Taking Stock - December - 2016

Total posts this month: 22
Total books read this month: 32
Total books read this year: 390

Challenges:
Audio: 107
Debut: 16

The Good: I surpassed my Goodreads goal of 366 books. Goodreads doesn't count rereads, so my 390 books does not match my GR challenge. Audiobooks account for nearly one third of my reading.

The Bad: I favorited 96 books on GR but did not review all of them here. I didn't read near the number of debuts that I wanted. Because GR doesn't count rereads, I had hoped to get to five audiobooks this break (after meeting my goat) that I really want to reread with my ears. Unfortunately, I didn't read as much asI wanted over break.

Onward and upward to 2017. I will try to review more but I'm not going to beat myself up about it. I write quickie reviews on Goodreads. I do want to try to review favorites in a more timely and exhaustive fashion though. 

The Books: * = favorite
357. Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes (12/1)
358. Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas by Tedd Arnold (12/1)
359. The Ones by Daniel Sweren-Becker (12/4)
360. The Ninjabread Man by C.J. Leigh (12/4)
361. The Haunting of Falcon House by Eugene Yelchin (12/5)
362. Applesauce Weather by Helen Frost (12/9)
363. Yvain: the knight of the lion by M.T. Anderson (12/9)
364. Heartless by Marissa Meyer (12/11)*
365. The Goat by Anne Fleming (12/11) (SLJ review)
366. God Bless the Gargoyles by Dav Pilkey (12/13)
367. Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim (12/13)*
368. Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan (12/14)*
369. Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley (12/17)
370. Booked by Kwame Alexander (12/17)
371. Jedi Academy: a new class by Jarrett J.Krosoczka (12/18)
372. Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen (12/18)*
373. Brave Like My Brother by Marc Tyler Nobleman (12/19)
374. Come Home, Angus by Patrick Downes (12/19)
375. Samurai Rising: the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner (12/20)*
376. Super Bugs by Michelle Meadows (12/21)
377. Wet Cement by Bob Raczka (12/21)
378. Before Morning by Joyce Sidman (12/21)
379. They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel (12/21)
380. Snow White: a graphic novel by Matt Phelan (12/22)*
381. Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm (12/22)
382. Please Say Please by Kyle T. Webster (12/23)
383. The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright (12/23)
384. A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy (12/25)
385. Cleonardo: the little inventor by Mary GrandPré (12/28)
386. A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney (12/28)
387. Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan (12/28)*
388. Awesome America: Everything You Wanted to Know about History, People, and Culture by Time for Kids (12/29)
389. The Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice (12/29)

390. The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (12/31)

What's New? Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. Hop on over there to ogle what other bloggers got this week.

For review:

Sea Otter Heroes: the predators that save an ecosystem by Patricia Newman. 56 p. Millbrook Press/ Lerner Publishing Group, January 28, 2017. 9781512426311.

From the jacket: This healthy seagrass baffled marine biologist Brent Hughes. Water in the slough is chock-full of nutrients from fertilizer runoff on nearby farms. Normally, nutrient-polluted water supports huge populations of algae that block sunlight from reaching the seagrass, and the seagrass dies. Was was the slough's seagrass thriving?

As Brent investigated, signs pointed to an unexpected player helping to keep the seagrass healthy: sea otters! What do these top predators have to do with an aquatic grass at the opposite end of the food chain? Brent's amazing discovery solved a modern science mystery-and gave scientists insight into the delicate balance of ecosystems.

I'm so excited to read this new title by Patricia Newman. Her earlier titles, Plastic Ahoy and Ebola are great science resources in my library.

Purchased:

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge. Unabridged audiobook on 1 MP3-CD. 12 hours. Performed by Charlotte Wright. Brilliance Audio, September, 2016. 9781526607888.

Publisher synopsis: Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy - a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior to men. But inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she cannot resist mysteries: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door. She knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing. She knows that her family moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist father was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal. And she knows, when her father is discovered dead shortly thereafter, that he was murdered.

