2020 Favorites, 2nd update - 9.09.2020

2020 Favorites

A few times a year, I will share some of my favorite books 

that were published in 2020.  Here's an update!

Want to see the books from the first 2020 update?

Click here!  Also find pictures of the books at the end of this post.

Picture Books:

Swashby and the Sea
written by Beth Ferry
illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal


Lift
written by Minh Lê
illustrated by Dan Santat

William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad

by Don Tate


Brick by Brick
by Heidi Woodward Sheffield

Eat Your Rocks, Croc!

written by Jess Keating

illustrated by Pete Oswald


Antiracist Baby
written by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky


One Little Bag
by Henry Cole


You're Invited to a Moth Ball

written by Loree Griffin Burns

photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz

All Because You Matter

written by Tami Charles

illustrated by Bryan Collier

I Am Every Good Thing

written by Derrick Barnes

illustrated by Gordon C. James

Hello, Neighbor! The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers

by Matthew Cordell

Gustavo, the Shy Ghost

by Flavia Z. Drago

The Next President

written by Kate Messner

illustrated by Adam Rex

Chapter Books:

Ways to Make Sunshine
by Renée Watson

Astrid and Apollo and the Starry Campout

written by V.T. Bidania

illustrated by Dara Lashia Lee

Middle Grade:

A Wish in the Dark

by Christina Soontornvat

The Brave

by James Bird

Dan Unmasked

by Chris Negron

Three Keys

by Kelly Yang

The One and Only Bob

by Katherine Applegate

Before the Ever After

by Jacqueline Woodson

Young Adult:

Parachutes

by Kelly Yang

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo

I'll have one more update for you at the end of 2020 (seriously, cannot wait....).  In the meantime, if you haven't read these books, I highly suggest you start!

Wondering about the books from the first update?  Here they are:

Picture books:

Chapter books:

Middle Grade:

Graphic Novels:

Young Adult: