November Favorites

Cows Can't Jump by Dave Reisman. Illustrated by Jason A. Maas. 2008. Jumping Cow Press. 44 pages.   
Rain School. James Rumford. 2010. October 2010. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages. 
The Hallelujah Flight. Phil Bidner. Illustrated by John Holyfield. 2010. Penguin. 32 pages.   
Anna Hibiscus. Atinuke. Illustrated by Lauren Tobia. 2010. Kane/Miller. 112 pages.
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Best Friends and Drama Queens #3. Meg Cabot. 2009. Scholastic. 224 pages. 

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October Favorites

We Are In A Book! Elephant and Piggie Series. Mo Willems. 
Miles to Go. Jamie Harper.
Mad at Mommy. Komako Sakai. 
The Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book. Jez Alborough.
ABC, Baby Me! Susan B. Katz.
Just One Bite: 11 Animals and their Bites at Life Size! Lola M. Schaefer.

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September Favorites

These are a few of my favorites that I read in September 2010.

Dirtball Pete. Eileen Brennan.
Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy by Denise Fleming.
My Garden. Kevin Henkes.
The Cow Loves Cookies. Karma Wilson.
Clever Jack Takes the Cake. Candace Fleming.
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down. Andrea Davis Pinkney.
Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan. Jane Yolen.

Guyku. Bob Raczka.

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August Favorites

Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep! Mo Willems.
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. Mo Willems.
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. Salley Mavor.
Complete Adventures of Curious George: 70th Anniversary Edition. Margret and H.A. Rey.

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July Favorites

My favorite books read in July 2010

I Like Fruit. Lorena Siminovich. 2010. July 2010. Candlewick. 10 pages.
All About Me! A Baby's Guide to Babies by David Salariya. 2008. Random House. 16 pages.
Baby at the Farm. Karen Katz. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 10 pages.
How Rocket Learned to Read. Tad Hills. 2010. July 2010. Random House. 40 pages.
Swim! Swim! by Lerch (James Proimos). 2010. July 2010. Scholastic. 32 pages.
Please Pick Me Up, Mama! Robin Luebs. 2009. Simon & Schuster. 40 pages.
Ferocious Wild Beasts! by Chris Wormell. 2009. December 2009. Random House. 32 pages
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same. Grace Lin. 2010. July 2010. Little, Brown. 43 pages.
Word After Word After Word. Patricia MacLachlan. 2010. HarperCollins. 128 pages.

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June Favorites

Kisses for Daddy. Frances Watts.
Daddy is a Cozy Hug. Rhonda Gowler Greene.
How To Clean Your Room in 10 Easy Steps. Jennifer LaRoue Huget and Edward Koren
Orangutans Are Ticklish: Fun Facts From an Animal Photographer. Steve Grubman and Jill Davis
Dogs Don't Do Ballet. Anna Kemp.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophes. Lenore Look.

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May Favorites

Animal Soup. Todd H. Doodler.
Miss Brooks Loves Books (And I Don't) by Barbara Bottner.
I'm the Best. Lucy Cousins.
More, More, More. Vera B. Williams.
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. Marilyn Singer.
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya. Donna Jo Napoli.

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April Favorites

These are my favorite reads for April 2010.

Where's Your Nose? Begin Smart Books. 2010. May 2010. 16 pages.
My Little Baby. Begin Smart Books. 2010. May 2010. 16 pages.
The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah. By Leslie Kimmelman. Illustrated by Paul Meisel. 2010. February 2010. Holiday House. 32 pages.
Dogs. Emily Gravett. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 32 pages.
Farm. Elisha Cooper. 2010. April 2010. Scholastic. 48 pages.
I Am Going! (An Elephant & Piggie Book). Mo Willems. 2010. Hyperion. 64 pages.

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March Favorites

These are a few of my favorites I read this month.

What Does Baby Say? A Lift the Flap Book by Karen Katz.
Who Do You See? By Will Grace.
Quack! Phyllis Root.
I Don't Want A Cool Cat! By Emma Dodd.
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity. Mo Willems.
Maggie's Monkeys. Linda Sanders-Wells.
Are You Ready to Play Outside? (An Elephant and Piggie Book) Mo Willems
Clementine, Friend of the Week. Sara Pennypacker.
Mercy Watson Something Wonky This Way Comes. Kate DiCamillo.

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February Favorites

These are my favorite children's books I read in February 2010.

Sunday Is For God. By Michael McGowan
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.
Kiss Kiss by Selma Mandine.
Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tafuri.
Wow It's A Cow! By Trudy and Jay Harris
You're Lovable To Me. Kat Yeh.
Captain Small Pig. Martin Waddell.
The Very Little Princess. Marion Dane Bauer
Doodle Bites. A Tilly and Friends Book. Polly Dunbar.

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January Favorites

These are my favorite children's books I read in January of 2010.

Too Purpley. By Jean Reidy. Illustrated by Genevieve Leloup. 2010 (January 2010) Bloomsbury USA. 32 pages.
Bedtime for Mommy. Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by LeUyen Pham. 2010. (March 2010). Bloomsbury. 32 pages.
A Birthday for Bear. By Bonny Becker. Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton. 2009. (September 2009). Candlewick Press. 56 pages.
Finn Throws A Fit! By David Elliott. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. 2009. Candlewick Press. 32 pages.
Higher! Higher! Leslie Patricelli. 2009. [March 2009] Candlewick Press. 32 pages.
The Grasshopper Hopped. Elizabeth Alexander. Illustrated by Joung Un Kim. 2010 [January 2010]. Random House. 14 pages.
Milo Armadillo. By Jan Fearnley. 2009. (December 2009). Candlewick Press. 40 pages.
Me Hungry! By Jeremy Tankard. 2010 Board Book Edition. (February 2010). Candlewick. 34 pages.
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy). Barbara Kerley. 2010. (January 2010). Scholastic. [Picture Book Biography/Picture Book Nonfiction] 48 pages.


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