Monday, December 31, 2018

2018 Debuts

January (1)
1. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacey McNultey (MG)(Read in 2017)*

February (0)

March (2)
2. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (3/3)**
3. Lucy and the String by Vanessa Roeder (3/10)* (author debut)

April (2)
4. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (4/13)*
5. Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell (4/26)

May (1)
6. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (5/26)*

June (0)

July (3)
7. Front Desk by Kelly Yang (7/26)
8. Surprise! By Caroline Hadilaksono (7/29)
9. Perfect by Max Amato (7/29)* (2019 debut)

August (2)
10. Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora (8/6)
11. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (MG debut) (8/19)

September (2)
12. Speechless by Adam P. Schmitt (9/8)
13. Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (9/17)*

October (1)
14. The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller (10/13)*

November (7)
15. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (11/3)* (MG debut)
16. Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier (11/5)
17. Just Like Jackie by Lindsay Stoddard (11/18)
18. If This Were a Story by Beth Turley (11/9)
19. Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl (11/24)
20. P. S. I Still Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (11/25)
21. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (co-author debut) (11/25)*

December (5)
22. Like Vanessa by Tami Charles (12/3)*
23. The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (12/9)*
24. The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz (12/8)
25. Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (12/21)*
26. Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood (12/ 29)

2018 Audiobooks

January (5)
1. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (1/7)
2. Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray (1/13)
3. Dear Martin by Nic Stone (1/15)*
4. The Sleeping Prince by Melinda Salisbury (1/23)
5. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (1/28)*

February (6)
6. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2/7)
7. Scythe by Neal Shusterman (2/10)*
8. Alex & Eliza: a love story by Melissa de la Cruz (2/15)
9. All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (2/21)*
10. Posted by John David Anderson (2/23)
11. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (2/28)*

March (8)
12. Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart (3/6)
13. Ever by Gail Carson Levine (3/7)
14. Paperboy by Vince Vawter (3/9)
15. Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (3/15)
16. Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LaFleur (3/21)
17. Beautiful Blue World by Suzanne LaFleur (3/25)
18. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (3/27)*
19. Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (3/30)

April (8)
20. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar (4/7)
21. I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (4/10)
22. American Street by Ibi Zoboi (4/12)*
23. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (4/13)*
24. Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson (4/16)
25. Patina by Jason Reynolds (4/21)
26. History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (4/27)
27. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (4/29)

May (4)
28. Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles (5/3)*
29. The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan (5/12)
30. Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier (517)*
31. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater (5/18)

June (6)
32. A Higher Loyalty by James Comey (6/7)
33. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan (6/9)
34. Boying Up by Mayim Bialik (6/10)
35. Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist (6/13)
36. Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki (6/18)
37. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (6/30)

July (8)
38. Warcross by Marie Lu (7/4)
39. Binge by Tyler Oakley (7/6)
40. Baker’s Magic by Diane Zahler (7/8)
41. The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (7/9)
42. The Stars Beneath My Feet by David Barclay Moore (7/14)
43. Reckless by Cornelia Funke (7/14)
44. Girls Like Us by Gail Giles (7/15)*
45. The Odds of Getting Even by Sheila Turnage (7/28)*

August (12)

46. A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (8/1)
47. Everland by Wendy Spinale (8/2)*
48. The Swap by Megan Shull (8/4)
49. The Icarus Show by Sallie Christie (8/5)
50. Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider (8/11)
51. The Speaker by Traci Chee (8/15)*
52. Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig (8/18)
53. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (8/19)
54. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (8/22)
55.Come August, Come Freedom by Gigi Amateau (8/23)
56. A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold (8/25)
57. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (8/31)*

September (7)
58. The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen (9/2)
59. Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (9/4)
60. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (9/13)
61. Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar (9/14)
62. Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (9/17)*
63. From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon (9/23)
64. Black Panther: the young prince by Ronald L. Smith (9/30)

October (11)
65. Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir (10/2)
66. A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti (10/7)*
67. Sunny by Jason Reynolds (10/9)*
68. Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz (10/11)
69. The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller (10/13)*
70. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (10/15)
71. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (10/17)
72. Tight by Torrey Maldonado (10/18)*
73. You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly (10/21)
74. Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes (10/25)
75. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen (10/30)

November (12)
76. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (11/1)*
77. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (11/3)*
78. Squirm by Carl Hiaasen (11/8)*
79. Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (11/8)
80. My Brigadista Year by Katherine Paterson (11/8)
81. The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea (11/11)
82. The Key to Every Thing by Pat Schmatz (11/14)
83. The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell (11/20)
84. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle (11/22)*
85. The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm (11/23)
86. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (11/25)*
87. Zora and Me: the cursed ground by T. R. Simon (11/30)*

December (7)
88. Lu by Jason Reynolds (12/6)*
89. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbit (12/7)*
90. Failing Up: how to take risks, aim higher and never stop learning by Leslie Odom, Jr. (12/15)
91. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (12/16)
92. Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (12/21)*
93. Pride by Ibi Zoboi (12/22)
94. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee (12/29)*




















2018 Picture Books

January (9)
1. The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain (1/4)
2. Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper by Anastasia Suen (1/4)
3. The Fish Who Cried Wolf by Julia Donaldson (1/5)
4. Colores de la vida: Mexican Folk Art colors in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill. (1/10)
5. The Too-scary Story by Bethanie Deeney Murguia (1/11)
6. Groovy Joe Dance Party Countdown by Eric Litwin (1/11)
7. Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson (1/12)
8. Schomburg: the man who built a library by Carole Boston Weatherford (1/18)
9. Don't Forget Dexter! by Lindsay Ward (1/22)*

February (13)
10. Bertha Takes a Drive: how the Benz automobile changed the world by Jan Adkins (2/7)
11. The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: a true story about an accidental invention (really) by Barry Wittenstein (2/7)*
12. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown (2/11)
13. Dorothea Lange: the photographer who found the faces of the Depression by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/11)
14. The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/12)
15. Malcolm Little: the boy who grew up to become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz (2/12)
16. Voices from the Underground Railroad by Kay Winters (2/15)
17. Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (2/19)
18. Barack Obama: son of promise, child of hope by Nikki Grimes (2/19)
19. Ella: queen of jazz by Helen Hancocks (2/19)
20. Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade by Trinka Hakes Noble (2/19)*
21. Blue Grass Boy by Barb Rosenstock (2/22)
22. Waiting for Pumpsie by Barry Wittenstein (2/22)*

March (17)
23. Lucy and the String by Vanessa Roeder (3/6)*
24. The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds (3/14)*
25. Tiny and the Big Dig by Sherri Duskey Rinker (3/14)
26. When Sophie Thinks She Can't by Molly Bang (3/14)
27. Ducks Away by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek (3/15)
28. Little Choo by Stephen Shaskan (3/15)
29. Be Brave, Little Penguin by Giles Andreae (3/15)
30. The Pink Hat by Andrew Joyner (3/24)
31. Unplugged by Steve Antony (3/24)
32. Thank You, Mr. Panda (3/24)
33. Breathe and Be by Kate Coombs (3/26)
34. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: the story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca (3/26)
35. Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark (3/26)
36. Muddy: the story of Blues legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin (3/28)
37. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (3/28)
38. The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson (3/29)
39. Keith Haring: the boy who just kept drawing by Kay A. Haring (3/29)

April (9)
40. Lines by Suzy Lee (43)*
41. Animal Ark: celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures by Kwame Alexander (4/3)
42. Mama Africa: how Mirian Makeba spread hope with her song by Kathryn Erskine (4/9)*
43. Long-armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics by Jean L.S. Patrick (4/9)
44.  Caroline's Comets: a true story by Emily Arnold McCully (4/9)
45. American Gothic: the life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood (4/9)
46. Charlie Takes His Shot: how Charlie Sifford broke the color barrier in golf by Nancy Churnin (4/18)
47. Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton (4/26)
48. Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell (4/26)

