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 or bold black 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 READING! 🙂
JANUARY 2021:
- The Alice Network – by Kate Quinn
- Upside Down Babies – by Jeanne Willis
- The Great Alone – by Kristin Hannah
- Blue Chicken – by Deborah Freedman
- Guess Who’s Coming to Santa’s For Dinner? – by Tomie dePaola
- Jimmy the Greatest! – by Jairo Buitrago
- When Winter Comes: discovering wildlife in our snowy woods – by Aimee Bissonette
- Arthur’s Christmas Cookies – by Lillian Hoban
- Tarra and Bella: the Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends – by Carol Buckley
- Bella’s Tree – by Janet Russell
- Christmas Tapestry – by Patricia Polacco
- Have You Seen My Duckling? – by Nancy Tafuri
- Wintercake – by Lynne Rae Perkins
- A Cookie For Santa – by Stephanie Shaw
- The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: an Appalachian story – by Gloria Houston
- My Little House ABC – by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Snow Dancer – by Addie Boswell
- Good Dog Carl and the Baby Elephant – by Alexandra Day
- What Riley Wore – by Elana K. Arnold
- Pier 21: a history – by Steven Schwinghamer
- When a Child is Born: a Chronicles of St. Mary’s short story – by Jodi Taylor
- Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark – by Jonathan Stutzman
- Lift – by Minh Le
- Lighthouse Christmas – by Toni Buzzeo
- Hippos Are Huge! – by Jonathan London
- The Truth About Dragons – by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
- Home in the Woods – by Eliza Wheeler
- Maisy At the Farm – by Lucy Cousins
- Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place – by Barbara Lowell
- The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas – by Madeleine L’Engle
- Father Christmas Goes on Holiday – by Raymond Briggs
- Art & Max – by David Wiesner
- Dasher – by Matt Travares
- Noisy Night – by Mac Barnett
- The Cool Bean – by Jory John
- 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl – by Rina Singh
- Under My Hood I Have a Hat – by Karla Kuskin
- Sunshine and Snowballs – by Margaret Wise Brown
- The Truth About Princesses – by Nancy Kelly Allen
- If I Ran the Circus – by Dr. Seuss
- Tree of Cranes – by Allen Say
- Welcome Comfort – by Patricia Polacco
- Llama Llama Holiday Drama – by Anna Dewdney
- Jingle Bells – by Susan Jeffers
- The Broken Ornament – by Tony DiTerlizzi
- Christmas Trolls – by Jan Brett
- Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – by David Myles
- 100 Snowmen – by Jennifer Arena
- The Truth About Fairies – by Angelique J. Johnson
- Puff the Magic Dragon – by Peter Yarrow
- Now It Is Winter – by Eileen Spinelli
- A Confused Hanukkah: an original story of Chelm – by Jon Koons
- Back to Front and Upside Down – by Claire Alexander
- Fin M’Coul: the Giant of Knockmany Hill – retold by Tomie dePaola
- Waiting for Snow – by Marsha Diane Arnold
- Around One Log: Chipmunks, Spiders, and Creepy Insiders – by Anthony D. Fredericks
- The Hike – by Alison Farrell
- Catherine, Called Birdy – by Karen Cushman
FEBRUARY 2021:
- My Brilliant Friend – by Elena Farrante
- The Answer Is … Reflections on my Life – by Alex Trebek
- The Enemy: a book about peace – by Davide Cali
- Yanni Rubbish – by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
- Love Is – by Diane Adams
- Swashby and the Sea – by Beth Ferry
- A Bike Like Sergio’s – by Maribeth Boelts
- Sneezy the Snowman – by Maureen Wright
- It Came in the Mail – by Ben Clanton
- Cozy – by Jan Brett
- Erika’s Story – by Ruth Vander Zee
- A Big Guy Took My Ball – by Mo Willems
- Snow Song – by A.K. Riley
- Winter Lullaby – by Barbara Seuling
- Pay It Forward Kids: Small Acts, Big Change – by Nancy Runstedler
- Good Mothers Don’t – by Laura Best
- A Soldier’s Sketchbook: The illustrated First World War diary of R.H. Rabjohn – by John Wilson
- You Had Me At Hola – by Alexis Daria
- Olaf’s Night Before Christmas – by Jessica Julius
- I Really Want the Cake – by Simon Philip
- Father Christmas – by Raymond Briggs
- Animals Brag About Their Bottoms – by Make Saito
- Your Name is a Song – by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
- The Hundred-Year Barn – by Patricia MacLachlan
- I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can’t – by Diane Dillon
- Giraffe Problems – by Jory John
- Snowman’s Story – by Will Hillenbrand
- Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang – by Kate Wilhelm
- Uncommon Danger – by Eric Ambler
- The Going to Bed Book – by Sandra Boynton
- Snowball Soup – by Mercer Meyer
- Who’s Got Game?: Three Fables – by Toni Morrison & Slade Morrison
- Mommy’s Khimar – by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
- Simon at the Art Museum – by Christina Soontornvat
- Guts – by Raina Telgemeier
- Schnitzel: a cautionary tale for lazy louts – by Stephanie Shaw
- White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard to Talk to White People About Racism – by Robin DiAngelo
- Just Breathe: meditation, mindfulness, movement, and more – by Mallika Chopra
- Krambambuli: a memoir – by Syr Ruus
- Mirabel’s Missing Valentines – by Janet Lawler
- Groundhog’s Dilemma – by Kristen Remenar
- St. George and the Dragon – by Beth Andrews
- Monsters Eat Whiny Children – by Bruce Eric Kaplan
- Froggy’s First Kiss – by Jonathan London
- The Christmas Gift – by Francisco Jimenez
- Animal Grossapedia – by Melissa Stewart
