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ReFoReMo 2019 Reading List
Friday, March 1: (Day 1) Coordinators Carrie Charley Brown and Kirsti Call:
Bibliotherapy
Stegothesaurus by Bridget Heos and T. L. McBeth
Sterling, Best Dog Ever, by Aidan Cassie
Giraffe Problems, by Jory John
The Day You Begin, by Jacqueline Woodson
Rot, the Cutest in the World by Ben Clanton
Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka
Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky
Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
March 4 (Day 2) Literary Advocate Susannah Richards
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall (Little, Brown Books
for Young Readers, 2018)
Thank You Omu by Oge Mora (Little, Brown Books for
Young Readers, 2018)
The Wall in The Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (Dial Books, 2018)
Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks
Planet by Curtis Manley and by Jessica Lanan
Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by
John Holyfield
The Rough Patch by Brian Lies (Greenwillow, 2018)
The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol (Roaring Brook, 2019)
Fox + Chick: The Party by Sergio Ruzzier (Chronicle Books, 2018)
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian
Pura Belpré by Anika Denisea and Paola Escobar
Jabari
Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
(Candlewick, 2017)
March 5 (Day 3) Author Jamie Deenihan: Second Person
Jean Reagan:
How to Babysit a Grandpa (2012)
How to Babysit a Grandma (2014)
How to Catch Santa, How to Surprise a Dad (2015)
How to Get Your Teacher Ready, How to Raise a Mom (2017)
How to Scare a Ghost (2018)
Books by Elise Parsley:
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! (2015)
If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don’t! (2016)
If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t! (2017)
If You Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to Meet Santa, Don’t! (2018)
Books written by Jason Carter Eaton, illustrated by John Rocco:
How to Train Your Train (2013)
How to Track a Truck (2016)
Books written by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Goro Fujita:
Your Alien (2015)
Your Alien Returns (2016)
Books written by Julie Glassman, illustrated by Andy Elkerton:
Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library (2016)
Do Not Take Your Dragon to Dinner (2017)
Books written by Tom Fletcher, illustrated by Greg Abbott:
There’s a Monster in Your Book (2017)
There’s a Dragon in Your Book (2018)
Be Glad Your Dad is Not an Octopus by Matthew Logelin and Sara Jensen illustrated by Jared Chapman
If Your Monster Won’t Go to Bed by Denise Vega, illustrated by Zachariah Ohora
You Don’t Want a Unicorn by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Liz Climo
Teach Your Giraffe to Ski by Viviane Elbee, illustrated by Danni Gowdy
Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Dragons Get Colds Too by Rebecca Roan, illustrated by Charles Santosa
March 6 (Day 4) Author/Library Media Specialist Marcie Flinchum Atkins: First and Last Lines
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs:
The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation
by Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe
Sun! One in a Billion by Stacy McAnulty and Stevie Lewis
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky and Isabelle Arsenault
The Boo-Boo’s That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!)
by Barry Wittenstein and Chris Hsu
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented
by Tanya Lee Stone and Steven Salerno
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
by Patricia Valdez and Felicita Sala
Dr. Jo: How Sara Josephine Baker Saved the Lives of America’s Children
by Monica Kulling and Julianna Swaney
Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just by Melina Mangal and Luisa Uribe
March 7 (Day 5) Author Heidi Stemple: Story Voice
Owl Moon: by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
Marvelous Cornelius: by Phil Bildner, illustrated by John Parra
Jamberry: by Bruce Degen
Time for Bed: by Mem Fox, illustrated by Jane Dyer
One Word From Sophia by Jim Averbeck, illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
7 Ate 9 by Tara Lazar, illustrated by Ross MacDonald
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Maya Was Grumpy by Courtney Pippin-Mathur
March 8 (Day 6) Author/Library Media Specialist Matthew Winner: Meaning
Born Bad by C K Smouha and Stephen Smith
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel and Shane W. Evans
March 11 (Day 7) Literary Agent Emma Sector: Onomatopoeia
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Prickly Hedgehog by Jane McGuinness
Dragons Love Tacos and Dragons Love Tacos 2 by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmeri
Egg by Kevin Henkes
Click, Clack, PEEP, by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
March 12 (Day 8) Literary Advocate Mia Wenjen: Biography Arcs
Magic Ramen: The Story of MomofuAndo by Andrea Wang and Kana ku Urbanowicz
March 13 (Day 9) Author Christy Mihaly: Titles (and Subtitles)
THE DIAMOND AND THE BOY: The Creation of Diamonds & the Life of H. Tracy Hall
By Hannah Holt, illustrated by Jay Fleck
LISTEN: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing.
