For a more up-to-date view of what I’ve read so far this year, visit my 2012 Goodreads Challenge page.
Books Read in 2011
- I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly
- The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
- Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
- Jack and the Box by Art Spiegelman
- Rapunzel’s Amazing Hair by Kiki Thorpe
- The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger
- Mercury by Hope Larson
- Fancy Nancy My Family History by
- We are in a book! by Mo Willems
- Olivia Goes to Venice by Ian Falconer
- The Adventures of Granny Clearwater by Kimberly Willis Holt
- Lulu and the Brontosauraus by Judith Viorst
- Melody Vol. 1 by Ilias Kyriazis
- The Adventures of Granny Clearwater by Kimberly Willis Holt
- Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
- Grandma’s Gift by Eric Velasquez
- Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
- The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon
- Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri
- The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
- Here by Wislawa Szymborska
- In Front of my House by Marianne Dubuc
- Foster by Claire Keegan
- Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
- 100 Best African Americans Poems by Nikki Giovanni
- The Unsinkable Walter Bean by Aaron Renier
- Shadow by Suzy Lee
- Country Road ABC by Arthur Geisert
- The Great Monster Hunt by Norbert Landa
- Toy Story 2 Friends Forever by Melissa Lagonegro
- This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson
- Fables vol. 14 – Witches by Bill Willingham
- Red Bird by Mary Oliver
- Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! by Dr. Suess
- The Courtship of the Queen by Bruce McAllister
- Diary of Frida Kahlo
- Wolf Pie by Brenda Seabrooke
- The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson
- Spork by Kyo Maclear
- Dragon’s Stew by Steve Smallman
- Adventure Annie Goes to Kindergarten by Ton Buzzeo
- Ghostopolis by Doug Tennapel
- From North to South/Del Norte al Sur by Rene Colate Lainez
- Two Mrs. Gibsons by Toyomi Igus
- Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson
- Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
- Someone Else’s Garden by Dipkita Rai
- Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa
- The Lagoon by Lilli Carre
- Bayou Vol. 2 by Jeremy Love
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
- Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates
- Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill
- Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton
- The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-Hamilton
- The Transfigured Hart by Jane Yolen
- “Ponies” by Kij Johnson
- Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey
- She Loved Baseball by Audrey Vernick
- French Milk by Lucy Knisley
- Guyku by Bob Raczka
- Snowbots by Aaron Reynolds
- Doctor De Soto by Wiliam Steig
- The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull
- Mini Racer by Kristy Dempsey
- Lost and Found by Shaun Tan
- The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing by Darina Al-Joundi
- Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
- The Odyssey by Garth Hinds
Books Read in 2010
Picture books and elementary school reads are in italics, MG books are underlined, and YA books are bold.
- Marching for Freedom – Elizabeth Partridge
- If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States – David J. Smith
- Strega Nona’s Harvest – Tomie dePaola
- Birthday for Bear - Bonny Becker
- Finn Throws a Fit – David Elliot
- Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully - Julianne Moore
- The Doghouse – Jan Thomas
- What will Fat Cat Sit On? – Jan Thomas
- Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries, and Shakes – Bobby Flay
- Little Mouse Gets Ready – Jeff Smith
- The Storm in the Barn – Matt Phelan
- Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp – Jerry Stanley
- Committed – Elizabeth Gilbert
- Otis - Loren Long
- Knuffle Bunny – Mo Willems
- Knuffle Bunny Too - Mo Willems
- The Bearskinner - Laura Amy Schlitz
- Miss Smith and the Haunted Library -Michael Garland
- The Super Hungry Dinosaur – Martin Waddell
- 1000 Times No – Mr. Warburton
- Boo Hoo Bird - Jeremy Tankard
- Sylvia and Bird – Catherin Rayner
- The Three Pigs - David Wiesner
- Spells - Emily Gravett
- 14 Cows for America – Carmen Agra Deedy and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
- A Photographer’s Life – Annie Leibovitz
- The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin
- Spilling Open- Sabrina Ward Harrison
- Violet the Pilot – Steve Breen
- Fables Vol. 13: The Great Crossover – Bill Willingham
- Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Tribes – Seth Godin
- Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett
- Flying – Kevin Luthardt
- The Girl who Hated Books – Manjusha Pawagi
- Mrs. Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind – Judy Finchler and Kevin O’Malley
- Independent Dames by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Lion and the Mouse- Jerry Pinkney
- Running Shoes by Frederick Lipp
- 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel – Jane Smiley
- A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Tan to Tamarind by Mathali Michelle Igenyar
- Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
- I am Going: An Elephant and Piggie Book by Mo Willems
- Nate the Great and The Hungry Book Club by Marjorie Sharmat Weinman
- Princess Hyacinth by Florence Parry Hyde
- The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
- Read, Remember, Recommend by Rachelle Knight
- My People by Langston Hughes and Charles R. Smith Jr.