- Crazy Hair – by Neil Gaiman
- Ryan and Jimmy and the well in Africa that brought them together – by Herb Shoveller
MARCH 2021:
- Dozens of Doughnuts – by Carrie Finison
- Bedtime for Sweet Creatures – by Nikki Grimes
- At the Mountain’s Base – by Traci Sorell
- The Lady With the Books: a Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman – by Kathy Stinson
- Overground Railroad – by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Chirri & Chirra: The Snowy Day – by Kaya Doi
- The Fly – by Elise Gravel
- One Dark Night – by Lisa Wheeler
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit – by Sloan Wilson
- ‘Ohana Means Family – by Ilima Loomis
- I Am Darn Tough – by Licia Morelli
- I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home – by Kathryn Cristaldi
- Princess Puffybottom … and Darryl – by Susin Nielsen
- Birdsong – by Julie Flett
- When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox – by Jamie L.B. Deenihan
- Love is Powerful – by Heather Dean Brewer
- The Women Who Caught the Babies – by Eloise Greenfield
- A New Green Day – by Antoinette Portis
- Their Eyes Were Watching God – by Zora Neale Hurston
- I Talk Like a River – by Jordan Scott
- With Any Luck, I’ll Drive a Truck – by David Friend
- Here Comes Valentine Cat – by Deborah Underwood
- A Bedtime for Bear – by Bonny Becker
- Over at the Castle – by Boni Ashburn
- Fry Bread – by Kevin Noble Maillard
- I’m Trying to Love Math – by Bethany Barton
- How to Give Your Cat a Bath: in five easy steps – by Nicola Winstanley
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle – by Isabel Quintero
- The Tree Lady: the true story of how one tree-loving woman changed a city forever – by H. Joseph Hopkins
- Dinosaur Lady: the daring discoveries of Mary Anning, the first paleontologist – by Linda Skeers
- Frida – by Jonah Winter
- Big Magic: creative living beyond fear – by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis – by Malena & Beata Ernman
- Wilma Unlimited: how Wilma Rudolph became the world’s fastest runner – by Kathleen Krull
- Tomas and the Library Lady – by Pat Mora
- Giant Squid – by Candace Fleming
- Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop – by Tamar Meir
- Night Walk to the Sea: a story about Rachel Carson, Earth’s protector – by Deborah Wiles
- Ruby’s Hope: a story of how the famous “Migrant Mother” photograph became the face of the Great Depression – by Monica Kulling
- My Hair is Magic – by M.L. Marroquin
- Your Place in the Universe – by Jason Chin
- Parker Looks Up: an extraordinary moment – by Parker Curry & Jessica Curry
- Magic Ramen: the story of Momofuku Ando – by Andrea Wang
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga – by Traci Sorell
- Dirt Cheap – by Mark Hoffmann
- Honeybee: the busy life of Apis Mellifera – by Candace Fleming
- Lights Out – by Marsha Diane Arnold
- The Very Impatient Caterpillar – by Ross Burach
- Smell My Foot! – by Cece Bell
- The Happy Book – by Andy Rash
- Lenny the Lobster Can’t Stay for Dinner – by Finn Buckley
- The Boy and the Gorilla – by Jackie Azua Kramer
- Lumber Jills: The Unsung Heroines of World War II – by Alexandra Davis
- You Matter – by Christian Robinson
- Evelyn del Rey is Moving Away – by Meg Medina
- The Calculating Stars – by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale – by Sam Wedelich
- Catch That Chicken! – by Atinuke
- The Camping Trip – by Jennifer K. Mann
- The Wanderer – by Peter van den Ende
- Nana Akua Goes to School – by Tricia Elam Walker
- Do I Have to Wear a Coat? – Rachel Isadora
- Our House is on Fire: Greta Thunberg’s Call to Save the Planet – by Jeanette Winter
- The Mess That We Made – by Michelle Lord
- Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event For Our Planet – by Nanette Heffernan
- Freedom in Congo Square – by Carole Boston Weatherford
- Dreamers – by Yuyi Morales
- A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars – by Seth Fishman
- Tiny Creatures: the World of Microbes – by Nicola Davies
- Julian is a Mermaid – by Jessica Love
- Before Green Gables – by Budge Wilson
- The Stuff of Stars – by Marion Dane Bauer
- All Because You Matter – by Tami Charles
- The Undefeated – by Kwame Alexander
- Crown: and ode to the fresh cut – by Derrick Barnes
- I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon – by Baptiste Paul & Miranda Paul
- You Are Light – by Aaron Becker
- Cow Says Meow – by Kirsti Call
- Bear Snores On – by Karma Wilson
- The Curious Garden – by Peter Brown
- The Lion and the Mouse – retold by Jerry Pinkney
- Fletcher and the Falling Leaves – by Tiphanie Beeke
- Planting a Rainbow – by Lois Ehlert
- Love You Forever – by Robert Munsch
- Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe – by Vivian Kirkfield
- Snow Friends – by Margery Cuyler
- I Am Every Good Thing – by Derrick Barnes
- The Remember Balloons – by Jessie Oliveros
- Can I Be Your Dog? – by Troy Cummings
- Escargot – by Dashka Slater
- A Different Pond – by Bao Phi
- What a Waste: trash, recycling, and protecting our planet – by Jess French
- From Archie to Zack – by Vincent X. Kirsch
- Potato Pants! – by Laurie Keller
- The Bad Seed – by Jory John
- Spring Stinks – by Ryan T. Higgins
- Bob, Not Bob! – by Liz Garton Scanlon
- Dragon Was Terrible – by Kelly DiPucchio
- Little Blue and Little Yellow – by Leo Lionni
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – by Bill Martin Jr.
