Sunday, December 31, 2017

2017 Reading

January (48)
1. Making Friends with Billy Wong by Augusta Scattergood (1/1)
2. Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood. (1/1)
3. Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Unpleasant Penguins from Pluto by Dav Pilkey (1/2)
4. Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar (1/2)
5. I'll Wait Mr. Panda by Steve Antony (1/2)
6. Fly Guy Presents: Snakes by Tedd Arnold (1/3)
7. Bad Kitty Does Not Like Snow by Nick Bruel (1/4)
8. Octopus Escapes Again! by Laurie Ellen Angus (1/4)
9. Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis (1/5)
10. Warren the 13th and the All-seeing Eye by Tania del Rio (1/5)
11. The Science Fair is Freaky by Jack Chabert (1/7)
12. Three Pennies by Melanie Crowder (1/8) (SLJ review)
13. The Midnight Star by Marie Lu (1/8)
14. Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (1/8)
15. Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell (1/8)*
16. Wolf in the Snow by Matt Cordell (1/9)*
17. Seven and a half tons of steel by Janet Nolan (1/10)*
18. Safe in a Storm by Steven R. Swinburne (1/11)
19. Where did all the Dinos Go? by Jim Benton (1/11)
20. Super Rawr! by Todd H. Doodler (1/11)
21. Gary's Garden by Gary Northfield (1/11)
22. When It Snows by Richard Collingridge (1/11)
23. Under Earth, Under Water (1/13)
24. A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom (1/14)
25. Will's Words by Jane Sutcliffe (1/15)
26. Now You See Them, Now You Don't by David L. Harrison (1/15)
27. Penguins Love Color by Sarah Aspinall (1/15)
28. Hungry Bird by Jeremy Tankard (1/15)
29. Doing Her Bit: a story about the Woman's Land Army of America by Erin Hagar (1/15)
30. Kai to the Rescue! by Audrey Penn (1/15)
31. Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin (1/15)
32. Rise of the Wolf by Jennifer A. Nielsen (1/16)
33. Are Pirates Polite by Corinne Demas & Artemis Roehrig (1/16)
34. Pirasaurs by Josh Funk (1/ 16)
35. Little Dee and the Penguins (1/17)
36. King Baby by Kate Beaton (1/19)
37. The Wizard's Dog by Eric Kahn Gale (1/21)
38. Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (1/24)
39. Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (1/24) (reread)
40. Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins (1/24)
41. 7 Ate 9: the untold story by Tara Lazar (1/25)
42. Heart to Heart by Lois Ehlert (1/25)
43. The Possible by Tara Altebrando (1/28)
44. Sea Otter Heroes by Patricia Newman (1/29)
45. The King of Kazoo by Norm Feuti (1/29)
46. Claymates by Dev Petty (1/30)
47. When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin (1/30)*
48. A Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires (1/31)

February (35)
49. Ghost by Jason Reynolds (2/2)
50. Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol (2/2)
51. Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds (2/3)
52. Duck, Duck, Porcupine! by Salina Yoon (2/3)*
53. XO, OX: a love story by Adam Rex (2/3)
54. As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds (2/5)*
55. 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy (2/6)*
56. Chengdu Can Do by Barry Saltzburg (2/6)
57. Chengdu Could Not Would Not Fall Asleep by Barry Saltzburg (2/7)
58. BunnyBear by Andrea J. Loney (2/7)
59. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (2/7)*
60. Dream by Matthew Cordell (2/10)
61. Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson (2/10)
62. Mighty Moby by Barbara Dacosta (2/11)
63. Henry and the Chalk Dragon by Jennifer Trafton (2/12)
64. Rivers of Sunlight: how the sun moves water around the Earth by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm (2/12)*
65. Rudas: Niño's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales (2/14)
66. What's the Scoop on Animal Poop? by Dawn Cusick (2/14)
67. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (2/15)
68. Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems (2/15)
69. Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems (2/15) 
70. Be the Change: a Grandfather Gandhi story by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus (2/16)*
71. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (2/18)
72. P.S. I Like You by Kasie West (2/19)
73. When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin (2/19)
74. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia (2/21)(SLJ review)
75. How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora (2/22)
76. The Secrets to Ruling the School: Class Election by Neil Swaab (2/23)
77. The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds (2/24)
78. The Poet's Dog by Patricia McLachlan (2/25)
79. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy (2/26)*
80. Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus (2/26)
81. The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla (2/27)*
82. Dolphin Rescue by Catherine Nichols (2/27)
83. Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner (2/28)