May (3)
49. Llama Llama loves to read (5/26)
50. Run Wild by David Covell (5/26)
51. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (5/26)*

June (2)
52. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (6/1)
53. Grandad Mandela by Zazi Siwelene and Zindzi Mandela (6/29)

July (9)
54. The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (7/4)*
55. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (7/4)
56. Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (7/4)
57. Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: a Navajo Code Talker's Story by Joseph Bruchac (7/4)
58. Thank you, Earth: a love letter to our planet by April Pulley Sayre (7/12)
59. Surprise! by Caroline Hadilaksono (7/29)
60. Hope by Matthew Cordell (7/29)
61. Perfect by Max Amato (7/29)*
62. Grow Up, David! by David Shannon (7/29)

August (21)
63. Pride: the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders (8/4)
64. Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora (8/6)
65. It’s Show and Tell Dexter! By Lindsay Ward (8/10)
66. Who Eats Orange? by Dianne White (8/12)
67. Irving Berlin: the immigrant boy who made America sing by Nancy Churnin (8/12)
68. Write on Irving Berlin by Leslie Kimmelman (8/12)
69. Tool School by Joan Holub (8/13)
70. Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Gris Grimly (8/13)

71. Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague (8/13)

72. Back to School with Bigfoot by Samantha Berger and Martha Brockenbrough (8/13)

73. Monster’s New Undies by Samantha Berger (8/13)

74. Mary McScary by R.L. Stine (8/13)

75. Alabama Spitfire: the story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird by Bethany Hegedus (8/18)
76. Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes (8/20)
77. The 5 O’Clock Band by Troy Andrews (8/20)*

78. Small Things by Mel Tregonning (8/20)
79. Sisters & Champions by Howard Bryant (8/28)
80. The Rough Patch by Brian Lies (8/29)*

81. Drawn Together by Minh Le (8/29)

82. Walt’s Imagination: the life of Walt Disney by Doreen Rappaport (8/29)
83. Between the Lines: how Ernie Barnes went from the football field to the art gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace (8/30)

September (8)

84. Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the spirit of New Orleans (9/3)*
85. How Sweet the Sound: the story of Amazing Grace by Carole Boston Weatherford (9/3)
86. Good Rosie! By Kate DiCamillo (9/8)

87. Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor: the woman who loved reptiles by Patricia Valdez (9/9)

88. Nothing Stopped Sophie: the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl Bardoe (9/9)
89. Who Says Women Can’t be Computer Programmers? By Tanya Lee Stone (9/23) 90. Bone Soup by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (9/23) 91. Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot by Matthew Clark Smith (9/23)

October (11)
92. I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (10/15)
93. What Do You Do with a Voice Like That: The story of extraordinary congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton (10/15)*
94The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (10/16)
95. Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman (10/16)
96. Elizabeth Warren: nevertheless, she persisted by Susan Wood (10/17)
97. A House in the Sky and Other Uncommon Animal Homes by Steve Jenkins (10/23)
98. Wet Hen: a short e adventure by Molly Coxe (10/24)
99. I am Human: a book of empathy by Susan Verde (10/27)
100. Seeing into Tomorrow: haiku by Richard Wright. Biography and illustrations by Nina Crews (10/28)

101. Loops, repeat, repeat by Patricia Stockland (10/29)

102. Yasmin the Explorer by Saadia Faruqi (10/29)

November (9)

103. This is the Day! By Amy Parker (11/1)
104. Bunny’s Staycation (Mama’s Business Trip) by Lori Richmond (11/2)

105. Good Night Bunny by Lauren Thompson (11/3)

106. Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim (11/3)
107. A Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach (11/4)
108. The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier (11/5)
109. Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein (11/9)*
110. Storm by Sam Usher (11/9)
111. Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (11/14)

December
112. Up & Down: the adventures of John Jeffries, first American to fly by Don Brown (12/13)
113. Flying Deep: climb inside deep-sea submersible ALVIN by Michelle Cusolito (12/13)
114. A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben (12/14)
115. Three Years and Eight Months by Icy Smith (12/17)