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes and Charles R. Smith Jr
- The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
- This is Water by David Foster Wallace
- The Cuckoo’s Haiku by Michael J Rosen
- The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang
- Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh
- Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee by Marissa Moss
- Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo
- Iggie’s House by Judy Blume
- The Tale of Hilda Louise by Oliver Dunrea
- Pieces of Me by Charlotte Gingras
- Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- The Boy Who Ate Stars – Kochka
- This is Water by David Foster Wallace
- All the World by Liz Garton
- Pigs Make me Sneeze – Mo Willems
- Bear Flies High -Michael Rosen
- I Am Going by Mo Willems
- Angels in America Part 1 by Tony Kushner
- Angels in America Part 2 by Tony Kushner
- Gemma – Meg Tilly
- First Part Last by Angela Johnson
- Black is for Beginnings by Laurie Faria Stolarz
- The Good Neighbors Book 1: Kin by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
- The Good Neighbors Book 2: Kith by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
- Morning Haiku by Sonia Sanchez
- The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Pinocchio the Boy by Lane Smith
- Life Sucks by Jessica Abel
- Fences by August Wilson
- Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
- Newspaper Blackout by Austin Kleon
- Just Julie by Nadia Xerri-L
- Bayou – Jeremy Love
- The Book that Eats People by John Perry
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
- Imogene’s Last Stand by Candace Fleming
- Redwood – Jason Chin
- Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman
- When You Reach Me – Rebecca Stead
- Goosie Plays Hide and Seek by Olivier Dunrea
- Mattoo, let’s play by Irene Jusbacher
- Magickeepers: The Eternal Hourglass by Erica Kirov
- Magickeepers: The Pyramid of Souls by Erica Kirov
- Wolf by Becky Bloom
- Ok Go by Carin Berger
- Luke on the Loose by Harry Bliss
- Tupelo Rides the Rails by Melissa Sweet
- That Book Woman by Heather Henson
- So Few of Me by Peter Reynolds
- Smile by Raina Telgemeir
- The Dresden Files: Book 9 White Night by Jim Butcher
- The Passage by Justin Cronin
- Drive by Daniel H. Pink
- Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
- Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis
- The Truth about Delilah Blue by Tish Cohen
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by Green and Leviathan
- Trollerella by Karen M. Bourguois
- Grow: A Novel in Verse by Juanita Havill
- The Horned Toad Prince by Jackie Mims Hopkins
- The Story Blanket by Ferida Wolff
- Shrek! by William Steig
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- Who will Bell the Cats? by Cynthia von Buhler
- Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
- Summer Birds by Margarita Engle
- Word after Word after Word by Patricia McLachlan
- Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta by Jarrett J. Kroscoczka
- Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett J. Kroscoczka
- The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
- Immi’s Gift by Karin Littlewood
- Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
- Mr. President Goes to School by Rick Walton
- 39 Clues Book 1: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
- 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note by Gordan Korman
- 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Blankets by Craig Thompson
- Porky and Bess by Mel Friedman
- Miss Brooks Like Books (And I Don’t) by Barbara Bottner
- Minnie and Moo by Denys Cazet
- Sparrow Girl by Sara Pennypacker
- It’s a Book by Lane Smith
- How Rocket Learned How to Read by Tad Hills
- Oh the Places You’ll Go – Dr. Seuss
- Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