By Leda Schubert, illustrated by Raúl Colón
MARTí’S SONG FOR FREEDOM: Martí y sus versos por la libertad.
By Emma Otheguy, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal, translation by Adriana Domínguez
PASS GO AND COLLECT $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented.
By Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Steven Salerno
THIRTY MINUTES OVER OREGON: A Japanese Pilot’s World War II Story
By Marc Tyler Nobleman, illustrated by Melissa Iwai
March 14 (Day 10) Author/Illustrator Ryan T. Higgins: Humor
Exploring Calvin and Hobbes (Comic) by Bill Watterson
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah OHora
Bob, not Bob! by Audrey Vernick and Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
The Cookie Fiasco (Early reader) by Dan Santat
March 15 (Day 11) Author Janie Reinart: Unexpected
Finn's Feather by Rachel Noble
P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar & Chris Carpenter
The Rough Patch by Brian Lies
Hey-Ho to Mars we'll go! by Susan Lendroth
Bugs Don't Hug by Heather L. Montgomery
March 18 (Day 12) Editor Julie Bliven- Charlesbridge: Inclusion
I’m New Here, Anne Sibley O’Brien
Snug by Carol Thompson
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith
Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev
March 19 (Day 13) Author Ruth Spiro: Connections
ALLIE ALL ALONG by Sarah Lynne Reul
DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR by Sharee Miller
MAKING A FRIEND by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Alison Friend
I AM THE BOSS OF THIS CHAIR by Carolyn Crimi, illustrated by Marisa Morea
THE DRESS AND THE GIRL by Camille Andros, illustrated by Julie Morstad
March 20 (Day 14) Author Cindy Schrauben: Focusing on the Forest
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAB by Sue Fliess and Petros Bouloubasis
ALBIE NEWTON by Josh Funk and Esther Garay
DIVA DELORES AND THE OPERA HOUSE MOUSE by Laura Sassi and Rebecca Gerlings
THE DRAGON AND THE NIBBLESOME KNIGHT by Elli Woolland and Benji Davies
ZOG AND THE FLYING DOCTORS by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
DORIS THE BOOKASAURUS By Diana Murray and Yuyi Chen
March 21 (Day 15) Editor/Author Emma Walton Hamilton: Breaking the Rules
Little Brown (Marla Frazee)
I Will Not Eat You (Adam Lehrhaupt, Scott Magoon)
The Stuff of Stars (Mariod Dane Bauer, Ekua Holmes)
The Iridescence of Birds (Patricia MacLachlan, Hadley Hooper)
I Need a New Bum (Dawn McMillan, Ross Kinaird)
Monsters New Undies (Samantha Berger, Tad Carpenter)
March 22 (Day 16) Author Keila Dawson: Diversity
UNDER MY HIJAB is written by Hena Khan
WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA by Traci Sorell
A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR by author-illustrator Grace Lin
THANK YOU OMU author-illustrator Oge Mora
JULIÁN IS A MERMAID author-illustrator Jessica Love
March 25 (Day 17) Editor Charlotte Wenger- Page Street Press: Emotion
Boats for Papa, written and illustrated by Jessixa Bagley
The Rabbit Listened, written and illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld
Ida, Always, by Caron Levis, illustrated by Charles Santoso
My Heart, written and illustrated by Corinna Luyken
The Remember Balloons, by Jessie Oliveros, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
March 26 (Day 18) Author Kim Chaffee: Biographies
BEFORE SHE WAS HARRIET by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome
THE WILLIAM HOY STORY by Nancy Churnin and Jez Tuya
ADA LOVELACE, POET OF SCIENCE: THE FIRST COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
By Diane Stanley and Jessie Hartland
MARGARET AND THE MOON by Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley
SHARK LADY: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW EUGENIE CLARK
BECAME THE OCEAN’S MOST FEARLESS SCIENTIST
by Jess Keating and Marta Alvarez Miguens
March 27 (Day 19) Author Michelle Houts: Quiet
The Darkest Dark written by Chris Hadfield and Kate Fillion, illustrated by The Fan Brothers
March 28 (Day 20) Deborah Sloan: Big Issues
Nests by Pepe Márquez; illustrated by Natalia Colombo
March 29 (Day 21) Carrie and Kirsti