116. Stretch to the Sun: from a tiny sprout to the tallest tree on Earth by Carrie A. Pearson (12/17)*
117. Captain Raptor and the Perilous Planet by Kevin O’Malley and Patrick O’Brien (12/ 17)
118. Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki (12/18)
119. Pig the Fibber by Aaron Blabey (12/26)*
120. Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O’Malley (12/28)
121. Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O’Malley (12/29)


























2018 Reading

2018 was a productive reading year. I forgot to celebrate ten years of blogging on December 8! Onward and upward to 2019. Happy reading!

January (23)
1. The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain (1/4)
2. Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper by Anastasia Suen (1/4)
4. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (1/7)
5. Colores de la vida: Mexican Folk Art colors in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill. (1/10)
6. The Too-scary Story by Bethanie Deeney Murguia (1/11)
7. Groovy Joe Dance Party Countdown by Eric Litwin (1/11)
8. Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson (1/12)
9. Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray (1/13)
10. Dear Martin by Nic Stone (1/15)*
11. Hi Jack! by Mac Barnett (1/17)
12. Schomburg: the man who built a library by Carole Boston Weatherford (1/18)
13. The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (1/19)*
14. Smart Cookie by Elly Swartz (1/20)
15. Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army by Enigma Alberti (1/21)*
16. 50 Cities of the U.S.A. by Gabrielle Balkan (1/21)
17. Don't Forget Dexter! by Lindsay Ward (1/22)*
18. The Sleeping Prince by Melinda Salisbury (1/23)
19. Notorious RBG: the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Young Readers' Edition) by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik (1/26)
20. Remy Sneakers vs. the Robo-Rats by Kevin Sherry (1/26)
21. The Force Oversleeps by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (1/27)
22. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (1/28)*
23. Evil Emperor Penguin by Laura Ellen Anderson (1/31)


February (26)
24. Heroes of Black History by the Editors of Time for Kids (2/2)
25. Ain't Nothing but a Man: my quest to find the real John Henry by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson (2/3)
27. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2/7)
29. Scythe by Neal Shusterman (2/10)*
30. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown (2/11)
31. Dorothea Lange: the photographer who found the faces of the Depression by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/11)
32. The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/12)
33. Malcolm Little: the boy who grew up to become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz (2/12)
34. Time Shifters by Chris Grine (2/13)
35. Voices from the Underground Railroad by Kay Winters (2/15)
36. Alex & Eliza: a love story by Melissa de la Cruz (2/15)
38. Curse of the Harvester by Greg Grunbeg & Lucas Turnbloom (2/17)
39. Last Laughs: prehistoric epitaphs by J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen (2/18)
40. The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Oxtertag (2/18)
41. Graveyard Shakes by Laura Terry (2/18)
42. How to Make Awesome Comics by Neill Cameron (2/18)
43. Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (2/19)
44. Barack Obama: son of promise, child of hope by Nikki Grimes (2/19)
45. Ella: queen of jazz by Helen Hancocks (2/19)
46. Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade by Trinka Hakes Noble (2/19)*
47. Chadwick's Epic Revenge by Lisa Doan (2/20) (SLJ review)
48. All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (2/21)*
49. Blue Grass Boy by Barb Rosenstock (2/22)
50. Waiting for Pumpsie by Barry Wittenstein (2/22)
51. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander (2/23)*
52. Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle (2/23)
53. Posted by John David Anderson (2/23)
54. Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey (2/24)*
55. Forgotten Bones: uncovering a slave cemetery by Lois Miner Huey (2/25)*
56. Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko (2/25)**
57. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (2/28)*