March (37)
84. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (3/1)
85. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss (3/1)
86. Penguin Day: a family story by Nic Bishop (3/1)*
87. Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis (3/1)
88. Life on Mars by Jon Agee (3/1)
89. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (3/1)*
90. Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss (3/2)
91. Hello, Mr. Dodo by Nicholas John Frith (3/3)
92. Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan (3/4)
93. Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey (3/5)
94. I am (Not) Scared by Anna Kang (3/6)
95. The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry (3/6)*
96. You are (Not) Small by Anna Kang (3/7)
97. That's (Not) Mine by Anna Kang (3/7)
98. This & That by Mem Fox (3/8)
99. Are We Still Friends by Ruth Horowitz (3/8)
100. How do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets? by Jane Yolen (3/9)
101. Clifford's Good Deeds by Norman Bridwell (3/10)
102. Farm Friends Escape! by Gail Herman (3/10)
103. The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey (3/13)*
104. Press Start! #1: Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! by Thomas Flintham (3/13)
105. The Haters by Jesse Andrews (3/14)
106. The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle (3/14)*
107. The Warden's Daughter by Jerry Spinelli (3/15)
108. Bunny vs. Monkey Book Two by Jamie Smart (3/16)
109. Rain by Sam Usher (3/17)
110. A Greyhound, A Ground Hog by Emily Jenkins (3/18)
111. Triangle by Mac Barnett (3/18)
112. Fish Girl by David Wiesner and Donna Jo Napoli (3/19)*
113. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge (3/21)*
114. The Hidden Life of a Toad by Doug Wechsler (3/22)
115. The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable by Aaron Blabey (3/22)
116. I will Love You by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (3/24)
117. Old Turtle Questions of the Heart by Douglas Wood (3/24)
118. Bunny vs. Monkey #2 by Jamie Smart (3/25)
119. How Rude! 10 real bugs who won't mind their manners by Heather L. Montgomery (3/27)
120. Far, Far Away by Tom McNeal (3/30)*

April (25)
121. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (4/5)*
122. Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker (4/7)
123. The Land of Stories: the enchantress returns by Chris Colfer (4/8)
124. My First Book of Soccer by SI Kids (4/9)
125. This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith (4/10)
126. Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee (4/10)* (audio reread)
127. Brave by Stacey McAnulty (4/11)
128. Yvain: the knight of the lion by M.T. Anderson (4/14)*
129. Pig and Goose and the First Day of Spring by Rebecca Bond (4/14)
130. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya (4/16)
131. I am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer (4/18)
132. Wires and Nerves by Marissa Meyer (4/18)
133. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (4/18)**
134. Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey (4/19)
135. Yellow by Megan Jacobson (4/20)*
136. Josh Baxter Levels Up by Gavin Brown (4/21)
137. Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz (4/23)*
138. Big Book of Animals: A Lego Adventure in the Real World (4/24)
139. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (4/24)
140. Ollie's Odyssey by William Joyce (4/26)
141. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens (4/28)*
142. Six Dots: a story of young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant (4/28)
143. The Night She Disappeared by April Henry (4/28)
144. Into the Grey by Celine Kiernan (4/29)*
145. The Ultimate Guide to Gardening by Lisa Amstutz (4/30)

