Reading

is excited to start an new year with so many new and exciting books.  

JUNE                                                                                     

Picture Books :: June Theme: Celebrate Dad's

• What Dads Can't Do by Douglas Wood 
• Mitchell's License by Hallie Durand 
• Because Your Daddy Loves You by Andrew Clements 
• Has Anyone Seen My Emily Greene? by Norma Fox Mazer 
• Froggy's Day With Dad by Jonathan London

MAY                                                                                      

Picture Books :: May Theme: Celebrate Mother's

• Mama's Saris by Pooja Makhijani 
• Mama Says: A Book of Love for Mothers and Sons by Rob D.(Author) Walker 
• In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco 
• Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore 
• The Trouble with Mom by Babette Cole

APRIL                                                                                        

Picture Books :: April Theme: Mystical/Magical Creatures

• Golem
• Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood
• The Tomten
• The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek
• Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child
• Sixth/Alternate Title: The Dragon and the Unicorn

March                                                                                          

Picture Books :: March Theme:  Celebrate Libraries

• That Book Woman 
• The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq 
• Waiting for the Biblioburro 
• The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians 
• Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile

February                                                                                          

Picture Books :: February Theme: Friendship

• Zen Ties
• The Sandwich Swap
• Chicken Sunday
• Freedom Summer
• Owen & Mzee: The True Story Of A Remarkable Friendship*

      Sixth/Alternate:

• Frog and Toad Are Friends

January                                                                                          


Picture Books :: January Theme: Adventures/Exploring 

•  Where the Wild Things Are 
•  The Flying Dragon Room 
•  Loud Emily 
•  When I Wore My Sailor Suit 
•  Sector 7 

      Sixth/Alternate:

• Lucia and the Light

*Books Selected by voters on Goodreads.com Childrens Book Club