- In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
- The Heartbreak Diet by Thorina Rose
- City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
- And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman
- Minne and Moo: The Night of the Living Bed by Denys Cazet
- Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
- Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
- The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide by Eva Talmadge
- Fences by August Wilson
- Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming
- Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
- Bone: Tall Tales by Jeff Smith and Thomas E. Sniegoski
- Revenge by Taslima Nasrin
- I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and Jim Ken Niimura
- Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies
- Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
- Bayou by Jeremy Love
- Nat Turner by Kyle Baker
- Instructions by Neil Gaiman
- Bookhunter by Jason Shiga
- The Hive Detectives by Loree Griffin Burns
- Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
- Absolutely Positively Alexander: The Complete Stories by Judith Viorst
- Shrek by William Steig
- The Song of the Whales by Uri Orlev
- Bedtime for Bear by Bonny Becker
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- The Amazing “True” Story of a Teenage Mom by Katherine Arnoldi
- Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham
- Flight Vol. 7 edited by Kazu Kibuishi
- A Year of Mornings Vettesse and Barnes
- Nate the Great Crunchy Christmas
- The Bearskinner by Laura Amy Schiltz
- Inside tree by Linda Smith
- Flora’s Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall
- Drum City by Thea Guidone
- Chicken with Plums by Marjorie Satrapi
- Oh No! (Or How my science project destroyed the world) by Mac Barnett
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Blue’s Clue Holidays
- Art and Max by David Wiesner
- We are in a book by Mo Williems
- Grandma’s Gloves by Cecil Castellucci
- Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems
- That Book Woman by Heather Henson
Books read in 2009
Books in blue are adult. Young adult is in green. Books in purple are middle school books. The rest are children’s.
- Oma’s Quilt by Paulette Bourgeois
- Babymouse #3: Beach Babe by Jennifer L. Holm
- A Bit More Bert – Allan Ahlberg
- Jessica – Kevin Henkes
- Owl and the Pussycat – Edward Lear
- Imaginary Menagerie – Julie Hoffstrand (Cybils)
- Baby face – Cynthia Rylant (Cybils)
- Big words for little people – Jamie Lee Curtis (Cybils)
- A visitor for bear – Bonny Becker
- Count with me – DK Publishing
- Goose and Duck – Jean Craighead George
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
- Splat the Cat – Rob Scotton
- There’s a wolf at the door: five classic tales – Zoe B. Alley (Cybils)
- Where the wild things are – Maurice Sendak
- Ellington was not a street – Ntzake Shange
- A River of Words – Jen Bryant (Cybils)
- Don’t let the pigeon stay up late – Mo Willems
- The Man in the Picture – Susan Hill
- How to be an explorer of the world – Keri Smith
- Tuesday – David Weisner
- The Shiniest – Marian Henley
- Welcome to the Jungle: The Dresden Files – Jim Butcher
- Babymouse #2 – Jennifer L. Holm
- Babymouse #4: Rock Star – Jennifer L. Holm
- The Black Book of Colors – Menena Cottin
- Little Red Riding Hood – Trina Schart Hyman
- Gods Behaving Badly – Marie Phillips
- Babymouse #7: Skater Girl – Jennifer L. Holm
- Stanley at the Sea – Linda Barry
- The Book that changed my life – Roxanne J. Coady (essays)
- Naked Mole Rat gets Dressed – Mo Willems
- Chester – Melanie Watt
- Chicken Feathers – Joy Crowley
- Chester’s Back – Melanie Watt (Cybils)
- Fables 1: Legends in Exile – Bill Willingham
- Notes to Self – Samara O’Shea
- Fables Vol. 6 : Arabian Nights – Bill Willingham
- The Poet Slave of Cuba – Margarita Engle