- I Am Strong: a little book about Rosa Parks – by Brad Meltzer
- Bear Outside – by Jane Yolen
- When We Were Alone – by David A. Robertson
- On Account of the Gum – by Adam Rex
- Me and You and the Red Canoe – by Jean E. Pendziwol
- Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse – by Alexandria Giardino
- Finding Wild – by Megan Wagner Lloyd
- One Dark Bird – by Liz Garton Scanlon
- Angus All Aglow – by Heather Smith
- The Nest That Wren Built – by Randi Sonenshine
- Shawn Loves Sharks – by Curtis Manley
- A House That Once Was – by Julie Fogliano
- Yellow Time – by Lauren Stringer
- Owl Moon – by Jane Yolen
- A Dance Like Starlight: one ballerina’s dream – by Kristy Dempsey
- No Fuzzball! – by Isabella Kung
- I Love You to the Moon and Back – by Amelia Hepworth
- You Are My I Love You – by Maryann K. Cusimano
- I Love You More – by Michelle Courtney
- The Going To Bed Book – by Sandra Boynton
- We Are Water Protectors – by Carole Lindstrom
- The Little Blue Cottage – by Kelly Jordan
- The Magical Yet – by Angela DiTerlizzi
- Lubna and Pebble – by Wendy Meddour
- Rosie and the Dragon Make Waves – by Lauren H. Kerstein
- Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane – by Kirsten W. Larson
- What’s the Magic Word? – by Kelly DiPucchio
- Winter is the Warmest Season – by Lauren Stringer
APRIL 2021:
- The City in the Middle of the Night – by Charlie Jane Anders
- Reagandoodle & Little Buddy – by Sandi Swiridoff
- The Best Thing About Valentines – by Eleanor Hudson
- Click, Clack, Moo: I Love You! – by Doreen Cronin
- Nine Months: Before a Baby is Born – by Miranda Paul
- The Blue House – by Phoebe Wahl
- Henry Holton Takes the Ice – by Sandra Bradley
- Just For Elephants – by Carol Buckley
- The Stationery Shop – by Marjan Kamali
- What About Moose? – by Corey Rosen Schwartz
- Shark vs Train – by Chris Barton
- Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath – by Todd Tarpley
- Titan and the Wild Boars: the true cave rescue of the Thai soccer team – by Susan Hood
- The Bear in My Family – by Maya Tatsukaura
- Finding Spring – by Carin Berger
- Mabel: a Mermaid Fable – by Rowboat Watkins
- Shi-shi-etko – by Nicola I. Campbell
- Green on Green – by Dianne White
- The Bear Ate Your Sandwich – by Julia Sareone-Roach
- On Our Way to Oyster Bay: Mother Jones and her march for children’s rights – by Monica Kulling
- Something’s Wrong!: a bear, a hare and some underwear – by Jory John
- The Gruffalo – by Julia Donaldson
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? – by Bill Martin, Jr.
- Hike – by Pete Oswald
- XO, OX: A Love Story – by Adam Rex
- Billy Miller Makes a Wish – by Kevin Henkes
- Just Right Family: an adoption story – by Silvia Lopez
- I Don’t Like Koala – by Sean Ferrell
- Can Cat and Bird Be Friends? – by Coll Muir
- Reagandoodle and Little Buddy Welcome Baby: The Blessing and Fun of a New Little One – by Sandi Swiridoff
- Chimpanzees for Tea! – by Jo Empson
- How to Find a Bird – by Jennifer Ward
- Outside, Inside – by LeUyen Pham
- Tiddler: the story-telling fish – by Julia Donaldson
- Blackout – by John Rocco
- Water is Water – by Miranda Paul
- Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears – by Corey Rosen Schwartz
- Tooth Fairy in Training – by Michelle Robinson
- There Might be Lobsters – by Carolyn Crimi
- Angela’s Ashes: a memoir – by Frank McCourt
- The Pigeon Needs a Bath – by Mo Willems
- Little Beauty – by Anthony Browne
- Clifford Helps Out – by Apple Jordan
- First Words: Leap Frog Lift-a-Flap – by George Siede
- That’s Not My Lamb … – by Fiona Watt
- I Am A Dump Truck – by Josephine Page
- Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around – by Susan Hood
- The Day the War Came – by Nicola Davies
- The Bookstore Cat – by Cylin Busby
- Smug Seagull – by Maddie Frost
- The Day the Crayons Quit – by Drew Daywalt
- The
BestWorst Poet Ever – by Lauren Stohler - The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life With the Chimps – by Jeanette Winter
- Henry’s Freedom Box: a true story from the Underground Railroad – by Ellen Levine
- The Honeybee – by Kirsten Hall
- Crenshaw – by Katherine Applegate
- Dragonology: Tracking and Taming Dragons; Volume 1: European Dragon – by Ernest Drake
- Dragonology: The Official S.A.S.D. Guide – The Frost Dragon – by Ernest Drake
- Maggie and Her Friends – by Diane Grenier
- A Winter’s Tale – by Jessica Hart
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek – by Kim Michele Richardson
- Because I’m Your Dad – by Ahmet Zappa
- Africa Dream – by Eloise Greenfield
- All the Colors of the Earth – by Sheila Hamanaka
MAY 2021:
- Knowing the Name of a Bird – by Jane Yolen
- Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival – by Lindsay Moore
- Outside In – by Deborah Underwood
- The Barnabus Project – by Eric Fan
- The Old Truck – by Jarrett Pumphrey
- Girl on a Motorcycle – by Amy Novesky
- Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom – by Carole Boston Weatherford
- Babymoon – by Hayley Barrett
