Without description and with only a hint of organizing, here’s a list of (some of the) books I read and loved in 2020.
Picture Books
- Pluto Gets the Call, written by Adam Rex & illustrated by Laurie Keller
- Maximillian Villainous, written by Margaret Chiu Greanias & illustrated by Lesley Breen Withrow
- Mary Wears What She Wants, written & illustrated by Keith Negley
- Ogilvy, written by Deborah Underwood & illustrated by T.L. McBeth
- Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet, written by Curtis Manley & illustrated by Jessica Lanan
- The Rabbit Listened, written & illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld
- The Remember Balloons, written by Jessie Oliveros & illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
- Escargot, written by Dashka Slater & illustrated by Sydney Hanson
- Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter, written by Christine Evans & illustrated by Yasmin Imamura
- Reading Beauty, written by Deborah Underwood & illustrated by Meg Hunt
- No Fits, Nilson, written & illustrated by Zachariah Ohora
- The Snurtch, written by Sean Ferrell & illustrated by Charles Santoso
- The Little Guys, written & illustrated by Vera Brosgol
- Rabbit & Possum, written & illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
- Cheerful Chick, written by Martha Brockenbrough & illustrated by Brian Won
Novels (any age)
- Lemons by Melissa Savage
- Secrets of a Fangirl by Erin Dionne
- Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zenter
- Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins
- Paper Son by SJ Rozan
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
- The Midnight Thief & Rosetouched series by Livia Blackburne
- All 5 books published (so far, I hope!) by Caroline Carlson
- The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
- The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
- The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective, written by AB Greenfield & illustrated by Sarah Horne
- The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
- Bob, written by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead & illustrated by Nicholas Gannon
Nonfiction
- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of the Lost World by Steve Brusatte
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
Becky Levine 