- Daphne’s Book – Mary Downing Hahn
- Ziggy’s Blue Ribbon Day – Claudia Mills (Cybils)
- Potato Joe – Keith Baker
- A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever – Marla Frazee (Cybils)
- A Child’s Day – Ida Pearle
- Fables 2: Animal Farm – Bill Willingham
- The Big Green Pocketbook – Candice Ransom
- The Little Bit Scary People – Emily Jenkins
- The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
- My Friend, the Starfinder – George Ella Lyon
- The House in the Night – Susan Marie Swanson
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery
- Bonsai – Alejandro Zambra
- Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love – Bill Willingham
- The Rights of the Reader – Daniel Pennac
- Dinosaur vs Bedtime – Bob Shea
- Old Bear – Kevin Henkes
- The Octupus – Denys Cazet
- Bats at the Library- Brian Lies
- Wake up, Sun! – David L. Harrison
- Hansel and Gretel – Cynthia Rylant
- The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain – Peter Sis
- John, Paul, George, and Ben – Lane Smith
- How to heal a broken wing – Bob Graham
- Fat Cat – Margaret Read MacDonald
- A Good Day – Kevin Henkes
- Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers – Bill Willingham
- Fables Vol. 6: Homelands – Bill Willingham
- Fables Vol. 8: Wolves – Bill Willingham
- Fables Vol. 9: Sons of Empire – Bill Willingham
- Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince – Bill Willingham
- Fables Vol. 11: War and Pieces – Bill Willingham
- Someday – Eileen Spinelli
- Princess Peepers – Pam Calvert
- Hooray for Reading Day! – Margarey Cuyler
- Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai – Claire A. Nivola
- Winter Trees – Carole Gerber
- Peedie – Olivier Dunrea
- The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-Six: Jonathon Keats
- New Socks – Bob Shea
- Hi! Fly Guy – Tedd Arnold
- The Gardener – Sarah Stewart
- The Library – Sarah Stewart
- Max and Ruby Play School – Rosemary Wells
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – William Steig
- Castle Waiting – Linda Medley
- The Teashop Girls – Laura Schaefer
- Mrs. McNosh Hangs up her Wash – Sarah Weeks
- Doubt: a parable by John Patrick Shanley
- Moxy Maxwell does not love Stuart Little – Peggy Gifford
- Are you ready to play outside? – Mo Willems
- Oscar and the Frog: A Book about Growing – Geoff Waring
- Without Blood – Alessandro Baricco
- The Plain Janes – Cecil Castellucci
- Todog/Underdog – Suzan-Lori Parks
- Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
- The Journey – Sarah Stewart
- The Money Tree – Sarah Stewart
- Houndsley and Catina by James Howe
- Emily – Michael Bedard
- Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken – Kate DiCamillo
- Pajama Day – Lynn Plourde
- The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
- The Friend – Sarah Stewart
- The Odd Egg – Emily Gravett
- Mama Always Come Home by Karma Wilson
- Animal Strike at the Zoo. It’s True by Karma Wilson
- Spoon – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Bird – Zetta Elliot
- The Tin Forest – Helen Ward
- If you Give a Cat a Cupcake – Laura Numeroff
- I miss you every day by Simms Taback
- Bea and Mr. Jones by Amy Schwartz
- LuckyBoy by Susan Boase
- Tales from Outer Surburbia by Shaun Tan
- Bread and Jam for Frances – Russell Hoban
- Emily’s Piano – Charlotte Gingras
- Bones of Faerie – Janni Lee Simner
- Wild Magic – Cat Weatherill
- 500 Great Books By Women – Erica Bauermeister
- Homeschooling: Take a Deep Breath-You Can Do This- Terri Lynn Bittner
- The Ghost’s Child by Sonya Hartnett
- Debbie Harry Sings in French – Meagan Brothers
- Ethel and Ernest: A True Story by Raymond Briggs
- Bone Vol. 1 by Jeff Smith
- My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
- Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
- Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
- Into the Forest by Anthony Browne
