#BlogBookADay
This is a new idea I’m trying on my blog this year that was inspired by @donalynbooks and @heisereads – to provide a brief review of a picture book every day of 2018. You’ll get a brief summary of the story, a review of the content, illustrations and theme, my personal reaction to the book and all the pertinent publication information! This page is a complete list of all the titles that have been reviewed on my blog for my new challenge, #blogbookaday!
January
January 1 – Don’t Forget Dexter! by Lindsay Ward
January 2 – Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwell
January 3 –
January 4 – The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
January 5 – The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet by Carmen Agra Deedy
January 6 – Wolf In the Snow by Matthew Cordell
January 7 – Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
January 8 – Come With Me by Holly M. McGhee
January 9 – The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt
January 10 – This House, Once by Deborah Freedman
January 11 – When’s My Birthday? by Julie Fogliano
January 12 – Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper
January 13 – A Different Pond by Bao Phi
January 14 – Life by Cynthia Rylant
January 15 – Rufus Blasts Off! by Kim T. Griswell
January 16 – Maurice the Unbeastly by Amy Dixon
January 17 – Goodnight,Little Bot by Karen Kaufman Orloff
January 18 – Dough Knights and Dragons by Dee Leone
January 19 – Bagel In Love by Natasha Wing
January 20 – Blue Skies White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus
January 21 – Escargot by Dashka Slater
January 22 – Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
January 23 – The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC’s (the Hard Way) by
Patrick McDonnell
January 24 – Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion by Chris Barton
January 25 – All the Way to Havana by Margarita Engle
January 26 – Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds
January 27 – Windows by Julia Denos
January 28 – The Wolf, The Duck & The Mouse by Mac Barnett
January 29 – Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
January 30 – The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater
January 31 –Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares
February
February 1 – Little Fox In the Forest by Stephanie Graegin
February 2 – How to Find an Elephant by Kate Banks
February 3 – Baabwaa & Wooliam by David Elliott
February 4 – Might Moby by Barbara DaCosta
February 5 – Flowers for Sarajevo by John McCutcheon
February 6 – Dear Girl, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal
February 7 – The Digger and the Flower by Joseph Kuefler
February 8 – A Couch for Llama by Leah Gilbert
February 9 – Nature’s Lullaby Fills the Night by Dee Leone
February 10 – Read the Book, Lemmings! by Ame Dyckman
February 11 – Fox and the Jumping Contest by Corey R. Tabor
February 12 – Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root
February 13 – Watersong by Tim McCanna
February 14 – BunnyBear by Andrea J. Loney
February 15 – Roger Is Going Fishing by Koen Van Biesen
February 16 – Ruby’s Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee
February 17 – Mitford at the Fashion Zoo by Donald Roberston
February 18 – The Great Dictionary Caper by Judy Sierra
February 19 – Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken by Douglas Rees
February 20 – The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds
February 21 – Nobody’s Duck by Mary Sullivan
February 22 – Elmore by Holly Hobbie
February 23 – Love by Matt de la Peña
February 24 – Draw the Line by Kathryn Otoshi
February 25 – If You Ever Want To Bring a Circus To the Library, Don’t! by Elise Parsley
February 26 – The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra by Marc Tyler Nobleman
February 27 – You Must Bring a Hat! by Simon Philip
February 28 – Quiet! by Kate Alizadeh
March
March 1 – Cat Nap by Toni
March 2 – Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal & Surishtha Sehgal
March 3 – Winter Dance by Marion Dane Bauer
March 4 – Kate, Who Tamed the Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon
March 5 – Yoga Bunny by Brian Russo
March 6 – Round by Joyce Sidman
March 7 – The Storm Whale by Benji Davies
March 8 – I Am the Boss of This Chair by Carolyn Crimi
March 9 – Nothing Can Frighten a Bear by Elizabeth Dale
