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Books Read in June

This is a list of the books that I read in June of 2009, broken up into Picture Books, Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, and Adult Fiction. As you can see, I went on a bit of a picture book binge earlier this month. I will be reviewing the ones that worked best for me out of these titles, spreading the reviews out over the next couple of months. I also have quite a few reviews of middle grade and young adult titles, with thanks to MotherReader's 48 Hour Book Challenge for getting me back on the reviewing track.

Picture Books

  1. Deborah Hopkinson (ill Stephen Alcorn): Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-Discoverer of the North Pole. Peachtree. Completed June 19, 2009.
  2. Louise Yates: A Small Surprise. Knopf. Completed June 19, 2009.
  3. Joanna Harrison: Grizzly Dad: Why Dads are GREAT (even the grumpy ones!). David Fickling Books. Completed June 19, 2009.
  4. Eileen Spinelli (ill. Tom Bowers): Princess Pig. Knopf. Completed June 19, 2009.
  5. Emily Jenkins (ill. Giselle Potter): Sugar Would Not Eat It. Schwartz & Wade. Completed June 19, 2009.
  6. Charise Mericle Harper: Milo's Special Words. Robin Corey Books. Completed June 19, 2009.
  7. Stephanie Blake: I Don't Want to Go to School! Random House. Completed June 19, 2009.
  8. Alison McGhee (ill. Taeeun Yoo): Only a Witch Can Fly. Feiwel and Friends. Completed June 19, 2009.
  9. Dave Keane (ill. David Clark): Bobby Bramble Loses His Brain. Clarion Books. Completed June 19, 2009.
  10. Mary Ann Rodman (ill. Tatjana Mai-Wyss): A Tree for Emmy. Peachtree. Completed June 19, 2009.
  11. Diane Adams (ill. Nancy Hayashi): I Can Do It Myself! Completed June 19, 2009.
  12. Kevin Luthardt: Flying! Peachtree. Completed June 19, 2009.
  13. Rohan Henry: Good Night, Baby Ruby. Abrams. Completed June 19, 2009.
  14. Caren McNelly McCormack (ill. Martha Aviles): The Fiesta Dress: A Quinceanera Tale. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  15. Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (ill. Margot Tomes): Little Sister and the Month Brothers. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  16. Phillis Gershator (ill. Katherine Potter). Old House, New House. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  17. Jonathan London (ill. Kristina Rodanas): Little Swan. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  18. Cynthia Rylant (ill. Nikki McClure): All In a Day. Abrams. Completed June 19, 2009.
  19. Maryann Cocca-Leffler. My Dance Recital. Robin Corey Books. Completed June 19, 2009.
  20. Ellen Javernick (ill. Kevin O'Malley): The Birthday Pet. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  21. Mark Shulman (ill. Vincent Nguyen): Gorilla Garage. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  22. Kim Kennedy (ill Doug Kennedy): Hee-Haw-Dini and the Great Zambini. Abrams. Completed June 19, 2009.
  23. Erica S. Perl (ill. Henry Cole): Chicken Butt! Abrams. Completed June 19, 2009.
  24. Betsy Snyder: Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger? Random House. Completed June 19, 2009.
  25. Yumi Heo: Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story. Schwartz and Wade. Completed June 19, 2009.
  26. Brie Spangler: The Grumpy Dump Truck. Knopf. Completed June 19, 2009.
  27. Nancy Davis: A Garden of Opposites. Schwartz and Wade. Completed June 19, 2009.
  28. Dick Bruna: Miffy the Artist. Tate. Completed June 19, 2009.
  29. Eileen Spinelli (ill. David Slonim): Silly Tilly. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  30. Deborah Heiligman (ill. Tim Bowers): Fun Dog, Sun Dog. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  31. Eric A. Kimmel (ill. Valeria Docampo): The Three Little Tamales. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  32. Gennadii Spirin and Gennady Spirin: Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  33. Phillis Gershator (ill. Santiago Cohen): Zoo Day Ole!: A Counting Book. Marshall Cavendish. Completed June 19, 2009.
  34. David Goodman and Zoe Miller: Shape. Tate Publishing. Completed June 19, 2009.
  35. Dan Yaccarino: The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed June 19, 2009.
  36. David Catrow: Dinosaur Hunt. Orchard Books. Completed June 19, 2009.
  37. Jennifer Sattler: Sylvie. Random House. Completed June 19, 2009.
  38. John Stadler: Wilson and Miss Lovely. Robin Corey Books. Completed June 19, 2009.
  39. Matthew Cordell: Trouble Gum. Feiwel & Friends. Completed June 19, 2009.
  40. Mini Grey: Egg Drop. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed June 19, 2009.
  41. Jean Van Leeuwen (ill David Gavril): Chicken Soup. Abrams Books for Young Readers. Completed June 19, 2009.
  42. Laura Purdie Salas (ill. Steven Salerno): Stampede!: Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School. Clarion Books. Completed June 19, 2009.
  43. Janet Stein: This Little Bunny Can Bake. Schwartz & Wade. Completed June 19, 2009.
  44. Jonah Winter (ill. Andre Carrilho): You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!. Schwartz & Wade. Completed June 19, 2009.
  45. Jacqueline Jules (ill. Jef Czekaj): Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation. Charlesbridge. Completed June 19, 2009.
  46. Diane deGroat and Shelley Rotner: Dogs Don't Brush Their Teeth! Orchard Books. Completed June 29, 2009. (Review scheduled for publication date - August 1st)