May (26)
146. Malala: activist for girls' education by (5/1)*
147. The Search for Olinguito: discovering a new species by Sandra Markle (5/2)*
148. Pirate's Perfect Pet by Beth Ferry (5/3)*
149. The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Jane Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (5/3)*
150. Hey, Boy by Benjamin Strouse (5/4)
151. Blip by Barnaby Richards (5/4)
152. Goldfish Ghost by Lemony Snicket (5/4)
153. The Bear Who Wasn't There by LeUyen Pham (5/4)*
154. We're All Wonders by R. J. Palacio (5/5)
155. The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond (5/5)
156. Shine by Patrick McDonnell (5/5)
157. How to Build a Museum by Tonya Bolden (5/5)*
158. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth (5/6)
159. Pride: celebrating diversity and community by Robin Stevenson (5/9)
160. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (5/9)
161. The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf (5/14)
162. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (5/16) 
163. Moto and Me: my year as a wildcat's foster mom by Suzi Eszterhas (5/17)*
164. The Hawk of the Castle: a story of Medieval falconry by Danna Smith (5/17)*
165. Like a Bird: the art of the American slave song by Cynthia Grady (5/18)
166. Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle (5/21)*
167. How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me from Robots, Traitors and Missy the Cruel by Jennifer Brown (5/26)*
168. Where You'll Find Me by Natasha Friend (5/27)
169. The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz (5/28)
170. A Different Pond by Bao Phi (5/29)
171. Wrath of the Storm by Jennifer A. Nielsen (5/29)


June (24)
172. Snappsy the Alligator and his Best Friend Forever by Julie Falatko (6/2)
173. Before She was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome (6/2)
174. The Nutcracker in Harlem by T.E. McMorrow (6/2)
175. Sea Otter Rescue by Suzi Eszterhas (6/2)
176. Welcome: a Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals (6/2)
177. The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak (6/3)
178. Their Great Gift by John Coy (6/5)
179. The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan Thornhill (6/5)*
180. Pink is for Blobfish by Jess Keating (6/5)
181. Hopping Ahead of Climate Change: snowshoe hares, science and survival by Sneed Collard (6/6)
182. Stepping Stones: a refugee family's story by Margriet Ruurs (6/7)*
183. King of the Bench: Control Freak by Steve Moore (6/8)
184. Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot by Dav Pilkey (6/9)*
185. The Playbook: 52 rules to aim, shoot, and score in this game called life by Kwame Alexander (6/10)
186. Serafina and the Twisted Staff by Robert Beatty (6/10)
187. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandyha Menon (6/10)
188. In the Shadow of Liberty: the hidden history of slavery, four presidents and five black lives by Kenneth C. Davis (6/11)
189. Be the One by Byron Pitts (6/12)
190. Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey (6/14)* (reread aloud with students)
191. Demon Dentist by David Walliams (6/15)
192. Pathfinder by Angie Sage (6/19)*
193. Super Diaper Baby Two: the invasion of the potty snatchers by Dav Pilkey (6/21)
Summer Reading
194. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (6/26) (SLJ review)(1)
195. The Gathering (Shadow House #1) by Dan Poblocki (6/28)(2)
196. Orangutan Orphanage by Suzi Eszterhaus (6/29)(3)