March 10 – This Is Not a Valentine by Carter Higgins
March 11 – Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey
March 12 – 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story by Tara Lazar
March 13 – Lexie the Word Wrangler by Rebecca Van Slyke
March 14 – Charlotte the Scientist Is Squished by Camille Andros
March 15 – Middle Bear by Susanna Isern
March 16 – If I Were a Kangaroo by Mylisa Larsen
March 17 – Mighty, Mighty Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
March 18 – Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
March 19 – Wordy Birdy by Tammi Sauer
March 20 – Cat on the Bus by Aram Kim
March 21 – Franky by Leo Timmers
March 22 – Mama’s Kisses by Kate McMullan
March 23 – My Busy Green Garden by Terry Pierce
March 24 – Charlotte and the Rock by Stephen W. Martin
March 25 – Antoinette by Kelly DiPucchio
March 26 – Go Big or Go Gnome by Kirsten Mayer
March 27 – World Pizza by Cece Meng
March 28 – Pen Pals by Alexandra Pichard
March 29 – The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
March 30 – The Perfect Pillow by Eric Pinder
March 31 – Away by Emil Sher
April
April 1 – Islandborn by Junot Díaz
April 2 – Hello Door by Alastair Heim
April 3 – Ready, Set, Sail! by Meg Fleming
April 4 – I Love Cats! by Sue Stainton
April 5 – Max Speed by Stephen
April 6 – Tricky by Kari Rust
April 7 – The Wolf Who Fell Out of a Book by Thierry Robberecht
April 8 – Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
April 9 – Hug This Book! by Barney Saltzberg
April 10 – This Story Is For You by Greg Pizzoli
April 11 – Explorers of the Wild by Cale Atkinson
April 12 – Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World In Poetry and Pictures by Kwame Alexander
April 13 – Look Out, It’s a Dragon! by Jonny Lambert
April 14 – Bird Builds a Nest by Martin Jenkins
April 15 – Petra by Marianna Coppo
April 16 – Flo by Kyo Maclear
April 17 – Walk With Me by Jairo Buitrago
April 18 – Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
April 19 – Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
April 20 – I Am a Cat by Galia Bernstein
April 21 – Teddy’s Favorite Toy by Christian Trimmer
April 22 – Florette by Anna Walker
April 23 – Twinkle, Twinkle Little Car by Kate Dopirak
April 24 – Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms by Robert Paul Weston
April 25 – All Aboard for the Bobo Road by Stephen Davies
April 26 – Love, Mama by Jeanette Bradley
April 27 – Wash On! by Michèle Marineau
April 28 – Vincent Comes Home by
April 29 – Shorty & Clem by Michael Slack
April 30 – The Big Monster Snorey Book by Leigh Hodgkinson
May
May 1 – Nile Crossing by Katy Beebe
May 2 – Mary Had a Little Lab by Sue Fliess
May 3 – My Pet Wants a Pet by Elise Broach
May 4 – Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
May 5 – Good Morning, Grizzle Grump! by Aaron Blecha
May 6 – The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do by Ashley Spires
May 7 – Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani
May 8 – Little Mouse’s Big Breakfast by Christine Pym
May 9 – My Family Four Floors Up by Caroline Stutson
May 10 – Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson
May 11 – Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson
May 12 – Truck, Truck, Goose! by Tammi Sauer
May 13 – Where Is Bear? by Jonathan Bentley
May 14 – Idea Jar by Adam Lehrhaupt
May 15 – I Am a Unicorn by Michaela Schuett
May 16 – What If… by Samantha Berger
May 17 – Natsumi! by Susan Lendroth
May 18 – The Weather Girls by Aki
May 19 – Shake the Tree! by Chiara Vignocchi, Paolo Chiarinotti, Silvia
May 20 – Little Red Riding Sheep by Linda Ravin Lodding
May 21 – Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
May 22 – I Got a New Friend by Karl Newsom Edwards
May 23 – Wet by Carey Sookocheff
May 24 –Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Emma Garcia
May 25 – Have You Seen My Elephant? by David Barrow
May 26 – They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
May 27 – Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke
May 28 – Wild One by Jane Whittingham
May 29 – Bloom by Deborah Diesen
May 30 – Duck, Duck, Dinosaur by Kallie George
May 31 – Ice Boy by David Ezra Stein
June
June 1 – Floaty by John Himmelman
June 2 – Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske
June 3 – Noisy Night by Brian Biggs
June 4 – The Library Book by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark
June 5 – Ducks Away! by Mem Fox