- Truman – by Jean Reidy
- You’re Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration – by Loree Griffin Burns
- My Sister the Moon – by Sue Harrison
- The Tale of Despereaux – by Kate DiCamillo
- Someone to Watch Over Me – by Jill Churchill
- Chicks Run Wild – by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
- Sunday Rain – by Rosie J. Pova
- Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime – by Cate Berry
- Girl Versus Squirrel – by Hayley Barrett
- Beep! Beep! Go To Sleep! – by Todd Tarpley
- Show Way – by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Pursuit of Happyness – by Chris Gardner
- Big Burn – by Lesley Choyce
- Bear Says Thanks – by Karma Wilson
- Balloons For Papa – by Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia
- I Can Built It! (Princess Truly) – by Kelly Greenawalt
- At Grandma’s – by Rhonda Gowler Greene
- Charlie Parker Played Be Bop – by Chris Raschka
- Bed Hogs – by Kelly DiPucchio
- Almost Time – by Gary D. Schmidt
- Cat Got a Lot – by Steve Henry
- At Night – by Jonathan Bean
- Come Along, Daisy! – by Jane Simmons
- Charlie & Mouse – by Laurel Snyder
- I Sang You Down From the Stars – by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
- A Crow of His Own – by Megan Dowd Lambert
- The Rough Patch – by Brian Lies
- Bon Appetit!: the delicious life of Julia Child – by Jessie Hartland
- We Will Rock Our Classmates – by Ryan T. Higgins
- Do You Really Want a Guinea Pig? – by Bridget Heos
- My Grandma’s a Ninja – by Todd Tarpley
- Home For a While – by Lauren Kerstein
- I Am the Storm – by Jane Yolen
- A Cat Named Tim and other stories – by John Martz
- Miriam at the River – by Jane Yolen
- Big Blue Whale – by Nicola Davies
- The Cat Man of Aleppo – by Irene Latham & Karim Shamsi-Basha
- Carter Reads the Newspaper – by Deborah Hopkinson
- An A From Miss Keller – by Patricia Polacco
- Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants – by Andrea Beaty
- The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games book #1) – by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire (The Hunger Games book #2) – by Suzanne Collins
- Mockingjay (The Hunger Games book #3) – by Suzanne Collins
- The 25 Weirdest Animals in the World! – by I. P. Factly
- Dear Zoo – by Rod Campbell
- Blue Floats Away – by Travis Jonker
- “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth – by Eric Carle
- Tabby McTat: The Musical Cat – by Julie Donaldson
- How the Sphinx Got to the Museum – by Jessie Hartland
- Wild About Books – by Judy Sierra
- The Wish Tree – by Kyo Maclear
- Teddy Bear Says Let’s Hug – by Suzy Senior
- I Can Only Imagine (for little ones): a friendship with Jesus Now and Forever – by Bart Millard
- The Great Carp Escape – by Irish Beth Maddock
- Building Books – by Megan Wagner Lloyd
- Dino-Baseball – by Lisa Wheeler
- Daylight Starlight Wildlife – by Wendell Minor
- Crossing Niagara: the death-defying tightrope adventures of the Great Blondin – by Matt Tavares
- The Cheesy Man Giant – by Jan L. Coates
- Night Animals – by Gianna Marino
- RANDY, the
Badly DrawnBeautiful Horse – by T.L. McBeth - Perfect Square – by Michael Hall
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared – by Jonas Jonasson
- Mother, Mother, I Want Another – by Maria Polushkin Robbins
- While We Can’t Hug – by Eoin McLaughlin
- Yasmin the Explorer – by Saadia Faruqi
JUNE 2021:
- Little Red Riding Hood – retold by Trina Schart Hyman
- Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? – by Dr. Seuss
- A Butterfly Grows – by Stephen Swinburne
- Egg-napped! – by Marisa Montes
- There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Book – by Jomick Tejido
- Claude: the True Story of a White Alligator – by Emma Bland Smith
- Mother
GooseBruce – by Ryan T. Higgins - Leonardo, the Terrible Monster – by Mo Willems
- Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes – by Kimberly Dean
- But Not the Hippopotamus – by Sandra Boynton
- Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature – by Joyce Sidman
- Mole and the Baby Bird – by Marjorie Newman
- Black Elk’s Vision: a Lakota Story – by S.D. Nelson
- The Saggy Baggy Elephant – adapted by Tennant Redbank
- My Two Blankets – by Irena Kobald
- Jack and the Beanstalk – retold by Steven Kellogg
- King Baby – by Kate Beaton
- My Heart is Like a Zoo – by Michael Hall
- Saturdays are For Stella – by Candy Wellins
- Following Papa’s Song – by Gianna Marino
- Each Little Bird That Sings – by Deborah Wiles
- Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Saved a Bald Eagle – by Deborah Lee Rose
- Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon – by Simrat Jeet Singh
- Hidden Figures: the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race – by Margot Lee Shetterly
- The Jester – by Michael J. Sullivan
- Amanda in Spain: the Girl in the Painting – by Darlene Foster
- Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind – by Darlene Foster
- Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action – by Darlene Foster
