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to start reserving your books! Grab your library card and get comfy at the computer.
Registration opens next week!
ReFoReMo 2020 Reading List
Week One
March 2 ReFoReMo Day 1 Founders Carrie and Kirsti
This is the House that Jack Built by Simms Taback
The Prairie that Nature Built by Marybeth Lorbiecki and Cathy Morrison
Around the Table that Grandad Built by Melanie Heuiser Hill and Jaime Kim
There Was An Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight by Penny Parker Klosterman and Ben Mantle
There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Book by Jomike Tejido
Snappsy the Alligator Did Not Ask To be in This Book by Julie Falatko and Tim Miller
It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk by Josh Funk and Edwardian Taylor
Normal Norman, by Tara Lazar and S. Britt
Chloe and the Lion, by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex
Z is for Moose, by Kelly Bingham and Paul Zalinsky
March 3 ReFoReMo Day 2: Mentor Text Maven/Writer Marcie Flinchum Atkins
The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach
Are We Pears Yet? by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Carin Berger
Glacier on the Move by Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated by Alice Brereton
Moon: Earth’s Best Friend by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Stevie Lewis
Sylvia’s Bookshop: The Story of Paris’s Beloved Bookstore and Its Founder (As Told by
the Bookstore Itself) by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Katy Wu
My Happy Year by E. Bluebird by Paul Meisel
Pluto Gets the Call by Adam Rex, illustrated by Laurie Keller
Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival by Lindsay Moore
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Jamey Christoph
My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall’s Story by John Coy, illustrated by Gaylord Schanilec
March 4 ReFoReMo Day 3: Literary Advocate/Writer Matthew Winner
A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan; illus by Floyd Cooper
The Mess That We Made by Michelle Lord; illus by Julia Blattman
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta; illus by Frank Morrison
Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
The Bear's Garden by Marcie Colleen; illustrated by Alison Oliver
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail by Leslea Newman; illustrated by Susan Gal
Friday Night Wrestlefest by J. F. Fox; illustrated by Micah Player
Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Like the Moon Loves the Sky by Hena Khan; illustrated by Saffa Khan
March 5 ReFoReMo Day 4: Author Heidi Stemple
MOTH: AN EVOLUTION STORY by Isabel Thomas, Illustrated by Daniel Egneus
STONEWALL: A BUILDING, AN UPRISING, A REVOLUTION by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Jamey Christof
GIANT SQUID by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
IT BEGAN WITH A PAGE: HOW GYO FUJIKAWA DREW THE WAY by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Julie Morstad
YOU ARE MY FRIEND: THE STORY OF MISTER ROGERS AND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD by Aimee Reid, illustrated by Matt Phelan
DANCING HANDS: HOW TERESA CARRENO PLAYED THE PIANO FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael Lopez
SWAN: THE LIFE AND DANCE OF ANNA PAVLOVA by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Julie Morstad
LITTLE LIBRARIES, BIG HEROES by Miranda Paul, illustrated by John Parra
BEFORE SHE WAS HARRIET by Lesa Cline Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome
BREAD FOR WORDS: A FREDRICK DOUGLAS STORY by Shana Keller, illustrated by Kayla Stark
March 6 ReFoReMo Day 5: Literary Advocate Susannah Richards
Vroom by Barbara McClintock
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey, illustrated by Mika Song
Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter
Most Marshmallows by Rowboat Watkins
Spend It by Cinders McLeod
Good Boy by Sergio Ruzzier
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson by Jen Bryant, Ill. Cannady Chapman
A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan, ill. Floyd Cooper
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Truman by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins
River by Elisha Cooper
Week Two
March 9 ReFoReMo Day 6: Editor Courtney Fahey
Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit by Linda Marshall illustrated by Ilaria Urbinati
The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
Whale in a Fishbowl by Troy Howell illustrated by Richard Jones
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers
March 10 ReFoReMo Day 7: Literary Agent Rachel Orr
IN A JAR by Deborah Marcero
THE SCARECROW by Beth Ferry, illustrated by the Fan Brothers
BIRD, BALLOON, BEAR by Il Sung Na’s
ONCE UPON A GOAT by Dan Richards, illustrated by Eric Barclay
GREEN PANTS, by Kenneth Kraegel
March 11 ReFoReMo Day 8: Author Rajani La Rocca
Twinderella, A Fractioned Fairy Tale by Corey Rosen Schwartz, Illus by Deborah Marcero
A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth Fishman, Illus by Isabel Greenberg
100 Bugs: A Counting Book by Kate Narita, Illus by Suzanne Kaufman.
I’m Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton.
