & Stick – by Drew Daywalt
  38. Pick a Pumpkin – by Patricia Toht
  39. Shoe Dog – by Megan McDonald
  40. You Don’t Want a Dragon! – by Ame Dyckman
  41. Dog Days – by Becky Citra
  42. This Book is Gray – by Lindsay Ward
  43. The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
  44. Bird Hugs – by Ged Adamson
  45. Find Fergus – by Mike Boldt
  46. The Great Pumpkin Contest – by Angie Rozelaar
  47. Trick or Treat – by Leo Landry
  48. Trick Arrr Treat – by Leslie Kimmelman
  49. Ollie’s Halloween – by Olivier Dunrea
  50. Go To Sleep, Little Creep – by David Quinn
  51. A Father’s Song – by Janet Lawler
  52. See Me Dig – by Paul Meisel
  53. In the Middle of Fall – by Kevin Henkes
  54. Herbert’s First Halloween – by Cynthia Rylant
  55. The Farm That Feeds Us – by Nancy Castaldo
  56. Hocus Pocus, It’s Fall! – by Anne Sibley O’Brien
  57. The World Needs More Purple People – by Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart
  58. Saving Fiona: the story of the world’s most famous baby hippo – by Thane Maynard
  59. Clean Sweep!: Frank Zamboni’s Ice Machine – by Monica Kulling
  60. A Time to Kill – by John Grisham
  61. You Wouldn’t Want to be a Pyramid Builder!: a hazardous job you’d rather not have – by Jacqueline Morley
  62. I Am Every Good Thing – by Derrick Barnes
  63. Frozen (Disney’s) – by Sarah Nathan
  64. Sea Otter Heroes: The predators that saved an ecosystem – by Patricia Newman
  65. The Fear of Angelina Domino – by Budge Wilson
  66. Emma Kate – by Patricia Polacco
  67. Bedtime Bonnet – by Nancy Redd
  68. The Adventures of Togo: Togo learns how to play – by Pat McCulloch
  69. The Baby Sister – by Tomie dePaola
  70. The Grinny Granny Donkey – by Craig Smith
  71. Where is Our Library?: a story of Patience and Fortitude – by Josh Funk
  72. Zathura – by Chris Van Allsburg
  73. Saturday – by Oge Mora
  74. The Oldest Student: how Mary Walker learned to read – by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
  75. The Alien That Ate Christmas – by Stephen Hunt

DECEMBER 2020:

  1. Grandpa’s Little One – by Billy Crystal
  2. Good Night, Engines – by Denise Dowling Mortensen
  3. One Fox: a counting book thriller – by Kate Read
  4. Apple Cake: a gratitude – by Dawn Casey
  5. Ten Apples Up on Top! – by Dr. Seuss
  6. Pumpkin Day! – by Candice Ransom
  7. Aaron Loves Apples and Pumpkins – by P.D. Eastman
  8. Little Ducks Go – by Emily Arnold McCully
  9. The Book of Fall – by Agnese Baruzzi
  10. A Love That Waited: a Marlena Books story – by Brandon Johnson
  11. The Hockey Game: a Marlena Books story – by Thomas Mateson
  12. Fall – by Judy Wearing
  13. I Am Farmer – by Baptiste & Miranda Paul
  14. Gentle Giant Octopus – by Karen Wallace
  15. I Am a Story – by Dan Yaccarino
  16. Elephants Can’t Jump! – by Jeanne Willis
  17. Jambo means hello: Swahili Alphabet Book – by Murile Feelings
  18. Help Wanted: Must Love Books – by Janet Sumner Johnson
  19. Sycamore Row – by John Grisham
  20. Three Keys – by Kelly Lang
  21. In Enzo’s Splendid Gardens – by Patricia Polacco
  22. It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk – by Josh Funk
  23. It’s Not Hansel and Gretel – by Josh Funk
  24. Wild Symphony – by Dan Brown
  25. Grandma’s Gardens – by Hilary Clinton & Chelsea Clinton
  26. A Good Night Walk – by Elisha Cooper
  27. Julián at the Wedding – by Jessica Love
  28. Pirate Stew – by Neil Gaiman
  29. How Do You Make a Baby Smile? – by Philemon Sturges
  30. Christmas Cheer for the Grouchy Ladybug – by Eric Carle
  31. The Couch Potato – by Jory John
  32. Uncle Vova’s Tree – by Patricia Polacco
  33. The King of the Birds – by Acree Graham Macam
  34. Jack and the Beanstalk – by E. Nesbitt
  35. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything – by Linda Williams
  36. Snowy Race – by April Jones Prince
  37. After Many Years – by Lucy Maud Montgomery

During the past tremendously challenging year, the constant for me was books/reading. My goal in the Goodreads 2020 Reading Challenge was 900 books; I read 1029. As usual it was a mix, more picture books than anything else, but over 200 other books, too. 

How did your reading go?