- The Rabbit Listened – by Cori Doerrfeld
- Bear’s Loose Tooth – by Karma Wilson
- Bear Out There – by Jacob Grant
- Louis – by Tom Lichtenheld
- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – by Verna Aardema
- Do You Really Want a Snake? – by Bridget Heos
- How to Be a Lion – by Ed Vere
- Bear in Love – by Daniel Pinkwater
- Harry & Hopper – by Margaret Wild
- A Room of My Own – by Ann Tatlock
- The Year I Didn’t Go To School – by Giselle Potter
- Why I Love the Moon: celebrating the moon in children’s very own words – illustrated by Daniel Howarth
- My Ocean is Blue – by Darren Lebeuf
- The New LiBEARian – by Alison Donald
- My Little Grandmother Often Forgets – by Reeve Lindbergh
- Turtle Splash!: Countdown at the Pond – by Cathryn Falwell
- You Can’t Taste a Pickle With Your Ear: a book about your 5 senses – by Harriet Ziefert
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers – by Mordicai Gerstein
- Bad Habits!, Or, The Taming of Lucretzia Crum – by Babette Cole
- Archie the Daredevil Penguin – by Andy Rash
- Watercress – by Andrea Wang
- Attack of the 50-Foot Fluffy – by Mike Boldt
- Bedtime for Baby Shark – by Scholastic; illustrated by John John Bajet
- When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry – by Molly Bang
- Nesting – by Henry Cole
- The Bear and the Moon – by Matthew Burgess
- Bears on Chairs – by Shirley Parenteau
- B is for Baby – by Atinuke
- A Band of Babies – by Carole Gerber
- Bedtime Daddy! – by Sharon Giltron
- The Berenstain Bears: We Love Baseball! – by Mike Berenstain
- Bear Goes Sugaring – by Maxwell Eaton III
- 6 Week Money Challenge: for your personal finances – by Steve Repak, CFP
JULY 2021:
- Count the Monkeys – by Mac Barnett
- Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox – by Grace Maccarone
- The Story of Fish and Snail – by Deborah Freedman
- The Doctor With an Eye for Eyes: the story of Dr. Patricia Bath – by Julia Finley Moses
- The Emperor’s Old Clothes – by Kathryn Lasky
- Mr. Nogginbody Gets a Hammer – by David Shannon
- The Crayons’ Book of Colors – by Drew Daywalt
- Across the Stream – by Mirra Ginsburg
- Bully – by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- The Children Who Loved Books – by Peter Carnavas
- Follow the Drinking Gourd: an underground railroad story – retold by Cari Meister
- Dino-Basketball – by Lisa Wheeler
- Wide-Awake Bear – by Pat Zietlow Miller
- It’s a Book – by Lane Smith
- Bub – by Elizabeth Rose Stanton
- Arlo: The Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep – by Catherine Rayner
- Life of Pi – by Yann Martel
- Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds – by Marianne Dubuc
- John Henry: a retelling of the classic tall tale – by Christianne C. Jones
- The Name Jar – by Yangsook Choi
- A Book – by Mordicai Gerstein
- Clarence’s Big Secret – by Roy MacGregor & Christine MacGregor Cation
- Bear For Breakfast – by Robert Munsch
- Big Bad Bruce – by Bill Peet
- Betty Bunny Wants Everything – by Michael B. Kaplan
- The Eleventh Hour – by Jacques Goldstyn
- In a People House – by Theo LeSieg
- Little Cloud – by Eric Carle
- Wishes – by Mu’o’n Thi Van
- The Giant Bear: an Inuit Folktale – by Jose Angutinngurniq
- #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women – by Lisa Charleyboy
- More – by I.C. Springman
- If You Come to Earth – by Sophie Blackall
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears – retold by James Marshall
- Little Red Caboose – adapted by Steve Metzger
- The Stray Dog – by Marc Simont
- Woodpecker Wants a Waffle – by Steve Breen
- The Loathsome Dragon – by David Wiesner
- The Strange Egg – by Mary Newell DePalma
- A Stopwatch from Grampa – by Loretta Garbutt
- You’re Missing It! – by Brady Smith with Tiffani Thiessen
- Stuart Little: Stuart at the Library – by Susan Hill
- Yo! Yes? – by Chris Raschka
- Open This Little Book – by Jesse Klausmeier
- Rumpelstiltskin – retold by Paul O. Zelinsky
- If You Want to See a Whale – by Julie Fogliano
- Hush, Little Baby: a folk song with pictures by Marla Frazee
- First the Egg – by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Library Lion – by Michelle Knudsen
- The Old Man and the Penguin: a true story of true friendship – by Julie Abery
- Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress – by Christine Baldacchino
- Sadie and Ratz – by Sonya Hartnett
- Clark the Shark and the Big Book Report – by Bruce Hale
- My Name is Not Isabella – by Jennifer Fosberry
- Catch Me the Moon – by Gary Hutchinson
- Instructions: everything you’ll need to know on your journey – by Neil Gaiman
- Tree Musketeers – by Norma Charles
- Little Bird – by Germano Zullo
- Cry, Heart, But Never Break – by Glenn Ringtved
- Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus – by Barbara Park
- The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes – by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
- The Missing Dog is Spotted – by Jessica Scott Kerrin
- The Invisible String – by Patrice Karst
- Moonstick: The Seasons of the Sioux – by Eve Bunting
