The following is a list of books read, or at the very least completed, during the year.
January
Thoreau at Walden adapted and illustrated by John Porcellino (2008)
George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden (2008)
Not a Stick written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis (2008)
Rex Zero at the End of the World by Tim Wynne-Jones (2007)
Millie Waits for the Mail written and illustrated by Alexander Steffensmeier (2007)
Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel written and illustrated by Ruth McNally Barshaw (2007)
The Broken Tusk by Uma Krishnaswami (1996)
Benny and Penny written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes (2007)
Otto’s Orange Day written by Jay Lynch, illustrated by Frank Cammuso (2007)
Flight Volume 4, edited by Kazu Kibiushi (2007)
Korgi Volume 1, Christian Slade (2007)
Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolan, illus. by Bruce Degen (1980)
Commander Toad and the Voyage Home by Jane Yolan, illus. by Bruce Degen (1998)
Owl Moon by Jane Yolan, illus. by John Schoenherr (1987)
Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolan, illus. by Barbara Cooney (1992)
Where Have the Unicorns Gone? by Jane Yolan, illus, by Ruth Sanderson (1992)
Camp Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (2007)
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel written by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano (2007)
Shape Me A Rhyme by Jane Yolan, photographs by Jason Stemple (2007)
Water Music by Jane Yolan, photographs by Jason Stemple (1995)
Count Me A Rhyme by Jane Yolan, photographs by Jason Stemple (2006)
Fine Feathered Friends by Jane Yolan, photographs by Jason Stemple (2007)
Baby Bear’s Big Dreams by Jane Yolan, illus. by Melissa Sweet (2007)
Baby Bear’s Books by Jane Yolan, illus. by Melissa Sweet (2006)
Baby Bear’’s Chairs by Jane Yolan, illus. by Melissa Sweet (1997, 2005)
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolan, illus. by Mark Teague (2003)
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane Yolan, illus. by Mark Teague (2007)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolan, illus. by Mark Teague (2000)
The Race of the Century “retold” and illustrated by Barry Downard (2008)
Tales of a Forth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (1972)
The Courageous Princess by Rod Espinoza (2007)
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (2007)
Altogether, One at a Time by E. L. Konigsburg (1971)
Februrary
The Professor’s Daughter by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert (2007)
The Several Lives of Orphan Jack by Sarah Ellis (2005)
Help Wanted: Short Stories about Young People Working edited by Anita Silvey (1997)
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (1993)
What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy by Barbara Kerley illus. by Edwin Fotheringham (2008)
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly by Jane O’Connor illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser (2008)
Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton (1978)
Delicious: the art and life of Wayne Thiebaud by Susan Goldman Rubin (2007)
Stormy Night by Michele Lemieux (1999)
The Art of Fiction by John Gardner (1982)
Go, go America by Dan Yaccarino (2008)
To Be Like the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson, illus. by Margaret Chodos-Levine (2008)
Miss Daisy is Crazy by Dan Gutman (2004)
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M.T. Anderson (2004)
McBroom Tells the Truth by Sid Fleishman, illus by Walter Lorraine (1981)
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (2008)
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (1978)
I Lie For a Living: Greatest Spies of All Time by Anthony Shugaar (2006)
March
Strays Like Us by Richard Peck (1998)
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (1986)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Jack Gantos (1998)
Look! Zoom in on Art! by Gillian Wolfe (2007)
Oops! by Alan Katz, illus. by Edward Koren (2008)
The Chicken of the Family by Mary Amato (2008)
Matthew Looney’s Voyage to the Earth by Jerome Beatty (1961)
There’s Nothing to Do on Mars b Chris Gall (2008)
Hogwash by Arthur Geisert (2008)
Trainstop by Barbara Lehman (2008)
Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing by Dutch (2008)
The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie (2008)
Pirates of the Retail Wasteland by Adam Selzer (2008)
Hurricane: A Novel by Terry Trueman (2008)
The Book of Time Outs: A Mostly True History of the World’s Biggest Troublemakers (2008)
For Boys Only: The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever by Marc Aronson & H.P. Newquist (2007)
Islam Explained by Tahar Ben Jelloun (2004)
There’s Nothing To Do On Mars Chris Gall (2008)
Me Hungry! by Jeremy Tankard (2008)
All-Action Classics: Tom Sawyer adapted by Tim Mucci (2008)
April
Keep Your Eye on the Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton by Catherine Brighton (2008)
Mack Made Movies by Don Brown (2005)
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (2003)
Don’t Steal Copyrighted Stuff!: Avoiding Plagiarism and Illegal Internet Downloading by Ann Gaines (2007)
In the Small by Michael Hague (2008)
The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon (2008)
America at War Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins (2008)
Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper Kazu Kibuishi (2008).