July (43)
197. Welcome to Camp Woggle (Oodlethunks #3) by Adele Griffin (7/1)(4)
198. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie (7/1)(5)
199. Babymouse: Tales from the Locker: Lights, Camera, Middle School! by Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm (7/2)(6)
200. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor (7/3)(7)
201. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (7/4)*(8)
202. Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (7/5)(9)
203. Melvin the Mouth: Young Mel Blanc...before he was the Man of 1000 Voices by Katherine Blanc (7/6) (SLJ review)(10)
204. See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng (7/7)(11)
205. All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson (7/8)*(12)
206. Voyager's Greatest Hits: the epic trek to interstellar space by Alexandra Siy (7/9)*(13)
207. Strong as Sandow: how Eugen Sandow became the Strongest Man on Earth by Don Tate (7/10)(14)
208. Matylda Bright and Tender by Holly McGhee (7/10)*(15)
209. The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown (7/11)*(16)
210. The Secret Project by Jonah Winter and Jeanette Winter (7/11)(17)
211. Not Quite Narwal by Jessie Sima (7/11)(18)
212. Life by Cynthia Rylant (7/11)(19)
213. Pocket Full of Colors: the magical world of Mary Blair, Disney artist extraordinaire by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville (7/11)(20)
214. The World is Not a Rectangle: a portrait of architect Zaha Hadid (7/11)(21)
215. Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds (7/11)(22)
216. Cleopatra in Space #3: Secret of the Time Tablets by Mike Maihack (7/12)(23)
217. Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Peña (7/12)(24)
218. Why am I Me? by Paige Britt (7/14)*(25)
219. Olivia the Spy by Ian Falconer (7/14)(26)
220. Bizzy Mizz Lizzie by David Shannon (7/14)(27)
221. The World is not a Rectangle: a portrait of architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter (7/14)(28)
222. The Incredible Magic of Being by Kathryn Erskine (7/15)(29)
223. The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas (7/16)*(30)
224. Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (7/16)*(31)
225. ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! Olinguito, from A to Z! Unveiling the Cloud Forest by Lulu Deacre (7/18) (32)
226. Lemons by Melissa Savage (7/19)(33)
227. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (7/20)*(34)
228. The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade by Jordan Sonnenblick (7/21)*(35)
229. The Call by Paedar O'Guillin (7/23)(36)
230. Hockey Then to Wow! by SI Kids (7/23)(37)
231. Side Tracked by Diana Harmon Asher (7/24)*(38)
232. Dream On, Amber by Emma Shevah (7/25)*(39)
233. Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson (7/26)*(40)
234. Koala Hospital by Suzi Eszterhas (7/27)(41)
235. The Names Project by Larry Dane Brimner (7/27)(42)
236. Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova (7/28)(43)
237. Dreidels on the Brain by Joel Ben Izzy (7/29)*(44)
238. Bugs by Animal Planet (7/30)(45)
239. Things That Surprise You by Jennifer Maschari (7/31)(46)

August (45)
240. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman (8/1)(47)
241. Ashes to Asheville by Sarah Dooley (8/1)(48)
242. Dara Palmer's Major Drama by Emma Shevah (8/2)(49)
243. Time for Kids Presidents of the United States (8/3)(50)
244. Animal Planet: Strange, Unusual, Gross & Cool Animals (8/3)(51)
245. The Big Dark by Rodman Philbrick (8/4)(52)
246. Greenglass House by Kate Milford (8/5)(53)
247. Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey (8/6)(54)
248. Shark Lady: the true story of how Eugenie Clark became the ocean's most fearless scientist by Jess Keating (8/6)*(55)
249. Abraham by Frank Keating (8/6)(56)
250. Brave by Svetlana Chmakova (8/7)*(57)
251. The Adventures of Henry Whiskers by Gigi Priebe (8/7)(58)
252. Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins (8/8)*(59)
253. The Long Way Home by Gigi Priebe (8/8)(60)
254. Sting: a Loot Novel by Jude Watson (8/8)(61)
255. Beastly Bones (Jakaby #2) by William Ritter (8/10)*(62)
256. National Geographic Kids National Parks Guide (8/11)(63)
257. Garbage Night by Jen Lee (8/11)(64)
258. The Red Bandanna by Tom Rinaldi (8/12)(65)
259. Ghostly Echoes (Jakaby #3) by William Ritter (8/13)(66)
260. Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg (8/14)(67)
261. Beauty and the Beak: how science, technology, and a 3D-printed beak rescued a Bald Eagle by Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp (8/16)*(68)
262. P.S., I Still Love You by Jenny Han (8/16)(69)
263. How Could We Harness a Hurricane by Vicki Cobb (8/18)(70)
264. Bull by David Elliott (8/19)(71)
265. The Dog Ray by Linda Coggin (8/19)(72)
266. Billy Bloo is Stuck in Goo by Jennifer Hamburg (8/19)(73)
267. Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson (8/20)(74)
268. Grand Canyon by Jason Chin (8/20)*(75)
269. The Beatles: All Our Yesterdays by Jason Quinn (8/21)(76)
270. Martin Rising: requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney (8/22)*(77)
271. Birds vs. Blades? Offshore wind power and the race to protect seabirds by Rebecca E. Hirsch (8/22)*(78)
272. Tumble and Blue by Cassie Beasley (8/22)*(79)
273. This is Really Happening by Erin Chack (8/23)(80)
274. Between Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan (8/24)*(81)
275. Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko (audio reread)(8/24)*(82)
276. Animal Planet: Animal Bites: Baby Animals (8/25)(83)
277. Animal Planet: Animal Bites: Animals on the Move (8/25)(84)
278. Tank Man: how a photograph defined China's protest movement by Michael Burgan (7/26)(85)
279. The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti (8/26)(86)
280. Gone by Michael Grant (8/30)*(87)
281. Karl, Get Out of the Garden: Carolus Linnaeus and the naming of everything by Anita Sanchez (8/31)*(88)
282. The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito (8/31)*(89)
283. Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat by Sue Lowell Gallion (8/31)(90)*
284. Zoo Scientists to the Rescue by Patricia Newman (8/31)(91)*