Count On Me by Miguel Tanco
March 12 ReFoReMo Day 9: Author/Illustrator Gina Perry
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil by Scott Magoon
Bear’s Scare by Jacob Grant
The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates and Juniper Bates
Crab Cake by Andrea Tsurumi
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
March 13 ReFoReMo Day 10: Author Janie Reinart
What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett and Diana Sudyka
Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina by Lea Lyon and A. LaFaye
Nine Months: Before a Baby is Born by Miranda Paul and Jason Chin
Predator and Prey by Susannah Buhrman-Deever and Bert Kitchen
Ruby’s Hope by Monica Kulling and Sarah Dvojack
Week Three
March 16 ReFoReMo Day 11: Literary Agent Linda Camacho
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss; illus by Crockett Johnson
Honeysmoke by Monique Fields; illus by Yesenia Moises
Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate; illus by Jennifer Black Reinhardt
Wolfie the Bunny by Ale Dyckman; illus by Zachariah O'Hoia
Why? by Adam Rex; illus by Claire Keane
We Are Grateful Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell; illus by Frané Lessac
March 17 ReFoReMo Day 12: Author Michelle Cusolito
Giant Squid, by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
Being Frog by April Pulley Sayre
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari and Brian Floca
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer and Ekua Holmes
March 18 ReFoReMo Day 13: Author Gaia Cornwall
Tiny Perfect Things Written by M. H. Clark, Illustrated by Madeline Kloepper
Here and Now Written by Julia Denos, Illustrated by E. B. Goodale
They Say Blue Written and Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Truman, Written Jean Reidy, Illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins
How to Read a Book, Written by Kwame Alexander, Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
March 19 ReFoReMo Day 14: Author/Illustrator Sarah Lynne Reul
Colette’s Lost Pet - words & pictures by Isabelle Arsenault; 48 pages
Stop That Yawn - words by Caron Levis, pictures by LeUyen Pham; 40 pages
Where’s Halmoni? - words & pictures by Julie Kim; 96 pages
Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian - words by Jacob Sager Weinstein, pictures by Vera Brosgol; 40 pages
Narwhal & Jelly (any book in the series; the latest one from 2019 is Narwhal's Otter Friend), words & pictures by Ben Clanton; 64 pages
March 20 ReFoReMo Day 15: Author Keila V. Dawson
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, Juana Martinez-Neal
Moon's First Friends: One Giant Leap for Friendship by Susanna Hill, Elisa Paganelli
Give Me Back My Bones by Kim Norman, Bob Kolar
The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach
Love, Agnes: Postcards from an Octopus by Irene Latham and Thea Baker
Week Four
March 23 ReFoReMo Day 16: Author Emma Otheguy
The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet by Carmen Agra Deedy and Eugene Yelchin
Brave Girl by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Pena
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael Lopez
March 24 ReFoReMo Day 17: Author/Illustrator Jannie Ho
Nobody’s Duck by Mary Sullivan
Moo Moo in a Tutu by Tim Miller
Duck, Duck, Porcupine by Salina Yoon
Snail and Worm Again by Tina Kugler
I Don't Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty illustrated by Mike Boldt
March 25 ReFoReMo Day 18: Author/Illustrator Jeannette Bradley
The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros, Illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
When When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland
When When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano; Marietta Collins; Ann Hazzard; Jennifer Zivoin
At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
March 26 ReFoReMo Day 19: Author Anika Denise
Birdsong by Julie Flett
Swan by Laurel Snyder; illustrated by Julie Morstad
A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Marvelous Cornelius by Phil Bildner; illustrated by John Parra
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
March 27 ReFoReMo Day 20: Author Marcie Colleen
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, illustrated by David Small
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Maybe Something Beautiful by Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell, illustrated by Rafael Lopez
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Me Jane by Patrick McDonnell
Amazing list--off to the library :)
ReplyDeleteThese lists are SO SO great. Cannot wait.
ReplyDeleteWheeee! Thank you for another year of learning and inspiration.
ReplyDeleteLet the library search begin! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for these lists. They are invaluable!
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSo many delicious books to savor. I’ll need to go to the library and read because we’re moving.
ReplyDeleteThank you!! Looking forward to another year.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait, how fun!
ReplyDeleteMary Munson
Off to the library I go to reserve some of the terrific books on the list.
ReplyDeleteOff to the bookstore.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to this every year. Can't wait to get started.
ReplyDeleteHi, Carrie and Kirsti.
ReplyDeleteI just want to mention that you might want to fix the first listing for March 25, day 18. You have two books running into one line, and a repeat of a word.
Great list!
Thanks, Lynn...busy times!
DeleteCannot wait!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis has always been so helpful.I look forward to another great reading month.
ReplyDeleteCan’t wait! 😊
ReplyDeleteI'm ready! Thanks for this fabulous education!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Gathering books on the list to read.
ReplyDeleteI've reserved up to my limit of library books, so I'm ready to go!
ReplyDeleteSecond try on posting comment. Looking forward to checking out this event.
ReplyDeleteFirst try on posting comment. Don't have a lot of the books, but I'll do what I can.
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm so excited to find you and join! Anne Neidinger
ReplyDeleteI'm a day late but plan to catch up!
ReplyDeleteHad a late start but catching up quickly!
ReplyDeleteTHE LIST!!
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