- The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship – by Julie Abery
- Sadie and Ratz – by Sonya Hartnett
- Clark the Shark and the Big Book Report – by Bruce Hale
- My Name is Not Isabella – by Jennifer Fosberry
- Catch Me the Moon – by Gary Hutchinson
- Tree Musketeers – by Norma Charles
- Little Bird – by Germano Zullo
- Cry, Heart, But Never Break – by Glen Ringtved
- Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus – by Barbara Park
- The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes – by Mark Pett
- Eat Pray Love – by Elizabeth Gilbert
- In The Small, Small Pond – by Denise Fleming
- 123 Versus ABC – by Mike Boldt
- Zack’s Alligator – by Shirley Mozelle
- The Chicken Cat – by Stephanie Simpson McLellan
- Wolf Won’t Bite! – by Emily Gravett
- The Best Fall of All – by Laura Godwin
- Summer Sleepers: Animals That
HibernateEstivate – by Melissa Stewart - Pierre: a cautionary tale in five chapters and a prologue – by Maurice Sendak
- The Money Tree – by Sarah Stewart
- Little Hoot – by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- What’s Your Sound, Hound the Hound? – by Mo Willems
- I Love You, Daddy – by Alison Edgson
- The Ugly Ducking – by Hans Christian Anderson; adapted by Jerry Pinkney
- Wings – by Christopher Myers
- The Berenstain Bear Forget Their Manners – by Jan & Stan Berenstain
- Diggers – by Aaron Frisch
- 84, Charing Cross Road – by Helene Hanff
- Fantastic Mr. Fox – by Roald Dahl
- The Fault in Our Stars – by John Green
- Chickens Can’t See in the Dark – by Kristina Litten
- The Chicken Thief – by Beatrice Rodriguez
- Lizzy and Skunk – by Marie-Louise Fitzgerald
- Climbing Shadows: poems for children – by Shannon Bramer
- Little Toot – by Hardie Gramatky
- Elwood Bigfoot: Wanted: Birdie Friends! – by Jill Esbaum
- The Bat – by Elise Gravel
- Bear in Sunshine – by Stella Blackstone
- Bruce’s Big Storm – by Ryan T. Higgins
- The Better Tree Fort – by Jessica Scott Kerrin
- Monster Food – by Daisy Hirst
- Wild Berries – by Julie Flett
- After Squidnight – by Jonathan Fenske
- Owls See Clearly at Night: a Michif alphabet – by Julie Flett
- The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse – by Eric Carle
- Do Jellyfish Like Peanut Butter?: amazing sea creature facts – by Corinne Demas & Artemis Roehrig
- Big Boys Cry – by Jonty Howley
- Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back? – by Jory John
AUGUST 2021:
- Grandma Says: Weather Lore by Meteorologist Cindy Day – by Cindy Day
- Marguerite De Angeli’s Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes – by Marguerite De Angeli
- Call it Courage – by Armstrong Sperry
- The Art of the Possible: an Everyday Guide to Politics – by Edward Keenan
- 1, 2, 3 To The Zoo – by Eric Carle
- Would You Rather be a Bullfrog? – by Dr. Seuss
- The Tower, The Zoo, and the Tortoise – by Julia Stuart
- The Country of the Heart – by Barbara Wersba
- The Animals Would Not Sleep! – by Sara C. Levine
- Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons – by Eric Litwin
- The Everything Book – by Denise Fleming
- How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock Climbing Champion – by Ashima Shiraishi
- The Rocky Cave Kids: the Dragon Stone – by Dian Regan Curtis
- The Midnight Library – by Matt Haig
- Cyrano – adapted by Geraldine McCaughrean
- The Happiest Man on Earth: The beautiful life of an Auschwitz survivor – by Eddie Jaku
- The Mysterious Sea Bunny – by Peter Raymundo
- Do You Really Want a Cat? – by Bridget Heos
- Fish Had a Wish – by Michael Garland
- The Cook and the King – by Julia Donaldson
- A Gate at the Stairs – by Lorrie Moore
- Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow – by James Howe
- Animalicious: a quirky ABC book – by Anna DeWoney & Reed Duncan
- Buzz, Said the Bee – by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
- The Ant and the Elephant – by Bill Peet
- Late Nate in a Race – by Emily Arnold McCully
- A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not) – by Karl Newson
- Cute as an Axolotl: discovering the world’s most adorable animals – by Jess Keating
- Selected Poetry by Lewis Carroll – by Lewis Carroll
- Up To My Knees! – by Grace Lin
- Borrowing Bunnies: a surprising true tale of fostering bunnies – by Cynthia Lord
- The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear – by Don & Audrey Wood
- A is For Artichoke: a foodie alphabet from artichoke to zest! – by Maddie Frost
- Come Back, Ben – by Ann Hassett
- Facts VS. Opinions Vs. Robots – by Michael Rex
- The Farm That Mac Built – by Tammi Sauer
- Sea Bones – by Bob Barner
- Satchel Paige – by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Schomburg: the man who built a library – by Carole Boston Weatherford
- Search and Rescue Dogs: expert trackers and trailers – by Elizabeth Ring
- And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon – by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel
- Lula and the Sea Monster – by Alex Latimer
- Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea – by Meena Harris
- Bear Bottom – by Stuart Gibbs
SEPTEMBER 2021:
- The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher – by Molly Bang
- Pancakes, Pancakes! – by Eric Carle
- Same Way Ben – by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- Saying Goodbye to Lulu – by Corinne Demas
- Mootilda’s Bad Mood – by Corey Rosen Schwartz & Kirsti Call
- Seb and the Sun – by Jami Gigot
- Roxy the Last Unisaurus Rex – by Eva Chen
- The Last Marshmallow – by Grace Lin
- Jules Vs. the Ocean – by Jessie Sima
- The Joyful Book – by Todd Parr
- Too Much Glue – by Jason Lefebvre
- Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: a natural approach to pest control – by Jessica Walliser
- Colors Versus Shapes – by Mike Boldt
- The Sea Chest – by Toni Buzzeo
- Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat – by Tracy C. Gold
- Into Thin Air – by Jon Krakauer
- A Perfect Day – by Lane Smith
- Cat and Dog – by Else Holmelund Minarik
- Roger the Jolly Pirate – by Brett Helquist
- Every Little Letter – by Deborah Underwood
- Blueberry Girl – by Neil Gaiman
- Bo the Brave – by Bethan Woollvin
- The Black Kids – by Christina Hammonds Reed
- The Most Beautiful Thing – by Kao Kalia Yang
- The Last Thing He Told Me – by Laura Dave
- Whopper Cake – by Karma Wilson
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi – by Rudyard Kipling
- Can I Play Too? – by Mo Willems
- Barnyard Banter – by Denise Fleming
- The Summer Noisy Book – by Margaret Wise Brown
- Rosie’s Fishing Trip – by Amy Hest
- Turkey Trouble – by Wendi Silvano
- The Adventures of Taxi Dog – by Debra & Sal Barracca
- All Along the River – by Blair Drawson
- Bad Dog – by David McPhail
- Grandpa and Bo – by Kevin Henkes
- You’re Doing THAT in the Talent Show?! – by Lynn Plourde
- Thunder-Boomer – by Shutta Crum
- You’re the Boss, Baby Duck! – by Amy Hest
- Wish – by Matthew Cordell
- Are You Eating Candy Without Me? – by Draga Jenny Malesevic
- Tucky Jo and Little Heart – by Patricia Polacco
- I’m Sticking With You – by Smriti Prasadam-Halls
- Danny and the Dinosaur and the Sand Castle – by Syd Hoff
- My No, No, No Day! – by Rebecca Patterson
- The Bear Went Over the Mountain – by Jane Cabrera
- There is a Tribe of Kids – by Lane Smith
- The Ghosts Went Floating – by Kim Norman
- Finding Kindness – by Deborah Underwood
- The Berenstain Bears Go To School – by Stan & Jan Berenstain
- My Busy Green Garden – by Terry Pierce
OCTOBER 2021:
- The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia – by Margriet Ruurs
- David Copperfield – by Charles Dickens
- Duck and Hippo Give Thanks – by Jonathan London
- The Fix-It Man – by Susan Hood
- “I’m Not Scared!” – by Jonathan Allen
- Found Dogs – by Erica Sirotich
- Good Night, Good Night – by Sandra Boynton
- Ice Cream – by Elisha Cooper
- Pete the Cat’s Groovy Imagination – by Kimberly & James Dean
- El Cucuy is Scared Too! – by Danna Barba Higuera
- Rulers of the Playground – by Joseph Kuefler
- Perfectly Norman – by Tom Percival
- Flubby, Flubby is Not a Good Pet! – by J.E. Morris
- Gerald McBoing Boing – by Dr. Seuss
- Flip, Flap, Fly – by Phyllis Root
- Wonder Bear – by Tao Nyeu
- One Busy Day: a story for brothers & sisters – by Lola M. Schaefer
- How to Take Care of Your Dinosaur – by Jason Cockcroft
- I Want to be in a Scary Story – by Sean Taylor
- Willa of the Wood – by Robert Beatty
- The Bookshop Girl – by Sylvia Bishop
- The Terrible Horrible Smelly Pirate – by Carrie Muller & Jacqueline Halsey
- The Vicar of Nibbleswicke – by Roald Dahl
- Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys – by H.A. Rey
- Hello, World! – by Ethan Long
- Fishermen Through and Through – by Colleen Snyder
- Arthur’s Halloween – by Marc Brown
- Blackflies – by Robert Munsch
- A Friend For Dragon – by Dav Pilkey
- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed – by Eileen Christelow
- The Thankful Book – by Todd Parr
- Down by the Barn – by Will Hillenbrand
- Phyllis’ Orange Shirt – by Phyllis Webstad
- Three Day Road – by Joseph Boyden
- Leaf Litter Critters – by Leslie Berlion
- Runny Babbit Returns – by Shel Silverstein
- Orion and the Dark – by Emma Yarlett
- Am I Yours? – by Alex Latimer
- Africville – by Shauntay Grant
- Black Cat – by Christopher Myers
- Woolbur – by Leslie Helakoski
- The Sweetest Fig – by Chris Van Allsburg
- Wolf! Wolf! – by John Rocco
- A Pattern For Petter – by Julie Kraulis
- The Secret Pool – by Kimberly Ridley
- Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic – by Robert Burleigh
- Baby Beluga – by Raffi Cavoukian
- Bear Dreams – by Elisha Cooper
- Alex’s Good Fortune – by Benson Shum
- A Birthday For Bear – by Bonny Becker
- Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy – by Laurel Snyder
- The Cheese – by Margie Palatini
- Charlie’s Dirt Day – by Andrew Larsen
- Clam-I-Am!: all about the beach – by Tish Rabe
- Dog on a Frog? – by Kes & Claire Gray
- Dad by My Side – by Soosh
- But First, We Nap – by David Miles
- Always in Trouble – by Corinne Demas