Wave by Suzy Lee (2008)
All Aboard!: A Traveling Alphabet by Bill Mayer (2008)
the dead and the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008)
My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky (2008)
Unwind by Neal Shusterman (2007)
How I Learned Geography. by Uri Shulevitz (2008)
Don’t Bump the Glump!: And Other Fantasies by Shel Silverstien (2008)
Jellaby, Volume 1 by Kean Soo (2008)
Daisy Dawson Is on Her Way! by Steve Voake (2008)
Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems (2008)
Silent Stars by Jeanine Basinger (2000)
Kops and Custards: The Legend of Keystone Films by Kalton C. Brewer and Terry Lahue (1968)
Mabel: Hollywood’s First I-Don’t-Care Girl by Betty Harper Fussell (1992)
The Movies Are : Carl Sandburg’s Film Reviews and Essays, 1920-1928 2000.
King of Comedy Mack Sennett (1990)
The Honeycomb by Adela Rogers St. Johns (1969)
Love, Laughter and Tears: My Hollywood Story by Adela Rogers St. Johns (1978)
May
Manfish: The Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne (2008)
The Goats by Brock Cole (1990)
Tim, Defender of the Earth! by Sam Enthoven (2008)
Physics: Why Matter Matters by Dan Green and Simon Basher (2008)
Big Mouth by Deborah Halverson (2008)
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison (1966)
Babymouse: Heartbreaker by Jennifer and Matt Holm (2006)
Babymouse: Rock Star by Jennifer and Matt Holm (2006)
The Backward Day by Ruth Krauss (1950)
The Beeman by Laurie Krebs (2008)
A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog by Mercer Mayer (1967)
Hen Hears Gossip by Megan McDonald (2008)
Scrubs Forever! by Jamie McEwan (2008)
Little Boy by Alison McGhee (2008)
Someday by Alison McGhee (2007)
Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins (2008)
Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport (2008)
Moonpowder by John Rocco (2008)
Alistair and Kip’s Great Adventure! by John Segal (2008)
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson (2008)
Tweedle Dee Dee by Charlotte Voake (2008)
I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature by Jennifer Ward (2008)
Fog Mound, Book 3: Simon’s Dream by Susan Schade (2008)
The Big Book of Adventure edited by Alissa Heyman (2008)
The Ice Cream Con by Jimmy Docherty (2008)
The Time Travel Trap by Dan Jolley (2008)
Julian Rodriguez: Episode One, Trash Crisis on Earth by Alexander Stadler (2008)
A Very Improbable Story by Edward Einhorn (2008)
Dreamrider by Barry Jonsberg (2008)
Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus (2008)
June
Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson (2008)
Off Go Their Engines, Off Go Their Lights by Janice Milusich (2008)
Cool Daddy Rat by Kristyn Crow (2008)
Sipping Spiders Through a Straw: Campfire Songs For Monsters by Kelly DiPucchio (2008)
Batman: The Story of the Dark Knight by Ralph Cosentino (2008)
Garmann’s Summer by Stian Hole (2008)
Wuv Bunnies from Outers Pace by David Elliott (2008)
Sketches by Eric Walters (2008)
Box Out by John Coy (2008)
Ten Mile River by Paul Griffin (2008)
DC Super Friends: Flying High by Nick Eliopulos (2008)
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry (2008)
Tupelo Rides the Rails by Melissa Sweet (2008)
McFig and McFly: A Tale of Jealousy, Revenge, and Death (with a Happy Ending) by Henrik Drescher (2008)
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