In pursuit of justice and revenge, Faith hunts through her father's possessions and discovers a strange tree. The tree bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, delivers a hidden truth. The tree might hold the key to her father's murder - or it may lure the murderer directly to Faith herself. Frances Hardinge is the author of many acclaimed novels, including Cuckoo Song, which earned five starred reviews.

I have read nothing but stellar reviews of this. Students who love fantasy have been recommending her earlier books to me for years. 

Happy New Year! That's what's new with me. What's new with you?

2016 Debut

January (1)
1. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum (read in 2015)

February (2)
2. Don't Get Caught by Kurt Dinan (2/14)*
3. The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander (2/24)

March (0)

April (3)
4. Let Me Finish! by Minh Le (4/17)
5. Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres (4/24)
6. The Best Worst Thing by Kathleen Lane (4/24)

May (1)
7. Doreen by Ilana Manaster (5/28)

June (1)
8. Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz (6/5)*

July (2)
9. Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin (7/3)*
10. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (7/31)*

August (0)

September
11. Pug Meets Pig by Sue Lowell Gallion (9/21)*

October (0)

November (2)
12. Dream Jumper by Greg Grunberg (11/16)
13. Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari (11/29)*

December (3)
14. The Ones by Daniel Sweren-Becker (12/4)
15. Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan (12/14)* (Ms. Varadarajan's debut)
16. Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley (12/17)

2016 Audiobooks

January (5)
1. The Rose Society of Marie Lu (1/6)
2. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (1/12)
3. Star Wars, Episode 4 a New Hope: being the story of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and the rise of the rebellion by Alexandra Bracken (1/17)* 
4. Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon (1/21)
5.  Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back So You Want to be a Jedi by Adam Gidwitz (1/28)

February (12)
6. Winter by Marissa Meyer (2/1)*
7. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Beware the Power of the Dark Side by Tom Angleberger (2/2)
8. Husky by Justin Sayre (2/4)
9. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (2/5)
10. Discovering We Moore by Wes Moore (2/7)
11. The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare (2/10)
12. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (2/18)*
13. The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith (2/20)
14. After by Morris Glietzman (2/21)*
15. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2/23)
16. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose (2/25)
17. Soon by Morris Gleitzman (2/28)*

March (5)
18. The Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson (3/7)
19. The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (3/8)
20. Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher (3/16)
21. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier (3/25)
22. In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith (3/26)

April (5)
23. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten (4/9)*
24. Half Bad by Sally Green (4/10)
25. The Best Night of Your Pathetic Life by Tara Altebrando (4/15)
26. The Rise of the Elgin (Michael Vey #2) by Richard Paul Evans (4/16)
27. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (4/19)

May (10)
28. The After Room by Maile Meloy (5/3)
29. Body of Water by Sarah Dooley (5/6)
30. Pax by Sara Pennypacker (5/10)
31. The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg (5/13)
32. Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka (5/16)*
33. Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo (5/19)*
34. Jack by Liesl Shurtliff (5/26)
35. The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd (5/27)*
36. Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle (5/28)*
37. Can't Look Away by Donna Cooner (5/29)

June (7)
38. Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone (6/4)
39. 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith (6/11)*
40. Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer (6/16)
41. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild (6/17)
42. Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick (6/19)*
43. How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon (6/27)
44. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (6/28)

July (16)
45. The Name of the Blade by Zoe Marriott (7/2)
46. Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart (7/2)*
47. Tombquest Book 3: The Valley of the Kings by Michael Northrop (7/3)
48.  Red: the true story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff (7/5)*
49. Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray (7/6)
50. I was Here by Gayle Forman (7/10)
51. Will Sparrow's Road by Karen Cushman (7/11)
52. Arcady's Goal by Eugene Yelchin (7/11)
53. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (7/15)
54. Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (7/16)
55. Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (7/20)
56. Standoff by Andrew Smith (7/26)*
57. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (7/27)
58. Being Jazz: my life as a transgender teen by Jazz Jennings (7/28)
59. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (7/31)*
60. Juba! A Novel by Walter Dean Myers (7/31)

August (11)
61. Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savitt (8/6)
62. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez (8/7)*
63. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (8/12)*
64. Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudson (8/15)*
65. The Last Star by Rick Yancey (8/19)
66. Firefly Hollow by Alison McGhee (8/20)*
67. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (8/24)
68. Riot by Walter Dean Myers (8/27)
71. The Prince without a Kingdom by Timothée de Fombelle (8/28)*
72. Grimm's Fairy Tales Read by an award-winning cast (8/31)

September (7)
73. An Ember in Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (9/6)*
74. A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord (9/9)*
75. Run by Kody Keplinger (9/11)*
76. Audacity Jones to the Rescue (9/12)
77. Neil Armstrong is My Uncle: and other lies Muscle Man McGinty told me by Nan Marino (9/15)
78. Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty (9/ 22)*
79. A Torch against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (9/25)*

October (9)
80. Jackaby by William Ritter (10/2)*
81. Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (10/8)*
82. The Bronze Key by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare (1010)*
83. The Best Man by Richard Peck (10/13)
84. Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to (Not) Growing Up by Tommy Greenwald (10/14)
85. The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork (10/16)
86. Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.k. Johnston (10/22)
87. Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet (10/23)
88. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (10/29)*

November (9)
89. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (11/2)*
90.  Masterminds by Gordon Korman (11/2)
91. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer (11/8)
92. The Job: true tales from the life of a New York City cop by Steve Osborne (11/13)
93. One More Thing: stories and other stories by B.J. Novak (11/15)
94. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (11/16)
95.Masterminds Book 2: Criminal Destiny by Gordon Korman (11/20)
96. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (11/26)
97. Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson (11/28)*

December (10)
98. The Haunting of Falcon House by Eugene Yelchin (12/4)
99. Heartless by Marissa Meyer (12/11)*
100. Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan (12/14)*
101. Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley (12/17)
102. Booked by Kwame Alexander (12/17)
103. Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen (12/18)*
104. Samurai Rising: the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner (12/20)*
105. Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm (12/22)
106. The Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice (12/29)
107. The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (12/31)

2016 Reading

2016 Reading

January (32)
1. Flying Cars: the true story by Andrew Glass (1/1)
2. Glow by W.H. Beck (1/4)*
3. The Rose Society by Marie Lu (1/6)
4. Good Night Owl by Greg Pizzoli (1/10)
5. Hungry Coyote by Cheryl Blackford (1/12)
6. Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins (1/12)
7. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (1/12)
8. Goodnight Goon by Adam Rex (1/14)
9. Baby Wren and the Great Gift by Sally Lloyd-Jones (1/15)
10. Hooray for Liberty, Charlie Brown! Charles M. Schultz/ Tracey Stratford (1/15)
11. The Crow's Tale by Naomi Howarth (1/15)
12. Star Wars, Episode 4 a New Hope: being the story of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and the rise of the rebellion by Alexandra Bracken (1/17)* 
13. The Empty Pot by Demi (1/20)
14. Where's Walrus and Penguin by Steven Savage (1/20)
15. The Three Little Wolves and the Big, Bad Pig by Eugene Travisas (1/20)
16. Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck (1/20)
17. Legend: the graphic novel by Marie Lu (1/20)
18. Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon (1/21)
19. One by Sarah Crossan (1/22)* 
20. Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert (1/22)
21. The Boys by Jeff Newman (1/25)
22. Paco and the Giant Chile Plant by Keith Polette (1/25)
23. Echo Echo by Marilyn Singer (1/25) 
24. Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford (1/26) *
25. Sing a Season Song by Jane Yolen (1/26)
26. When the Earth Shakes by Simon Winchester (1/26)
27. Drum Dream Girl: how one girl's courage changed music by Margarita Engle (1/27)
28. The Way to School by Rosemary Carney (1/27)
29. Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back So You Want to be a Jedi by Adam Gidwitz (1/28)
30. Anything You Want by Geoff Herbach (1/28)
31. Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco (1/29)
32. A Midsummer Night #nofilter by William Shakespeare and Brett Wright (1/31)

February (30)
33. Winter by Marissa Meyer (2/1)*
34. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Beware the Power of the Dark Side by Tom Angleberger (2/2)
35. Husky by Justin Sayre (2/4)
36. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (2/5)
37. Be a Friend by Salina Yoon (2/6)
38. Discovering We Moore by Wes Moore (2/7)
39. Silence is Goldfish by Annabel Pitcher (2/9)*
40. The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare (2/10)
41. Don't Get Caught by Kurt Dinan (2/14)*
42. Woodpecker Wham by April Pulley Sayre (2/14)
43. Cockatoo, Too by Bethanie Deeney Murguia (2/14)
44. Reproductive Rights: Who Decides? by Vicki Oransky Wittenstein (2/14)*
45. Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt (2/15)*
46. Frankencrayon by Michael Hall (2/15)
47. The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney (2/15)
48. Tooth by Tooth: comparing fangs, tusks, and chompers by Sara Levine (2/15)
49. The Guild of Geniuses by Dan Santat (2/15)
50. Batman's Dark Secret by Kelley Puckett (2/15)
51. Green Lizards vs. Red Triangles by Steve Antony (2/15)
52. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (2/18)*
53.The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith (2/20)
54. Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee (2/21)*
55. After by Morris Glietzman (2/21)*
56. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2/23)
57. The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander (2/24)
58. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose (2/25)
59. Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman (2/27)
60. Robot by Jon Scieszka (2/27)
61. Soon by Morris Gleitzman (2/28)*
62. Good Morning Yoga by Mariam Gates (2/28)*

March (25)
63. Bird and Squirrel on the Run by James Burks (3/3)*
64. Robots by Gail Tuchman (3/3)
65. I Survived: the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 by Lauren Tarshis (3/3)
66. Hot Rod Hamster Meets His Match! by Cynthia Lord (3/4)
67. Jack and the Snackstalk by Noah Z. Jones (3/4)
68. A Birthday Cake for George Washington by Ramin Ganeshram (3/4)
69. The Thing about Leftovers by C.C. Payne (3/5) (SLJ Review)
70. The Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson (3/7)
71. The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (3/8)*
72. The Inside of Out by Jenn Marie Thorne (3/13)
73. Child Soldier: when boys and girls are used in war by Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine (3/14)*
74. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul (3/14)
75. Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher (3/16)
76. The Lunch Witch by Deb Lucke (3/14)
77. Peanuts: a tribute to Charles M. Schulz (3/17)
78. Clink by Kelly DiPucchio (3/19)
79. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hammer by Carole Boston Weatherford (3/19)*
80. Free Verse by Sarah Dooley (3/20)*
81. The Impossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki by Deborah Kogan Ray (3/22)
82. Bake Sale by Sara Varon (3/25)
83. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier (3/26)
84. In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith (3/26)
85. Hensel and Gretel Ninja Chicks by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez (3/28)*
86. Playtime? by Jeff Mack (3/28)*
87. Tek by Patrick O'Donnell (3/29)*

April (26)
88. Random Body Parts by Leslie Bulion (4/1)
89. Stick Cat by Tom Watson (4/2)
90. Waylon! One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker (4/3)*
91. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten (4/9)*
92. Half Bad by Sally Green (4/10)
93. Nelle and Tru by G. Neri (4/10)
94. Sports Illustrated Kids: My First Book of Baseball: mostly everything explained about the game by the Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids (4/11)
95. Baseball Then to WOW! by the Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids (4/11)
96. Radiant Child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (4/14)*
97. My Washington, DC by Kathy Jakobsen (4/14)
98. Bug Zoo by Andy Harkness (4/14)
99. The Best Night of Your Pathetic Life by Tara Altebrando (4/15)
100. The Rise of the Elgin (Michael Vey #2) by Richard Paul Evans (4/16)
101. Way to Glow! by Lisa Regan (4/17)
102. Leaps and Bounce by Susan Hood (4/17)
103. Let Me Finish by Minh Le (4/17)
104. Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson (4/17)
105. Rules of the House by Mac Barnett (4/17)
106. Fabulous Frogs by Martin Jenkins (4/18)
107. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (4/19)
108. Yoga for Kids by Lorena V. Pajalunga (4/22)
109. The Book Itch by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (4/23)*
110. Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres (4/24)(SLJ review)
111. The Best Worst Thing by Kathleen Lane (4/24)
112. How to Swallow a Pig by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page (4/26)*
113. Traveling Butterflies by Susumu Shingu (4/26)

May
114. The Boy Who Drew Birds: a story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies (5/1)*
115. The After Room by Maile Meloy (5/3)
116. Cecil's Pride by Craig Hatkoff (5/5)*
117. One day, the End by Rebecca Kai Dotlich (5/5)
118. Bird and Diz by Gary Golio (5/6)
119. Body of Water by Sarah Dooley (5/6)
120. Slappy's Tales of Horror by R. L. Stine (5/9)
121. Something Extraordinary by Ben Clanton (5/10)
122. Oh No, Astro! by Matt Roeser (5/10)
123. Ada's Violin: the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood (5/10)*
124. Are We There Yeti? by Ashlyn Anstee (5/10)
125. Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Six Guiding Beliefs by Angel Farris Watkins, PhD (5/10)
126. Mimi and Shu in I'll Race You by Christian Trimmer (5/10)
127. No, No Gnome! by Ashlyn Anstee (5/10)
128. What Does the Fox Say by Ylvis (5/10)
129. Pax by Sara Pennypacker (5/10)*
130. The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John (5/12)*
131. Everything Robotics by Jennifer Swanson (5/13)*
132. Billy's Booger by William Joyce (5/13)*
133. Dinotrux Dig the Beach by Chris Gall (5/13)
134. The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg (5/13)
135. Breaker by Kat Ellis (5/15)
136. Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka (5/16)*
137. Jazz by Walter Dean Myers (5/17)*
138. Robo-Sauce by Adam Rubin (5/18)*
139. Typewriter by Bill Thompson (5/19)8
140. Yaks Yak by Linda Sue Park (5/19)*
141. Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo (5/19)*
142. Waddle, Waddle by James Proimos (5/23)
143. Dear Yeti by James Kwan (5/23)
144. The Turnip by Jan Brett (5/23)
145. Gordon and Tapir by Sebastian Meschenmoser (5/23)
146. Emma on the Air #3 - Showtime by Ida Siegal (5/23)
147. Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang & Mike Holmes (5/24)
148. Animal Planet Animal Atlas...(5/25)
149. Jack by Liesl Shurtliff (5/26)
150. Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty (5/27)*
151. The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd (5/27)*
152. Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle (5/28)*
153. Doreen by Ilana Manaster (5/28)
154. Can't Look Away by Donna Cooner (5/29)
155. The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash (5/30)*
156. The Whale by Ethan and Vita Murrow (5/31)*
157. A Beetle is Shy by Dianna Hutts Aston (5/31)*
158. The Christmas Boot by Lisa Wheeler (5/31)*

June (31)
159. Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes (6/1)
160. There is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith (6/2)*
161. The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach (6/2)
162. Space Dumplins by Craig Thompson (6/3)
163. Face Off! Top Ten List of Everything in Hockey by SIKids (6/3)
164. I Yam a Donkey! by Cece Bell (6/3)*
165. We Dig Worms! by Kevin McCloskey (6/3)*
166. We Forgot Brock! by Carter Goodrich (6/3)*
167. Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone (6/4)
168. Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz (6/5)*
169, Little One by Jo Weaver (6/6)*
170. Sweet Pea and Friends the Sheepover by John & Jennifer Churchman (6/6)
171. The Thank You Book by Mo Willems (6/6)*
172. Our Big Backyard by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager (6/7)
173. Prairie Dog Song by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore (6/8)
174. Circle by Jeannie Baker (6/8)
175. If You're Reading This by Trent Reedy (6/10)
176. Recess is a Jungle by Jack Chabert (6/10)
177. 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith (6/11)*
178. Walter Wick: Hey Seymour! (6/13)
179. Greenling by Levy Pinfold (6/13)
180. Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer (6/16)

Summer Vacation Reading
181. (1) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild (6/17)
182. (2) Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick (6/19)*
183. Home Sweet Motel by Chris Grabenstein (6/22)(SLJ review)
184. (3) Bucky and Stu vs. the Mikanikal Man by Cornelius Van Wright (6/24)
185. (4)Nanette's Baguette by Mo Willems (6/25)*
186. (5) The Great Leopard Rescue by Sandra Markle (6/27)
187. (6) How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon (6/27)
188. (7) Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (6/28)
189. (8) Good Night Yoga by Mariam Gates (6/29)

July (45)
190. (9) The Name of the Blade by Zoe Marriott (7/2)
191. (10) Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart (7/2)
192. (11) Tombquest Book 3: The Valley of the Kings by Michael Northrop (7/3)
193. (12) Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin (7/3)*
194. (13) Red: the true story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff (7/5)*
195. (14) You Can Fly by Carole Boston Weatherford (7/6)
196. (15) Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray (7/6)
197. (16) On Bird Hill by Jane Yolen (7/6)
198. (17) Cleopatra in Space: the thief and the sword by Mike Maihack (7/7)
199. (18) When We Was Fierce by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (7/8)*
200. (19) Frederick's Journey: the life of Frederick Douglass by Doreen Rappaport (7/9)
201. (20) Jazz Day: the making of a famous photograph by Roxanne Orgill (7/9)
202. (21) Poems in the Attic by Nikki Grimes (7/9)
203. (22) I was Here by Gayle Forman (7/10)
204. (23) Will Sparrow's Road by Karen Cushman (7/11)
205. (24) Arcady's Goal by Eugene Yelchin (7/11)
206. (25) Ghosts by Reina Telgemeier (7/12)*
207. (26) Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (7/15)
208. (27) Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (7/15)*
209. (28) No Fair! No Fair! by Calvin Trillin (7/15)
210. (29) Spot, the Cat by Henry Cole (7/15)
211. (30) Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon (7/15)
212. (31) Queen Dog by Bridget Heos (7/15)
213. (32) Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (7/16)
214. (33) The Curse of the Were-Hyena by Bruce Hale (7/17)
215. (34) We Will Not be Silent by Russell Freedman (7/18)*
216. (35) Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant (7/18)*
217. (36)The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas (7/18)
218. (37) Lift Your Light a Little Higher: the story of Stephen Bishop: slave explorer by Heather Henson (7/19)*
219. (38) When Andy Met Sandy by Tomie dePaola (7/19)
220. (39) I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy (7/19)*
221. (40) Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (7/20)
222. (41) The Curse of the Boggin by D.J. MacHale (7/21)* (SLJ review)
223. (42) Be Light Like a Bird by Monika Schröder (7/22)*
224. (43) Listen to Our World by Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson (7/22)
225. (44) Rain Fish by Lois Ehlert (7/22)
226. (45) The Night Gardner by the Fan Brothers (7/22)
227. (46) It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton (7/22)
228. (47) Nine, Ten: a September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin (7/25)
229. (48) Standoff by Andrew Smith (7/26)*
230. (49) The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (7/27)
231. (50) Being Jazz: my life as a transgender teen by Jazz Jennings (7/28)
232. (51) Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (7/31)*
233. (52) Juba! A novel by Walter Dean Myers (7/31)
234. (53) Ugly by James Hoge (7/31)

August (37)
235. (54) Study Hall of Justice by Derek Fridolfs (8/3)
236. (55) Truth or Dare by Barbara Dee (8/5)
237. (56) The Misadventures of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero by Rachel Renée Russell (8/5)
238. (57) Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savitt (8/6)
239. (58) Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez (8/7)*
240. (59) How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett (8/7)*
241. (60) Monsters on the Run by Kevin Sherry (8/7)
242. (61) Caveboy Dave by Aaron Reynolds (8/8)
243. (62) Once Upon a Frog by Sarah Mlynowski (8/9)
244. (63) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (8/12)*
245. (64) The White House by Robert Sabuda (8/14)
246. (65) Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudson (8/15)*
247. (66) The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist (8/16)
248. (67) Still a Gorilla! by Kim Norman (8/16)
249. (68) Princess! Fairy! Ballerina! by Bethany Deeney Murguia (8/16)
250. (69) Kindergarten is Cool by Linda Elovitz Marshall (8/16)
251. (70) The Pirate Jamboree by Mark Teague (8/16)
252. (71) Famous Last Words by Katie Alender (8/16)
253. (72) Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson (8/16)*
254. (73) Oyster Octopus Hermit Crab Snail by Sara Anderson (8/19)
255. (74) The Last Star by Rick Yancey (8/19)
256. (75) Firefly Hollow by Alison McGhee (8/20)*
257. (76) Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (8/21)
258. (77) Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (8/22)
259. (78) Hector and Hummingbird by Nicholas John Frith (8/24)
260. (79) Emma and Julia Love Ballet by Barbara McClintock (8/24)
261. (80) Every Day Birds by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (8/24)*
262. (81) Maxi the Little Taxi by Elizabeth Upton (8/24)
263. (82) How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? by Jane Yolen (8/24)
264. (83) Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (8/24)
265. (84) Bedtime Blastoff by Luke Reynolds (8/25)
266. (85) How to Dress a Dragon by Thelma Lynne Godin (8/25)
267. (86) Lionheart by Richard Collingridge (8/25)
268. (87) The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (8/27)*
269. (88) Riot by Walter Dean Myers (8/27)
270. (89) The Prince without a Kingdom by Timothée de Fombelle (8/28)*
271. (90) Grimm's Fairy Tales Read by an award-winning cast (8/31)

September (16)
272. (91) Super Happy Magic Forest by Matty Long (9/1)
273. (92) The Inquisitor's Tale: or the three magical children and their holy dog by Adam Gidwitz (9/3)*
274. (93) My First Book of Hockey by the editors of SIKids (9/4)
275. (94) The Singing Bones by Shaun Tan (9/5)*

Summer's over! Back to School!
276. An Ember in Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (9/6)*
277. Who Broke the Teapot by Bill Slavin (9/8)
278. A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord (9/9)*
279. Isabella for Real by Margie Palatini (9/10)
280. Run by Kody Keplinger (9/11)*
281. Audacity Jones to the Rescue (9/12)
282. Neil Armstrong is My Uncle: and other lies Muscle Man McGinty told me by Nan Marino (9/15)
283. Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick (9/16)*
284. Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart (9/19)
285. Pug Meets Pig by Sue Lowell Gallion (9/21)*

286. Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty (9/22)
287. A Torch against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (9/25)* 
288. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds (9/30)*

October (26)
289. Jackaby by William Ritter (10/2)*
290. The Oodlethunks: Oona Finds an Egg by Adele Griffin (10/3)
291. The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner (10/8)
292. Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (10/8)*
293. The Bronze Key by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare (10/10)*
294. This is the House That Monsters Built by Steve Metzger (10/11)
295. Tony Baloney: Yo Ho Ho Halloween by Pam Muñoz Ryan (10/11)
296. Chee-Kee by Sujean Rim (10/12)
297. So Few of Me by Peter H. Reynolds (10/12)
298. The Best Man by Richard Peck (10/13)
299. Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to (Not) Growing Up by Tommy Greenwald (10/14)
300. The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork (10/16)
301. Bad Kitty Scaredy Cat by Nick Bruel (10/16)
302. King of the Bench: No Fear! by Steve Moore (10/17) (SLJ review)
303. Footloose by Kenny Loggins (10/19)
304. Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.k. Johnston (10/22)
305. Moo by Sharon Creech (10/23)*
306. Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet (10/23)
307. Steg-o-normous by Adele Griffin (10/26)
308. Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton (10/27)
309. What's Up, Chuck? by Leo Landry (10/28)
310. What Color is a Kiss? by (10/28) 
311. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (10/29)*
312. Luther's Halloween by Cari Meister (10/31)
313. By the Light of a Halloween Moon (10/31)
314. The Water Princess by Susan Verde (10/31)*