March (29)
58. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (3/3)**
60. Lucy and the String by Vanessa Roeder (3/6)*
61. Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart (3/6)
62. Ever by Gail Carson Levine (3/7)
63. Sparks! by Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto (3/7)
64. Kung Pow Chicken: let's get cracking! by Cyndi Marko (3/7)
65. Mega Robo Bros by Neill Cameron (3/8)
66. Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers (3/8)*
67. Cucumber Quest Vol. 1: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G. (3/8)
68. Paperboy by Vince Vawter (3/9)
69. The Jigsaw Jungle by Kristin Levine (3/13)
70. Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved (3/13)
71. The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds (3/14)*
72. Tiny and the Big Dig by Sherri Duskey Rinker (3/14)
73. When Sophie Thinks She Can't by Molly Bang (3/14)
74. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya (3/14)
75. Ducks Away by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek (3/15)
76. Little Choo by Stephen Shaskan (3/15)
77. Be Brave, Little Penguin by Giles Andreae (3/15)
78. Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (3/15)
79. Snowy Owl Invasion by Sandra Markle (3/17)*
80. The Great Penguin Rescue by Sandra Markle (3/17)*
81. Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LaFleur (3/21)
82. Hawk Mother: the story of a red-tailed hawk who hatched chickens by Kara Hagedorn (3/23)
83. The Pink Hat by Andrew Joyner (3/24)
84. Unplugged by Steve Antony (3/24)
85. Thank You, Mr. Panda/ Gracias, Senor Panda (3/24)
86. The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis (3/25)**
87. Beautiful Blue World by Suzanne LaFleur (3/25)
89. Breathe and Be: a book of mindfulness poems by Kate Coombs (3/26)
90. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: the story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca (3/26)
91. Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark (3/26)
92. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (3/27)*
93. The Shape of the World: a portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by K.L. Going (3/28)
94. Muddy: the story of Blues legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin (3/28)
95. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (3/28)
96. The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson (3/29)
97. Keith Haring: the boy who just kept drawing by Kay A. Haring (3/29)
98. Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (3/30)


April (28)
99. Third Grade Mermaid and the Narwhals by Peter Raymundo (4/1)
100. My Miserable Life by F. L. Block (4/2)
101. Lines by Suzy Lee (43)*
102. Animal Ark: celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures by Kwame Alexander (4/3)
103. Rebound by Kwame Alexander (4/7)
104. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar (4/7)
105. Wings of Fire: the graphic novel: The dragonet prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland (4/9)
106. Mama Africa: how Mirian Makeba spread hope with her song by Kathryn Erskine (4/9)*
107. Long-armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics by Jean L.S. Patrick (4/9)
108. Caroline's Comets: a true story by Emily Arnold McCully (4/9)
109. American Gothic: the life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood (4/9)
110. Ten Pigs: an epic bath adventure by Derek Anderson (4/9)
111. I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (4/10)
112. American Street by Ibi Zoboi (4/12)*
113. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (4/13)*
114. Shadow Magic by Joshua Khan (4/14)*
116. She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah by Ann Hood (4/15)*
117. Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson (4/16)
118. A Seal Named Patches by Roxanne Beltran and Patrick Robinson (4/18)
119. Not So Different: what you really want to ask about having a disability by Shane Burcaw (4/18)
120. Charlie Takes His Shot: how Charlie Sifford broke the color barrier in golf by Nancy Churnin (4/18)
121. Patina by Jason Reynolds (4/21)
122. Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant (4/26)
123. Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton (4/26)
124. History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (4/27)
125. Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell (4/28)
126. A Long Line of Cakes by Deborah Wiles (4/29)(SLJ)*
127. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (4/29)


May (18)
128. Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wins (5/3)*
129. What Makes a Monster? by Jess Keating (5/5)
130. 1001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom (5/6)
131. Sharing Posts: the spread of fake news by Stephen Currie (5/7)
132. Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald (5/10)
133. The Dark Prophecy (Trials of Apollo #2) by Rick Riordan (5/12)
134. Silenced in the Library: Banned Books by Zeke Jarvis (5/12)
135. Positively Izzy by Teri Libenson (5/13)
136. For Every One by Jason Reynolds (5/17)
137. Sophie Quire and the last storyguard by Jonathan Auxier (5/17)*
138. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater (5/18)
140. Trouble Makes a Comeback by Stephanie Tromly (5/22)
141. Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1991 by Larry Dane Brimner (5/23
142. Soof by Sarah Weeks (5/24)
143.The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles (5/25)*
144. Llama Llama loves to read (5/26)
145. Run Wild by David Covell (5/26)


June (16)
146. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (6/1)
147. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (6/2)
149. Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson (6/6)
150. First Flight around the World by Tim Grove (6/7)
151. A Higher Loyalty by James Comey (6/7)
152. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan (6/9)
153. Boying Up by Mayim Bialik (6/10)
154. Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist (6/13)
155. Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki (6/18)
156. Nate Expectations by Tim Federle (6/21)*
157. Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh (6/24)*(SLJ)
158. Jazz Owls: a novel of the Zoot Suit riots by Margarita Engle (6/25)
159. Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech (6/26)*
160. What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee (6/26)*
161. Grandad Mandela by Zazi Siwelene and Zindzi Mandela (6/29)
162. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (6/30)*
163. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (6/30)*


July (23)
164. Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo (7/1)*
165. No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen (7/1)*
166. Raid of No Return by Nathan Hale (7/2)
167. You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P. by Alex Gino (7/4)
168. Warcross by Marie Lu (7/4)
169. The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (7/4)*
170. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (7/4)*
171. Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (7/4)
173. Boy Bites Bug by Rebecca Petruck (7/5)*
174. Binge by Tyler Oakley (7/6)
175. Baker’s Magic by Diane Zahler (⅞)
176. The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (7/9)
177. I’m Ok by Patti Kim (7/11)
178. Thank You, Earth: a love letter to our planet by April Pulley Sayre (7/12)*
179. Speak: the graphic novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. Illustrated by Emily Carroll (7/13)*
180. Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead (7/13)
181. The Stars Beneath My Feet by David Barclay Moore (7/14)
182. Reckless by Cornelia Funke (7/14)
183.The Assassination of Brainwein Spurge by M.T. Anderson (7/15)*
184. Girls Like Us by Gail Giles (7/15)*
185. The Girl with More Than One Heart by Laura Geringer Bass (7/16)
186. Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (7/18)*
187. Bounce by Megan Shull (7/22)
188. Mascot by Antony John (7/23)*
189. Grenade by Alan Gratz (7/26)*
190. Front Desk by Amy Tang (6/26)
191. Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome (7/28)*
192. The Odds of Getting Even by Sheila Turnage (7/28)*
193. Surprise! By Caroline Hadilaksono (7/29)
194. Hope by Matthew Cordell (7/29)
195. Perfect by Max Amato (7/29)*
196. Grow Up, David! By David Shannon (7/30)