- Where I live by Eileen Spinelli
- The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
- Say, Hello – Jack Foreman
- The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie
- The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson
- Beat the Reaper – Josh Bazell
- Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen (for all ages)
- Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
- Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
- I love You, Beth Cooper – Larry Doyle
- Varmints by Helen Ward
- Rainstorm – Barbara Lehman
- Cinderella – Barbara Karlin
- Wave – Suzy Lee
- There’s a Wolf at the Door – Zoe B. Alley
- Johnny Appleseed – Steven Kellogg
- Jack and the Beanstalk – Steven Kellogg
- Ellen’s Apple Tree by Catarina Kruusval
- Smash! Crash! – Jon Scieszka
- Merlin and the King – Margaret Hodges
- Hello, Tilly! – Polly Dunbar
- Emma – Kaoru Mori
- Tough Chicks – Cece Meng
- Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbitt
- League of Extraordinary Gentleman -Alan Moore
- Poppelton – Cynthia Rylant
- Impossible – Nancy Welin
- Poppelton has fun – Cynthia Rylant
- Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley
- Someday – Alison McGee
- Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
- Goldilicious by Victoria Kann
- Standing up to the madness – Amy Goodman and David Goodman
- Lopsided – Meredith Norton
- Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley
- Pepito the Brave – Scott Beck
- What to do about Alice? – Barbara Kerley
- Poppleton in Fall – Cynthia Rylant
- Arthur’s Reading Race – Marc Brown
- Shoo Fly Guy! – Tedd Arnold
- Super Fly Guy – Tedd Arnold
- The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
- Saint George and the Dragon – Trina Schart Hyman
- Gentlemen Jim – Raymond Briggs
- Literacy and Longing in L.A. – Jennifer Kaufman
- The Late, Lamented Molly Marx – Sally Koslow
- Happens Every Day – Isabel Gillies
- Jellaby – Kean Soo
- The Adventures of Huck Finn – Mark Twain
- Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logstead
- Grave Peril – Jim Butcher
- Not Becoming my Mother by Ruth Reichl
- Golem – David Wisniewski
- Truck Town – Jon Scieszka
- Footprints in the Snow – Mei Matsuoka
- Snow White – Trina Schart Hyman
- Dear Milli – Wilheim Grimm
- Proven Guilty – Jim Butcher
- Touch Magic – Jane Yolen
- The Awakening – Kate Chopin
- The Imposter’s Daughter – Laurie Sandell
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
- Long Day’s Journey into Night – Eugene O’Neill
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
- Sea Change – Aimee Friedman
- Chasing Fire – Suzanne Collins
- Dog’s Noisy Day – Emma Dodd
- Dog’s ABC – Emma Dodd
- Traction Man is Here – Mini Grey
- The Curious Garden – Peter Brown
- I Dream of Trains by Angels Johnson
- Watch Me Throw the Ball – Mo Willems
- Peanut Butter and Jelly – Nadine Bernard Westcott
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Lanston Hughes. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Freckleface Strawberry – Julianne Moore
- Posy – Linda Newberry
- City I Love – Lee Bennett Hopkins
- Sector 7 – David Weisner
- All in a Day – Cynthia Rylant
- Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing – Elmore Leonard
- A Jury of Her Peers by Elaine Showalter
- Professor’s Guide to Getting Good Grades in College
- Chiggers – Hope Larson
- Losing Everything – David Lozell Martin
- Jack’s House – Karen Magmuson Beil
- Jack and the Beanstalk – Steven Kellogg
- Rapunzel’s Revenge – Shannon Hale
- The Red Book – Barbara Lehman
- Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again – Dave Horowitz
- The Story Blanket – Ferida Wolff
- Leaves – David Ezra Stein
- Houndsley and Catina Plink Plank – James Howe
- The Purple Coat – Amy Hest
- Rapunzel – Barbara Rogasky and Trina Schart Hyman
- Let’s Do Nothing – Tony Fucile
- The Cardboard Piano – Lynne Rae Perkins
