Last year I posted a "Favorites" post three times throughout the year. It was a fun way to look at the books that were published that year. It's something I hope to do annually.
Looking at my 2021 reading, I can see I am behind where I usually would be at this point. Even though it's no 2020, this year hasn't been a walk in the park either. I have found many things to distract me and tear me away from reading time. Sometimes I have had trouble falling into a book, whether it's a picture book or chapter book or novel! But I keep on trying and we'll see where the year will take me!
Here are some favorites so far!
Picture Books
![A Sled for Gabo](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1607877130l/52641522._SX318_.jpg)
![Eyes That Kiss in the Corners](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1593216134l/53327864._SX318_.jpg)
![Bear Island](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589255884l/53144536._SX318_.jpg)
![Outside, Inside](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598246763l/54968319.jpg)
![Sunday Funday in Koreatown](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1601938620l/54081432._SX318_.jpg)
![The Lost Package](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1595211040l/52515996._SX318_.jpg)
![The Tree in Me](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1597693876l/54326401.jpg)
![Something's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598245449l/52516011.jpg)
![Watercress](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1601940433l/54502238._SX318_.jpg)
![The Wisdom of Trees: How Trees Work Together to Form a Natural Kingdom](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594619507l/52515994.jpg)
![The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1599560255l/53441177.jpg)
![Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1603739727l/55644103._SX318_.jpg)
Middle Grade
![The Year I Flew Away](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575590406l/53031576.jpg)
![Starfish](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594348481l/54458127._SY475_.jpg)
![Abby, Tried and True](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1613314765l/50892337.jpg)
![The Great Peach Experiment 1: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1619123105l/57822036._SY475_.jpg)
![The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1605886639l/53354382.jpg)
![Golden Gate (City Spies, #2)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1613314555l/54303109.jpg)
![Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1592365756l/53240817.jpg)
Graphic Novels
![Katie the Catsitter](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1596742797l/43605315._SX318_.jpg)
![Hilo Book 7: Gina---The Girl Who Broke the World](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1593737985l/54368533._SY475_.jpg)
![Allergic: A Graphic Novel](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1600492933l/52664752.jpg)
That's what I have so far! If you've missed a title from this list I highly recommend finding it! What is on your list... so far?
I have so many more titles to read. Maybe I'll get "caught up" this summer??? Ha! But I'll try!
I 'finally' got Watercress from the library, haven't read yet, but I'm excited about it. I marked some of your books that I haven't read. I loved many on your list, Michele, like Bear Island! Among a few others, I guess I would add Schmidt's Just Like That. I loved it, too! Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome list. Thanks so much for including ABBY, TRIED AND TRUE! I've read some of the others on your list and look forward to reading still more of them. Just read a review of ALLERGIC in the NYT Book Review and it looks terrific.
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