September (30)
285. Frederick Douglass: the lion who wrote history by Walter Dean Myers (9/1)(92)*
286. Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song by Gary Golio (9/1)(93)*
287. Trudy's Big Swim: how Gerturde Ederle swam the English Channel and took the world by storm by Sue Macy (9/1)(94)*
288. Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han (9/2)(95)
289. Streetcar to Justice: how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth (9/3)(96)
290. Thornhill by Pam Smy (9/3)(97)
291. Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler (9/4)(98)
292. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya (9/4)(99)(Audio reread)*
293. Swear to Howdy by Wendelin Van Draanan (9/4)(100)
294. Fire Birds: valuing natural wildfires and burned forests by Sneed B. Collard III (9/6)*
295. Snakes! by James Buckley, Jr. (9/7)
296. Good Dog! by Nicola Jane Swinney (9/8)
297. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (9/9)*
298. Jumping the Scratch by Sarah Weeks (9/10)
299. The Adventurers Guild by Zack Loren Clark and Nick Eliopulos (9/11)*
300. Angus and Sadie by Cynthia Voigt (9/12)
301. A Time to Act: John F. Kennedy's Big speech by Shana Corey (9/13)
302. A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (9/13)*
303. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Adam Rex (9/14)
304. Our Food by Grace Lin and Ranida T. McKneally (9/14)
305. The Many Worlds of Albie Bright by Christopher Edge (9/16)
306. Restart by Gordon Korman (9/17)
307. Ban This Book by Alan Gratz (9/18)
308. Balderdash! John Newbery and the boisterous birth of children's books by Michelle Markel (9/18)
309. Motor Girls: how women took the wheel and drove boldly into the twentieth century by Sue Macy (9/19)
310. Bear and Chicken by Jannie Ho (9/20)
311. Hook's Tale: being the account of an unjustly villainized pirate written by himself (9/20)*
312. Listen: how Pete Seeger got America singing by Leda Schubert (9/24)
313. The Reader by Traci Chee (9/24)
314. The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Carr (9/30)

October (18)
315. This is a Good Story by Adam Lehrhaupt (10/1)
316. Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke (10/3)*
317. We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson (10/5)
318. Life on Surtsey by Loree Griffin Burns (10/6)*(SLJ)
319. Hidden Human Computers: the black women of NASA by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris (10/10)
320. i hate everyone but you by Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin (10/15)
321. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (10/15)
322. Wonderstruck the Movie by Brian Selznick (10/17)
323. Refugee by Alan Gratz (10/17)*
324. Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder (10/21)
325. Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee (10/22)*
326. Life is Like a Musical by Tim Federle (10/22)*
327. Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (10/25)*
328. Polly and Her Duck Costume: the true story of a little blind rescue goat by Leanne Lauricella (10/27)
329. I am Peace by Susan Verde (10/27)*
330. What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton (10/28)
331. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney (10/28)*
332. Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor (10/29)