- Dragons Eat Noodles on Tuesdays – by Jon Stahl
- Clementine’s Letter – by Sara Pennypacker
- Classic Munsch Moods – by Robert Munsch
- The Day the Goose Got Loose – by Reeve Lindbergh
- Bear Feels Scared – by Karma Wilson
- Duck Soup – by Jackie Urbanovic
NOVEMBER 2021:
- Wild Awakening: how a raging grizzly healed my wounded heart – by Greg J. Matthews
- I Spy on the Farm – by Edward Gibbs
- 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World – by Melanie Walsh
- Andy, That’s My Name – by Tomie DePaola
- Angus and the Ducks – by Marjorie Flack
- Applesauce Season – by Eden Ross Lipson
- Trains Don’t Sleep – by Andria Rosenbaum
- Cubs in a Tub – by Molly Coxe
- Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur – by Cirocco Dunlap
- A Crown on Your Head – by Nancy Tillman
- The Bruce Swap – by Ryan T. Higgins
- The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat – by Stan & Jan Berenstain
- Franklin’s Hallowe’en – by Paulette Bourgeois
- The One Thing You’d Save – by Linda Sue Park
- If You Were an Elephant – by Leslie Staub
- Summer Feet – by Sheree Fitch
- Suki’s Kimono – by Chieri Uegaki
- The Market Bowl – by Jim Averbeck
- Little Pea – by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Inky the Octopus – by Erin Guendelsberger
- The Gift of Nothing – by Patrick McDonnell
- Dinosailors – by Deb Lund
- You Can Do It! – by Betsy Lewin
- At the Beach – by Anne & Harlow Rockwell
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown – by Charles M. Schulz
- Hattie and the Wild Waves: a story from Brooklyn – by Barbara Cooney
- Consent (for kids!): boundaries, respect, and being in charge of YOU – by Rachel Brian
- Samurai Scarecrow: a very ninja Hallowe’en – by Rubin Pingtkl
- Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly? – by Dan Richards
- Lifetime: The amazing numbers in animal lives – by Lola M. Schaefer
- I Am a Witch’s Cat – by Harriet Muncaster
- Henry’s Map – by David Elliot
- Fangsgiving – by Ethan Long
- Beaver is Lost – by Elisha Cooper
- The Widow’s Broom – by Chris Van Allsburg
- Ben’s Dream – by Chris Van Allsburg
- Mimi’s Village: and how basic health care transformed it – by Katie Smith Milway
- The Good Garden: how one family went from hunger to having enough – by Katie Smith Milway
- Planet Ark: preserving earth’s biodiversity – by Adrienna Mason
- The Banana-Leaf Ball: how play can change the world – by Katie Smith Milway
- That’s My Carrot! – by Il Sung Na
- Off Limits – by Helen Yoon
- This is a Dog Book – by Judith Henderson
- She Wanted to be Haunted – by Marcus Ewert
- The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush – retold by Tomi dePaola
- The First Blade of Sweetgrass: a Native American story – by Suzanne Greenlaw & Gabriel Frey
- The Orange Shirt Story – by Phyllis Webstad
- How to Build Your Own Country – by Valerie Wyatt
- A Book of Babies – by Ill Sung Na
- Wag! – by Patrick McDonnell
- This Child Every Child: a book about the world’s children – by David J. Smith
DECEMBER 2021:
- AAAlligator! – by Judith Henderson
- Give Me Back My Book – by Ethan Long
- Are Pirates Polite? – by Corinne Demas
- Welcome Home, Bear: a book of animal habitats – by Il Sung Na
- A Book of Sleep – by Il Sung Na
- What Will Grow? – by Jennifer Ward
- Fright Club – by Ethan Long
- Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: a book of changing seasons – by Il Sung Na
- Art – by Patrick McDonnell
- Sheepish – by Helen Yoon
- The Things Owen Wrote – by Jessica Scott Kerrin
- Hello, Rain! – by Kyo Maclear
- Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! – by Doreen Cronin
- It’s MY Tree – by Olivier Tallec
- In, Over and On The Farm – by Ethan Long
- Dinotopia: A Land Apart From Time – by James Gurney
- Mel Fell – by Corey R. Tabor
- Mortimer’s Christmas Manger – by Karma Wilson
- Feathers and Hair, What Animals Wear – by Jennifer Ward
- Monster Mash – by David Catrow
- Ready for Pumpkins – by Kate Duke
- Merry Christmas From the Very Hungry Caterpillar – by Eric Carle
- The M and M’s Branded Counting Book – by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
- Lucy Goosey – by Margaret Wild
- Let’s Meet a Librarian – by Gina Bellisario
- Lost in the Woods – by Carl R. Sams II
- Cowboy Camp – by Tammi Sauer
- Hannah’s Bookmobile Christmas – by Sally Derby
- Children Around the World Celebrate Christmas – by Susan Titus Osborn
- Russell’s Christmas Magic – by Rob Scotton
- Olivia Helps With Christmas – by Ian Falconer
- Amos McGee Misses the Bus – by Philip C. Stead
- Santa Claus: the World’s Number One Toy Expert – by Marla Frazee
- Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? – by Bill Martin, Jr.
- Hooray For Fish! – by Lucy Cousins
- The Button Book – by Sally Nicholls
- A Busy Creature’s Day Eating! – by Mo Willems
- Bright Star – by Yuyi Morales
- The Longest Letsgoboy – by Derick Wilder
- A Year of Tenacity: 365 Daily Devotions – by Janet Sketchley
If I counted correctly I just missed reaching 800 this year, although I surpassed my goal of 700. I read 795 books.