August (53)
197. A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (8/1)
198. Lost Soul, Be at Peace by Maggie Thrash (8/2)
199. Everland by Wendy Spinale (8/2)*
200. Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash (8/3)
201. The Swap by Megan Shull (8/4)
202. Pride: the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders (8/4)
203. The Icarus Show by Sallie Christie (8/5)
204. Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora (8/6)
205. Shaking Things Up: 14 young women who changed the world by Susan Hood (8/7)
206. The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue (8/8)
207. It’s Show and Tell Dexter! By Lindsay Ward (8/10)
208. Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider (8/11)
209. Who Eats Orange? By Dianne White (8/12)
210. Irving Berlin: the immigrant boy who made America sing by Nancy Churnin (8/12)
211. Write on Irving Berlin by Leslie Kimmelman (8/12)
212. Tool School by Joan Holub (8/13)
213. Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Gris Grimly (8/13)
214. Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague (8/13)
215. Back to School with Bigfoot by Samantha Berger and Martha Brockenbrough (8/13)
216. Monster’s New Undies by Samantha Berger (8/13)
217. Mary McScary by R.L. Stine (8/13)
219. The Speaker by Traci Chee (8/15)*
220. Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig (8/16)(SLJ review)
221. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (8/16)*
222. Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig (8/18)
223. Alabama Spitfire: the story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird by Bethany Hegedus (8/18)
224. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (8/19)
225. Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes (8/20)
226. The 5 O’Clock Band by Troy Andrews (8/20)*
227. Small Things by Mel Tregonning (8/20)
228. Sweep: the story of a girl and her monster by Jonathan Auxier (8/21)**
230. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (8/22)(audio reread)
231. Come August, Come Freedom by Gigi Amateau (8/23)
232. A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold (8/25)
233. The Bad Guys in Alien vs Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey (8/25)
234. Just Being Jackie by Margaret Cardillo (8/26)
235. Illegal by Eoin Colfer (8/26)*
236. Monster Mayhem by Christopher Eliopoulos (8/27)
237. Reading in the Dark: using film as a tool in the English classroom by John Golden (8/28)
238. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pilkey (8/28)
239. Sisters & Champions by Howard Bryant (8/28)
240. The Rough Patch by Brian Lies (8/29)**
241. Drawn Together by Minh Le (8/29)
242. Walt’s Imagination: the life of Walt Disney by Doreen Rappaport (8/29)
243. Mr. Wolf’s Class by Aron Nels Steinke (8/29)
244. Eavesdropping on Elephants by Patricia Newman (8/30)*
245. Evil Emperor Penguin Strikes Back! By Laura Ellen Anderson (8/30)
246. Game Changers: the story of Venus and Serena Williams (8/30)
248. Eraser by Anna Kang (8/31)*
249. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (8/31)* (Audio reread)


September (21)
250. The Law of Finders Keepers by Sheila Turnage (9/1)*
251. The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen (9/2)
252. Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the spirit of New Orleans (9/3)*
253. How Sweet the Sound: the story of Amazing Grace by Carole Boston Weatherford (9/3)
255. Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (9/4)
256. Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (9/5)
257. Speechless by Adam P. Schmitt (9/8)
258. Good Rosie! By Kate DiCamillo (9/8)
259. Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor: the woman who loved reptiles by Patricia Valdez (9/9)
260. Nothing Stopped Sophie: the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl Bardoe (9/9)
261. Revenge of the Teacher’s Pet by Jennifer Ziegler (9/10)
262. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (9/13)
263. Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar (9/14)
264. Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (9/17)*
265. From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon (9/23)
266. Who Says Women Can’t be Computer Programmers? By Tanya Lee Stone (9/23)
267. Bone Soup by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (9/23)
268. Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot by Matthew Clark Smith (9/23)
269. Fear by Bob Woodward (9/29)
270. Black Panther: the young prince by Ronald L. Smith (9/30)


October (24)
271. Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir (10/2)
272. Depression & Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim (10/6)
273. The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell (10/7)
275. A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti (10/7)*
276. Science Comics: Rockets: defying gravity by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd (10/8)
277. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina & 13 Artists (10/9)
278. Sunny by Jason Reynolds (10/9)*
279. America Border Culture Dreamer: The Young Immigrant Experience from A to Z by Wendy Ewald (10/10)(SLJ review)
280. Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz (10/11)
281. The Principal Strikes Back by Jarrett J Krosoczka (10/12)
282. The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller (10/13)*
283. The Dragon Slayer: folktales from Latin America (10/13)
284. Everything in the Universe by Tracy Winfield Holczer (10/14)*
285. I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (10/15)
286. Back from the Brink: saving animals from extinction by Nancy F. Castaldo (10/15)*
288. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (10/15)
289. The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (10/16)
290. Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman (10/16)
291. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (10/17)
292. Elizabeth Warren: nevertheless, she persisted by Susan Wood (10/17)
293. Tight by Torrey Maldonado (10/18)*
294. You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly (10/21)
295. A House in the Sky and Other Uncommon Animal Homes by Steve Jenkins (10/23)
296. Orphaned by Eliot Schrefer (10/24)*
297. Wet Hen: a short e adventure by Molly Coxe (10/24)
298. Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes (10/25)
299. I am Human: a book of empathy by Susan Verde (10/27)
300. Seeing into Tomorrow: haiku by Richard Wright. Biography and illustrations by Nina Crews (10/28)
301. Loops, repeat, repeat by Patricia Stockland (10/29)
302. Yasmin the Explorer by Saadia Faruqi (10/29)
303. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen (10/30)