Middle Grade Books

  1. Brenda Ferber: Jemma Hartman, Camper Extraordinaire. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Completed June 6, 2009. My review.
  2. Zilpha Keatley Snyder: The Ghosts of Rathburn Park. Yearling. Completed June 6, 2009. My review.
  3. Laurel Snyder: Any Which Wall. Random House Books for Young Readers. Completed June 6, 2009. My review.
  4. Elise Broach: Masterpiece. Henry Holt and Co. Completed June 7, 2009. My review.
  5. Sarah Prineas (ill. Antonio Javier Caparo): The Magic Thief. HarperCollins. Completed June 18, 2009. My review.
  6. Jordan Sonnenblick: Dodger for President. Feiwel & Friends. Completed June 25, 2009. My review.
  7. Eric Wight: Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom. Simon & Schuster. Completed June 27, 2009. My review.
  8. Sarah Prineas (ill. Antonio Javier Caparo): The Magic Thief: Lost. HarperCollins. Completed June 27, 2009. My review.
  9. Kate Messner: The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. Walker Books for Young Readers. Completed June 28, 2009. (Holding review until closer to publication, but I do recommend this title, especially for girls just starting middle school.)

Young Adult Books

  1. Suzanne Collins: Catching Fire (sequel to The Hunger Games). Scholastic. Completed June 1, 2009. My early thoughts (not a full review).
  2. Jacqueline Kelly: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Henry Holt and Co. Completed June 5, 2009. My review.
  3. Caroline B. Cooney: If the Witness Lied. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed June 5, 2009. My review.
  4. Anna Godbersen: Envy (Luxe #3). HarperCollins. Completed June 6, 2009. (No review, because this was an audio read)0
  5. Jennifer Bradbury: Shift. Atheneum. Completed June 6, 2009. My review.
  6. Marley Gibson: Ghost Huntress, Book 2: The Guidance. Graphia. Completed June 7, 2009. My review.
  7. Cassandra Clare: City of Glass. Simon & Schuster. Completed June 8, 2009. My review.
  8. Tanita S. Davis: Mare's War. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed June 10, 2009. My review.
  9. Michael Grant: Hunger: A Gone Novel. HarperTeen. Completed June 23, 2009. My review.
  10. Catherine Gilbert Murdock: Front and Center. Houghton Mifflin. Completed June 24, 2009. My review.

Adult Fiction

  1. Lisa Lutz: Revenge of the Spellmans. Simon & Schuster. Completed June 5, 2009. My review.
  2. Stephen King: The Stand. Signet. Completed June 17, 2009. (A re-read of an old favorite.)
  3. Charliane Harris: Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1). Ace. Completed June 24, 2009, on MP3. Oddly addictive, though I don't generally care for listening to books this explicit on audio. The southern accent really worked for me, though, in liking the character.

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