JULY BOOKS

What I read in July - I have an asterisk by my faves in the list below.

      

                                 

 

   

     

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo (tween/YA graphic novel - Quinceañera)

The Aquanaut by Dan Santat (tween/YA graphic novel - family/grief)

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas (tween graphic novel - moving/friends) 

A Day for Sandcastles by JonArno Lawson (beach day wordless picture book)

 

PICTURE BOOKS

Hot Dog by Doug Salati  (summer trip to the beach)*

Wondering Around by Meg Fleming (imagination; rhyming picture book) 

Meow by Chris Raschka (pets)

All Cats Welcome by Susin Nielsen (loneliness; friends)

Lizzy and the Cloud by The Fan Brothers (pet clouds)*

Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl (fairies!)

A Library by Nikki Giovanni (historical/segregation)

Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds* (Pub date 8/23; I read a digital ARC - creepy/funny!)

My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons; illustrated by Tonya Engel (grandmother)

See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow Miller; illustrated by Suzy Lee (grandmother)

Butterfly Child written and illustrated by Marc Majewski (self-confidence; bullies)

What's Sweeter written and illustrated by June Tate*  (thankfulness/mindfulness)

The Blur by Minh Lê; illustrated by Dan Santat (growing up)

The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by Leo Espinosa

Don't Eat Bees (Life Lessons from Chip the Dog) by Dev Petty (funny!)

Pineapple Princess by Sabina Hahn (imagination)

One Boy Watching by Grant Snider (long bus ride to school)

Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang (welcoming the new kid)

Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway (friends)

Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead; illustrated by Matthew Cordell*

Arithmechicks Add Up: A Math Story by Ann Marie Stephens (adding)

Sweater Weather by Matt Phelan (fall; family chaos)

The Pout Pout Fish and the Worry Worry Whale by Deborah Diesen (a worried whale)

Don't Worry, Murray by David Ezra Stein (a worried dog)

How Old is Mr. Tortoise? by Dev Petty* (a turtle celebrates a birthday but how many candles should go on the cake?)

A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis (sunflowers!)

Something Beautiful by Lita Judge (friendship/acceptance)

 

CHAPTER BOOKS FOR KIDS

Leave it To Plum! by Matt Phelan (beginning chapter book) 

The Secret Starling by Judith Eagle (Tween mystery/historical)

 

NON-FICTION

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russel Friedman (non-fiction WW2 resistance)

Because Claudette by Tracey Baptiste; illustrated by Tonya Engel (picture book biography)

Whose Bones Are Those? by Chihiro Takeuchi (non-fiction picture book)

The Hawk's Way by Sy Montgomery (adult non-fiction)

 

 YA/ADULT FICTION

Miss Austen by Gill Hornby (adult historical fiction)

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (adult mystery/historical fiction)

The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson (YA mystery)