November (38)
304. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (11/1)*
305. This is the Day! By Amy Parker (11/1)
306. Bunny’s Staycation (Mama’s Business Trip) by Lori Richmond (11/2)
308. Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim (11/3)
309. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (11/3)*
310. Sleep, My Bunny by Rosemary Wells (11/4)
311. A Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach (11/4)
312. The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier (11/5)
315. Squirm by Carl Hiaasen (11/8)*
316. Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (11/8)
317. My Brigadista Year by Katherine Paterson (11/8)
318. If This Were a Story by Beth Turley (11/9)
319. Strongheart by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann (11/9)
320. Woodpeckers: drilling holes and bagging bugs by Sneed B. Collard III (11/9)*
321. Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein (11/9)*
322. Storm by Sam Usher (11/9)
323. Captain Superlative by J.S. Puller (11/9)
324. SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson (11/11)*
325. The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea (11/11)
326. Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (11/14)
327. The Key to Every Thing by Pat Schmatz (11/14)
328. Daphne Definitely Does Not Do Drama by Tami Charles (11/17)
329. Eliza Bing is (Not) a Star by Carmella Van Vleet (11/17)
330. Bat and the Waiting Game by Elana K. Arnold (11/18)*
331. One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock (11/18)
332. Just Like Jackie by Lindsay Stoddard (11/18)
333. The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell (11/20)*
334. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle (11/22)*
335. The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm (11/23)
336. Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl (11/24)
337. P. S. I Still Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (11/25)
338. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (11/25)*
339. Made by Hand: a crafts sampler by Carole Lexa Schaefer (11/27)
340. Zora and Me: the cursed ground by T. R. Simon (11/30)*
341. Wimpy Kid 13: Meltdown by Jeff Kinney (11/30)


December (33)
342. Lights! Camera! Alice! The thrilling true adventures of the first woman filmmaker by Mara Rockliff (12/3)
343. My Story My Dance: Robert Battle’s journey to Alvin Ailey by Lisa Cline-Ransome (12/3)
344. Like Vanessa by Tami Charles (12/3)*
345. Lu by Jason Reynolds (12/6)*
346. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbit (12/7)*
347. The Doughnut Fix by Anne Nesbit (12/8)
348. The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (12/9)*
349. Snow Lane by Josie Angelini (12/11)*
350. Up & Down: the adventures of John Jeffries, first American to fly by Don Brown (12/13)
351. Flying Deep: climb inside deep-sea submersible ALVIN by Michelle Cusolito (12/13)
352. A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben (12/14)
353. Beyond Words: what elephants and whales think and feel (Young Reader’s Adaptation) by Carl Safina (12/15)(SLJ review)
354. Failing Up: how to take risks, aim higher and never stop learning by Leslie Odom, Jr. (12/15)
355. The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matthew Landis (12/16)
356. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (12/16)*
357. Three Years and Eight Months by Icy Smith (12/17)
359. Captain Raptor and the Perilous Planet by Kevin O’Malley and Patrick O’Brien (12/ 17)
360. Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki (12/18)
361. The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA by Brenda Woods (12/19)*
362. The Hidden Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag (12/20)
363. Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (12/21)*
364. Kristy’s Big Day (BSC #6) by Gale Galligan (12/22)
365. Pride by Ibi Zoboi (12/22)
366. Skylark and Wallcreeper by Anne O’Brien Carelli (12/25)
367. Pig the Fibber by Aaron Blabey (12/26)*
368. Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word by Sarah Jane Marsh (12/26)
369. The Hyena Scientist by Sy Montgomery (12/28)*
370. Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O’Malley (12/28)
371. Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O’Malley (12/29)
372. Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood (12/ 29)
373. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee (12/29)*
374. Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett (12/31)
375. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey (12/31)