November (Picture Book Month)
315. The Cookie Fiasco by Dan Santat (11/1)*
316. Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith (11/1)*
317. Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland (11/2)
318. Barnacle is Bored by Jonathan Fenske (11/2)*
319. Ten Hungry Pigs by Derek Anderson (11/2)
320. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (11/2)*
321. Masterminds by Gordon Korman (11/2)
322. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (11/3)
323. This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (11/3)
324. We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen (11/3)
325. Shy by Deborah Freedman (11/4)*
326. Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre (11/4)*
327. ABC: the alphabet from the sky by Benedikt Gross and Joey Lee (11/4)*
328. Double Down by Jeff Kinney (11/5)
329. Living Fossils: clues to the past by Caroline Arnold (11/7)
330. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer (11/8)
331. Duck for President by Doreen Cronin (11/8)*
332. Darcy Swipes Left by Jane Austen & Courtney Carbone (11/9)
333. Return by Aaron Becker (11/9)*
334. Wish by Barbara O'Connor (11/10)*
335. Scrooge #worstgiftever by Charles Dickens/ Brett Wright (11/11)
336. The Tapper Twins Run for President by Geoff Rodkey (11/11)*
337. The Job: true tales from the life of a New York City cop by Steve Osborne (11/13)
338. Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke (11/13)
339. Journey by Aaron Becker (11/14)*
340. One More Thing: stories and other stories by B.J. Novak (11/15)
341. Dream Jumper Book One: Nightmare Escape by Greg Grunberg & Lucas Turnbloom (11/16)
342. Tiny Stitches: the life of medical pioneer Vivian Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks (11/16)*
343. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (11/16)
344. It's Not Easy Being Number Three by Drew Dernavich (11/17)
345. I Don't Want to be Big! by Dev Petty (11/17)
346. Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (11/18)
347. Masterminds Book 2: Criminal Destiny by Gordon Korman (11/20)
348. A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston (11/21)*
349. Little Mouse's Big Book of Beasts by Emily Gravett (11/22) 
350. Teacup by Rebecca Young (11/23)*
351. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (11/26)
352. To the Stars! The first American woman to walk in space by Carmella Van Vleet & Dr. Kathy Sullivan (11/28)
353. Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson (11/28)*
354. Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari (11/29)*
355. Plants Can't Sit Still by Rebecca E. Hirsch (11/29)
356. Giant Squid by Candace Fleming (11/30)*

December (32)
357. Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes (12/1)
358. Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas by Tedd Arnold (12/1)
359. The Ones by Daniel Sweren-Becker (12/4)
360. The Ninjabread Man by C.J. Leigh (12/4)
361. The Haunting of Falcon House by Eugene Yelchin (12/5)
362. Applesauce Weather by Helen Frost (12/9)
363. Yvain: the knight of the lion by M.T. Anderson (12/9)
364. Heartless by Marissa Meyer (12/11)*
365. The Goat by Anne Fleming (12/11) (SLJ review)
366. God Bless the Gargoyles by Dav Pilkey (12/13)
367. Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim (12/13)*
368. Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan (12/14)*
369. Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley (12/17)
370. Booked by Kwame Alexander (12/17)
371. Jedi Academy: a new class by Jarrett J.Krosoczka (12/18)
372. Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen (12/18)*
373. Brave Like My Brother by Marc Tyler Nobleman (12/19)
374. Come Home, Angus by Patrick Downes (12/19)
375. Samurai Rising: the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner (12/20)*
376. Super Bugs by Michelle Meadows (12/21)
377. Wet Cement by Bob Raczka (12/21)
378. Before Morning by Joyce Sidman (12/21)
379. They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel (12/21)
380. Snow White: a graphic novel by Matt Phelan (12/22)*
381. Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm (12/22)
382. Please Say Please by Kyle T. Webster (12/23)
383. The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright (12/23)
384. A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy (12/25)
385. Cleonardo: the little inventor by Mary GrandPré (12/28)
386. A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney (12/28)
387. Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan (12/28)*
388. Awesome America: Everything You Wanted to Know about History, People, and Culture by Time for Kids (12/29)
389. The Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice (12/29)
390. The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (12/31)