June 6 – Dig In! by Cindy Jenson-Elliott
June 7 – Hooray for Today! by Brian Won
June 8 – This Is It by Daria Peoples-Riley
June 9 – The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen Savage
June 10 – The Green Umbrella by Jackie Azúa Kramer
June 11 – Rock-a-Bye Romp by Linda Ashman
June 12 – Things To Do With Dad by Sam Zuppardi
June 13 – Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
June 14 – That’s NOT How You Do It! by Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar
June 15 – The Field by Baptiste Paul
June 16 – Hooked by Tommy Greenwald
June 17 – The Book No One Ever Read by Cornelia Funke
June 18 – My Pillow Keeps Moving! by Laura Gehl
June 19 – Watch Out, Snail! by Gay Hay
June 20 – Marigold Bakes a Cake by Mike Malbrough
June 21 – Warbler Wave by April Pulley Sayre
June 22 – The Big Bed by Bunmi Laditan
June 23 – On the Other Side of the Garden by Jairo Buitrago
June 24 – Don’t Blink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
June 25 – Toad Has Talent by Richard Smythe
June 26 – That Fruit Is Mine! by Anuska Allepuz
June 27 – Bus! Stop! by James Yang
June 28 – Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka
June 29 – Still a Family by Brenda Reeves Sturgis
June 30 – Alfie by Thyra Heder
July
July 1 – Boat of Dreams by Rogério Coelho
July 2 – Things To Do by Elaine Magliaro
July 3 – Monster Trucks by Joy Keller
July 4 – People Don’t Bite People by Lisa Wheeler
July 5 – Doll-E 1.0 by Shonda McCloskey
July 6 – Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam by Fawzia Gilani-Williams
July 7 – Rhyme Crime by Jon Burgerman
July 8 – Honey by David Ezra Stein
July 9 –The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier
July 10 – Moon by Alison Oliver
July 11 – Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessica Sima
July 12 – A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano
July 13 – Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap
July 14 – Sleep Train by Jonathan London
July 15 – Flashlight Night by Matt Forrest Esenwine
July 16 – If You Were the Moon by Laura Purdie Salas
July 17 – This Book Will Not Be Fun by Cirocco Dunlap
July 18 – Henny, Penny, Lenny, Denny, and Mike by Cynthia Rylant
July 19 – We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
July 20 – Twilight Chant by Holly Thompson
July 21 – Morris Mole by Dan Yaccarino
July 22 – Professional Crocodile by Gianna Zoboli & Mariachiara Di Giorgio
July 23 – Drawn Together by Minh Lê
July 24 – The Scariest Book Ever by Bob Shea
July 25 – This Beautiful Day by Richard Jackson
July 26 – Monster’s New Undies by Samantha Berger
July 27 – Ocean Meets Sky by The Fan Brothers
July 28 – No Kimchi for Me! by Aram Kim
July 29 – Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow by Michelle Cuevas
July 30 – Shark Nate-O by Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie
July 31 – What Are You Waiting For? by Scott Menchin
August
August 1 – Ginny Goblin Is Not Allowed To Open This Box by David Goodner
August 2 – We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner
August 3 – I Am Famous by Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie
August 4 – Once Upon a Rainy Day by Édouard Manceau
August 5 – You
August 6 – Captain Starfish by Davina Bell
August 7 – Dormouse Dreams by Karma Wilson
August 8 – Feathers and Hair, What Animals Wear by Jennifer Ward
August 9 – Everything You Need For a Treehouse by Carter Higgins
August 10 – Dude! by Aaron Reynolds
August 11 – Square by Mac Barnett
August 12 – Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back? by Jory John
August 13 – Prickly Hedgehogs! by Jane McGuinness
August 14 – Argyle Fox by Marie Letourneau
August 15 – Firefighter Duckies! by Frank W. Dormer
August 16 – Bug Zoo by Lisa Wheeler
August 17 – Snickerdoodle Takes the Cake by Ethan Long
August 18 – So You Want to Be a Rock Star by Audrey Vernick
August 19 – New Shoesby Chris Raschka
August 20 – All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
August 21 – Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten by Candice Ransom
August 22 – Dear Substitute by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick
August 23 – Flight School by Lita Judge
August 24 – A Chip Off the Old Block by Jody Jensen Shaffer
August 25 – Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate
August 26 – Whale In a Fishbowl by Troy Howell
August 27 – Mae and the Moon by Jami Gigot