- June 29, 1999 – David Weisner
- August: Osage County – Tracy Letts
- B.P.R.D #2: The Soul of Venice and Other Stories
- The Year the Sparrows Came Early – Kathryn Fitzmaurice
- Imogene’s Antlers – David Small
- Duck! Rabbit! – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Sleeping Ugly – Jane yolen
- Peter and Max – Bill Willingham
- A Penguin Story – Antoinette Portis
- Little Boy – Alison McGhee
- The Creative Habit – Twyla Tharp
- Britten and Brulightly – Hannah Berry
- Faith, Hope, and Ivy June – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Love That Dog – Sharon Creech
- The Storm in the Barn – Matt Phelan
- Little Oink – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Oliver who would not sleep – Mara Bergman
- I Need My Monster – Amanda Noll
- Max’ Dragon – Kate Banks
- Henry’s Freedom Box – Ellen Levine
- South – Patrick McDonnell
- Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute – Jarrett Krosoczka
- The Mercy Papers – Robin Romm
- Lips Touch Three Times – Laini Taylor
- Click Clack, Splish Splash – Doreen Cronin
- Mrs. Claus Explains it All – Elisbeth Claus
- Horrid Henry’s Christmas – Francesca Simon
- A Christmas Carol – Brett Helquist
- Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbitt
- Stitches – David Small
- Wonder Woman: The Circle – Gail Simone
- The Doghouse – Jan Thomas
- Through Georgia’s Eyes – Rachel Rodriguez
- The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School – Laurie Halse Anderson
- Egg Drop – Mini Grey
- Thank You, God, For Everything – August Gold
Books Read in 2008
- Mouse Tales – Arnold Lobel
- Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
- Babymouse Vol. 1 – Jennifer Holm
- The Retired Kid – James Agee (Cybils)
- My letter to the world and other poems – Emily Dickinson (Cybils)
- Flotsam – David Weisner
- Life is a Verb – Patti Digh
- Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- Savvy – Ingrid Law (Cybils)
- Not a Stick – Antoinette Portis (Cybils)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard – J. K. Rowling
- I know an old lady who swallowed fly guy – Tedd Arnold
- The Pocket Muse – Monica Wood
- It’s not fair – Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Cybils)
- Snoring Beauty – Bruce Hale (Cybils)
- Me Hungry! – Jeremy Tankard (Cybils)
- Duck Soup – Jackie Urbanovic (Cybils)
- Big Bad Bunny – Franny Billingsley (Cybils)
- The boy who wouldn’t share – Mike Reiss (Cybils)
- The Twin Giants – Dick King-Smith (Cybils)
- Fletcher and the Falling Leaves – Julia Rawlinson
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (Cybils)
- Fool Moon- Jim Butcher
- Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant – Jack Prelusky
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – F. Scott Fitzgerald (s.s.)
- Paradise Lost – John Milton
- Storm Front – Jim Butcher
- Owl at Home – Arnold Lobel
- Backup – Jim Butcher
- The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
- Delilah D. at the library – Jeanne Willis
- The Zoo – Suzy Lee
- Grace for President – Kelly Dipucchio (Cybils)
- Wolves – Emily Gravett
- The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennett
- A broom of one’s own – Nancy Peacock
- The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm – Laura Amy Schlitz
- The girl in the castle inside the museum – Kate Bernheimer (Cybils)
- Woolbur – Leslie Helakoski
- The Boy who grew flowers – Jen Wojtowicz
- The Sisters Grimm Vol. 1 – Michael Buckley
- I ain’t gonna paint no more – Karen Beaumont
- The Way Back Home – Oliver Jeffers
- LadyBug Girl – Jacky Davis (Cybils)
- The Dangerous Alphabet – Neil Gaiman
- Arthur’s Halloween – Marc Brown
- In a blue room – Jim Averbeck (Cybils)
- The Willoughbys – Lois Lowry
- The very brave witch – Alison McGee
- Geography of Love – Glenda Burgess
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See
- Wanted – Brian K.