November
333. After the Fall: how Humpty Dumpty got back up again by Dan Santat (11/1)*
334. Pig the Winner by Aaron Blabey (11/2)
335. Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares (11/3)*
336. Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon by Annette Bay Pimentel (11/3)
337. Love by Matt de la Peña (11/3)
338. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (11/4)
339. Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz (11/4)
340. Plankton is Pushy by Jonathan Fenske (11/6)*
341. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (11/6)*
342. The One Day House by Julia Durango (11/7)
343. Jack B. Ninja by Tim McCanna (11/8)
344. Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey (11/8)*
345. Every Shiny Thing by Cordelia Jensen and Laurie Morrison (11/12)(SLJ)
346. The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson (11/12)*
347. Traveling the Blue Road: poems of the sea edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (11/16)*
348. Once and for All by Sarah Dessen (11/18)
349. Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (11/19)
350. The Silver Mask by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare (11/20)
351. Graceful by Wendy Mass (11/20)
352. Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key taught the world about kindness by Donna Janell Bowman (11/21)*
353. The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His Lesson the Hard Way by Patrick McDonnell (11/22)*
354. Writing Radar by Jack Gantos (11/23)
355. Slider by Pete Hautman (11/25)
356. Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht (11/27)
357. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12) by Jeff Kinney (11/27)
358. The Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin (11/28)*
359. Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin(11/29)
360. Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone by Alice Briere-Haquet (11/30)
361. Around the World in a Bathtub by Wade Bradford (11/30)

December
362. Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship by Irene Latham and Charles Waters (12/1)*
363. Between the Lines by Nikki Grimes (12/2)
364. Beach Party Surf Monkey by Chris Grabenstein (12/2)
365. The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud (12/2)*
366. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee (12/3)*
367. Crown: ode to a fresh cut by Derrick Barnes (12/5)*
368. The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta (12/7)*
369. Snow by Sam Usher (12/8)
370. Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden (12/10)
371. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty (12/11)(SLJ review)*
372. Real Friends by Shannon Hale (12/14)*
373. Poop Detectives by Ginger Wadsworth (12/15)*
374. Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers (12/15)*
375. Uncommon Type: some stories by Tom Hanks (12/16)
376. King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard (12/17)
377. Big Machines: the story of Virginia Lee Burton by Sherri Duskey Rinker (12/27)*
378. How to Say I Love You in Five Languages by Kenard Pak
379. The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon by Frances Polietti & Kristina Yee (12/27)
380. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the case of R.B.G vs. inequality by Jonah Winter (12/27)
381. Dangerous Jane by Suzanne Slade (12/27)
382. The Book of Dust: Vol. 1: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman (12/28)*
383. Serafina and the Splintered Heart by Robert Beatty (12/29)
384. Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens (12/30)
385. The Good for Nothing Button! by Cherise Mericle Harper (12/31)
386. Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say (12/31)*
387. Mama Lion Wins the Race by Jon J. Muth (12/31)
388. Robinson by Peter Sís (12/31)*
389. Martina & Chrissie by Phil Bildner (12/31)
390. Blue Sky White Stars by Savinder Naberhaus (12/31)* 





2017 Picture Books

Because one is never too old for picture books. I would like to try to read a picture book a day for 2017.

January (21)
1. Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood. (1/1)
2. I'll Wait Mr. Panda by Steve Antony (1/2)
3.  Bad Kitty Does Not Like Snow by Nick Bruel (1/4)
4. Octopus Escapes Again! by Laurie Ellen Angus (1/4)
5. Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis (1/5)
6. Wolf in the Snow by Matt Cordell (1/9)*
7. Seven and a half tons of steel by Janet Nolan (1/10)*
8. Safe in a Storm by Steven R. Swinburne (1/11)
9. Where did all the dinos go? by Jim Benton (1/11)
10. Super Rawr! by Todd H. Doodler (1/11)
11. When It Snows by Richard Collingridge (1/11)
12. Will's Words by Jane Sutcliffe (1/15)
13. Now You See Them, Now You Don't by David L. Harrison (1/15)
14. Penguins Love Color by Sarah Aspinall (1/15)
15. Hungry Bird by Jeremy Tankard (1/15)
16. Doing Her Bit: a story about the Woman's Land Army of America by Erin Hagar (1/15)
17. Kai to the Rescue! by Audrey Penn (1/15)
18. Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin (1/15)
19. Are Pirates Polite by Corinne Demas & Artemis Roehrig (1/16)
20. Pirasaurs by Josh Funk (1/ 16)
21. King Baby by Kate Beaton (1/16)

February (20)
22. Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol (2/2)
23. Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds (2/3)
24. Duck, Duck, Porcupine! by Salina Yoon (2/3)*
25. XO, OX: a love story by Adam Rex (2/3)
26. 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy (2/6)*
27. Chengdu Can Do by Barry Saltzburg (2/6)
28. Chengdu Could Not Would Not Fall Asleep by Barry Saltzburg (2/7)
29. BunnyBear by Andrea J. Loney (2/7)
30. Dream by Matthew Cordell (2/10)
31. Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson (2/10)
32. Mighty Moby by Barbara Dacosta (2/11)
33. Rivers of Sunlight: how the sun moves water around the Earth by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm (2/12)*
34. Rudas: Niño's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales (2/14)
35. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (2/15)
36. Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems (2/15)
37. Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems (2/15) 
38. Be the Change: a Grandfather Gandhi story by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus (2/16)*
39. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy (2/26)*
40. Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi and Bethan Hegedus (2/26)
41. Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner (2/28)

March (19)
42. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (3/1)
43. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss (3/1)
44. Penguin Day: a family story by Nic Bishop (3/1)*
45. Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis (3/1)
46. Life on Mars by Jon Agee (3/1)
47. Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss (3/2)
48. Hello, Mr. Dodo by Nicholas John Frith (3/3)
49. I am (Not) Scared by Anna Kang (3/6)
50. You are (Not) Small by Anna Kang (3/7)
51. That's (Not) Mine by Anna Kang (3/7)
52. This & That by Mem Fox (3/8)
53. Are We Still Friends by Ruth Horowitz (3/8)
54. How do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets? by Jane Yolen (3/9)
55. Clifford's Good Deeds by Norman Bridwell (3/10)
56. Rain by Sam Usher (3/17)
57. A Greyhound, A Ground Hog by Emily Jenkins (3/18)
58. Triangle by Mac Barnett (3/18)
59. I will Love You by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (3/24)
60. Old Turtle Questions of the Heart by Douglas Wood (3/24)

April (7)
61. My First Book of Soccer by SI Kids (4/9)
62. Brave by Stacey McAnulty (4/11)
63. Pig and Goose and the First Day of Spring by Rebecca Bond (4/14)
64. I am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer (4/18)
65. Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey (4/19)
66. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens (4/28)*
67. Six Dots: a story of young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant 

May (13)
68. Malala: activist for girls' education by (5/1)*
69. Pirate's Perfect Pet by Beth Ferry (5/3)*
70. The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Jane Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (5/3)*
71. Hey, Boy by Benjamin Strouse (5/4)
72. Blip by Barnaby Richards (5/4)
73. Goldfish Ghost by Lemony Snicket (5/4)
74. The Bear Who Wasn't There by LeUyen Pham (5/4)*
75. We're All Wonders by R. J. Palacio (5/5)
76. The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond (5/5)
77. Shine by Patrick McDonnell (5/5)
78. The Hawk of the Castle: a story of Medieval falconry by Danna Smith (5/17)*
79. Like a Bird: the art of the American slave song by Cynthia Grady (5/18)
80. A Different Pond by Bao Phi (5/29)

June (4)
81. Snappsy the Alligator and his Best Friend Forever by Julie Falatko (6/2)
82. Before She was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome (6/2)
83. The Nutcracker in Harlem by T.E. McMorrow (6/2)
84. Welcome: a Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals (6/2)

July (13)
85.  Melvin the Mouth: Young Mel Blanc...before he was the Man of 1000 Voices by Katherine Blanc 
86. Strong as Sandow: how Eugen Sandow became the Strongest Man on Earth by Don Tate (7/10)
87. The Secret Project by Jonah Winter and Jeanette Winter (7/11)
88. Not Quite Narwal by Jessie Sima (7/11)
89. Life by Cynthia Rylant (7/11)
90. Pocket Full of Colors: the magical world of Mary Blair, Disney artist extraordinaire by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville (7/11)
91. The World is Not a Rectangle: a portrait of architect Zaha Hadid (7/11)
92. Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds (7/11)
93. Why am I Me? by Paige Britt (7/14)*
94. Olivia the Spy by Ian Falconer (7/14)
95. Bizzy Mizz Lizzie by David Shannon (7/14)
96. The World is not a Rectangle: a portrait of architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter (7/14)
97. ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! Olinguito, from A to Z! Unveiling the Cloud Forest by Lulu Deacre (7/18)

August (8)
98. Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey (8/6)
99. Shark Lady: the true story of how Eugenie Clark became the ocean's most fearless scientist by Jess Keating (8/6)*
100. Abraham by Frank Keating (8/6)
101. Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins (8/8)*
102. Billy Bloo is Stuck in Goo by Jennifer Hamburg (8/18)
103.  Karl, Get Out of the Garden: Carolus Linnaeus and the naming of everything by Anita Sanchez (8/31)*
104. The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito (8/31)*
105. Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat by Sue Lowell Gallion (8/31)(90)*

September (9)
106. Frederick Douglass: the lion who wrote history by Walter Dean Myers (9/1)(92)*
107. Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song by Gary Golio (9/1)(93)*
108. Trudy's Big Swim: how Gerturde Ederle swam the English Channel and took the world by storm by Sue Macy (9/1)(94)*
109. A Time to Act: John F. Kennedy's Big speech by Shana Corey (9/13)
110. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Adam Rex (9/14)
111. Our Food by Grace Lin and Ranida T. McKneally (9/14)
112. Balderdash! John Newbery and the boisterous birth of children's books by Michelle Markel (9/18)
113. Bear and Chicken by Jannie Ho (9/20)
114. Listen: how Pete Seeger got America singing by Leda Schubert (9/24)

October (4)
115. This is a Good Story by Adam Lehrhaupt (10/1)
116. Polly and Her Duck Costume: the true story of a little blind rescue goat by Leanne Lauricella (10/27)
117. I am Peace by Susan Verde (10/17)*
118. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney (10/28)*

November (Picture Book Month) (14)
119. After the Fall: how Humpty Dumpty got back up again by Dan Santat (11/1)*
120. Pig the Winner by Aaron Blabey (11/2)
121. Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares (11/3)*
122. Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon by Annette Bay Pimentel (11/3)
123. Love by Matt de la Peña (11/3)
124. Plankton is Pushy by Jonathan Fenske (11/6)*
125. The One Day House by Julia Durango (11/7)
126. Jack B. Ninja by Tim McCanna (11/8)
127. Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey (11/8)*Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key taught the world about kindness by Donna Janell Bowman (11/21)*
128. The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His Lesson the Hard Way by Patrick McDonnell (11/22)*
129. Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht (11/27)
130.  Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone by Alice Briere-Haquet (11/30)
131. Around the World in a Bathtub by Wade Bradford (11/30)

December
132. Big Machines: the story of Virginia Lee Burton by Sherri Duskey Rinker (12/27)*
133. How to Say I Love You in Five Languages by Kenard Pak
134. The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon by Frances Polietti & Kristina Yee (12/27)
135. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the case of R.B.G vs. inequality by Jonah Winter (12/27)
136. Dangerous Jane by Suzanne Slade (12/27)
137. The Good for Nothing Button! by Cherise Mericle Harper (12/31)
138. Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say (12/31)*
139. Mama Lion Wins the Race by Jon J. Muth (12/31)
140. Robinson by Peter Sís (12/31)*