- Zami – Audre Lorde
- Gloom Cookie – Serena Valentino
- Art by Patrick McDonnell
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- Just who will you be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within by Maria Shriver
- Housekeeping vs. the Dirt – Nick Hornby
- Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – The Pearl Poet
- The Pull of the Moon – Elizabeth Berg
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling
- Flight Vol. 2- ed. Kazu Kibuishi
- Flight Vol. 1 – ed. Kazu Kibuishi
- Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
- Robot Dreams – Sara Varon
- A wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle
- The Book of Lost Things by John O’Connolly
- We are on our own – Miriam Katin
- The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
- Bone Vol. 9 -Jeff Smith
- Bone Vol. 8 -Jeff Smith
- Bone Vol. 7 – Jeff Smith
- Bone Vol. 6 – Jeff Smith
- Bone Vol. 5 – Jeff Smith
- Bone Vol. 4: Jeff Smith
- Bone Vol. 3: Jeff Smith
- Bone Vol. 2: Jeff Smith
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic – Alison Bechdel
- Understanding Comics- Scott McCloud
- Bone Vol. 1: Out of Boneville – Jeff Smith
- Comfort – Ann Hood
- What now? – Ann Patchett
- Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
- Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons
- Fables 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
- Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love
- Fables Vol. 2 Animal Farm – Bill Willingham
- The Well-Adjusted Child – Rachel Gathercole
- Twilight – Stephanie Meyer
- Dinner with Friends – Donald Margulies
- The Flower – John Light
- Steel Magnolias – Robert Harling
- Fables: Legends in Exile – Bill Willingham
- Time and Materials -Robert Hass
- The Wild Braid – Stanley Kunitz
- The Sandman Vol. 1 Preludes and Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman
- Driving Miss Daisy – Alfred Uhry
- Wit: a play – Margaret Edson
- Minnie and Moo and the seven wonders of the world – Denys Cazet
- The Book of Other People – Zadie Smith
- The Resurrectionist – Jack O’Connell
- The End of the Alphabet – CS Richardson
- Monsters of Templeton – Lauren Groff
- The Stolen Child – Keith Donohue
- Love Walked in – Marisa De Los Santos
- The Arrival – Shaun Tan
- BooBoo – Olivier Dunrea
- Peedie – Olivier Dunrea
- American Born Chinese – Gene Luen Yang
- The Happiness Code – Amy Herrick
- Ollie – Olivier Dunrea
- Purplicious – Victoria Kahn
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Alan Moore
- How to be a Domestic Goddess – Nigella Lawson
- Amulet: Book 1 The Stonekeeper – Kazu Kibuishi
- Baby Bear, Baby Bear, what do you see? – Bill Martin Jr.
- Penelope – Marilyn Kaye
- Not quite what I was planning – Smith Magazine
- Every monday matters – matthew emerzian
- 52 projects – Jeffrey Yamaguchi
- Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician by Daniel Wallace
- That rabbit belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell
- The who who was raisied by librarians – Carla Morris
- The nighteater by Ana Juan
- Into the woods – Lyn Gardner
- Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems
- The Frog Prince continued by Jon Scieszka
- Nate the Great and the Monster Mess by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- Nate the great and the mushy valentine by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- Time to pee by Mo Willems
- Persepolis 2 -Marjane Satrapi
- One of those days – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Diary of a wimpy kid by Jeff Kinney
- Horns and Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson
- Good-bye, Chunky Rice – Criag Thompson
- Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
- Julia’s Chocolates -Cathy Lamb
- Riding the bus with my sister – Rachel Simon
- Minnie and Moo and the haunted sweater – Denys Cazet
- Minnie and Moo: The Case of the Missing Jelly Donut – Denys cazet
- Baby Bear’s Books – Jane Yolen
- Stardust – Neil gaiman
- The Library – Sarah Stewart