August 28 – Misunderstood Shark by Ame Dyckman
August 29 – Small Things by Mel Tregonning
August 30 –The Princess and the Pit Stop by Tom Angleberger
August 31 – Frankie by Mary Sullivan
September
September 1 – No Biggy! by Elycia Rubin
September 2 – Shelter by Céline Claire
September 3 – Charles by S.E. Hume
September 4 – Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones
September 5 – Lola Dutch by Kenneth and Sarah Jane Wright
September 6 – Bub by Elizabeth Rose Stanton
September 7 – Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
September 8 – Night Out by Daniel Miyares
September 9 – Dog Loves Drawing by Louise Yates
September 10 – Babies Can Sleep Anywhere by Lisa Wheeler
September 11 – The Hugely-
September 12 – A Stone for Sascha by Aaron Becker
September 13 – The Rough Patch by Brian Lies
September 14 – A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
September 15 – Five Little Ducks by Denise Fleming
September 16 – Brave by Stacy McAnulty
September 17 – Grains of Sand by Sibylle Delacroix
September 18 – Kings of the Castle by Victoria Turnbull
September 19 – Hello, My Name Is…: How Adorabilis Got His Name by Marisa Polansky
September 20 – A Bilingual Tale of the Legendary Creature Known as… El Chupacabras by Adam Rubin
September 21 – Rainforest by Julia Groves
September 22 – If the
September 23 – Mabel and Sam at Home by Linda Urban
September 24 – Arnold the Brave by Gundi Herget
September 25 – Who Was That? by Olivier Tallec
September 26 – I’m a Duck by Eve Bunting
September 27 – Little Pig Saves the Ship by David Hyde Costello
September 28 – Cat Wishes by Calista Brill
September 29 – The King of Space by Johnny Duddle
September 30 – Old Hat by Emily Gravett
October
October 1 – This Is the Nest That Robin Built by Denise Fleming
October 2 – The Secrets of Ninja School by Deb Pilutti
October 3 – The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
October 4 – Mustafa by Marie-Louise Gay
October 5 – Eraser by Anna Kang
October 6 – Bigger Than You by Hyewon Kyung
October 7 – The New LiBEARian by Alison Donald
October 8 – Sheep 101 by Richard T. Morris
October 9 – Saffron Ice Cream by Rashin Kheiriyeh
October 10 – Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell
October 11 – The Two Mutch Sisters by Carol Brendler
October 12 – Pignic by Matt Phelan
October 13 – Monster Boogie by Laurie Berkner
October 14 – Honk! Splat! Vroom! by Barry Gott
October 15 – I Am Enough by Grace Byers
October 16 – A Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach
October 17 – Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein
October 18 – A Hippy-Hoppy Toad by Peggy Archer
October 19 – A Lion Is a Lion by Polly Dunbar
October 20 – Sir Simon by Cale Atkinson
October 21 – Saturday Is Swimming Day by Hyewon Yum
October 22 – Good Rosie! by Kate DiCamillo
October 23 – Super Manny Cleans Up! by Kelly DiPucchio
October 24 – Bark Park! by Trudy Krisher
October 25 – Max Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert by Stacy McAnulty
October 26 – The Perfect Siesta by Pato Mena
October 27 – How To Be a Lion by Ed Vere
October 28 – Good Night, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
October 29 – No Frogs In School by A. LaFaye
October 30 – Sometimes Rain by Meg Fleming
October 31 – One Little Monster by Mark Gonyea
November
November 1 – Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds
November 2 – Help Find Frank by Anne Bollman
November 3 – Miles McHale, Tattletale by Christianne Jones
November 4 – You’re Safe With Me by Chitra Soundar
November 5 – Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community by Susan Verde
November 6 – Bully by Jennifer Sattler
November 7 – Fox & Chick – The Party & Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier
November 8 – When the Cousins Came by Katie Yamasaki
November 9 – Potato Pants by Laurie Keller
November 10 – The Night Box by Lousie Grieg
November 11 – Crafty Llama by Mike Kerr
November 12 – The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker
November 13 – The Wall In the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee
November 14 – Imagine! by Raúl Colón
November 15 – The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros
November 16 – There’s a Dragon In Your Book by Tom Fletcher
November 17 – Rock What Ya Got by Samantha Berger
November 18 – Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian by Jacob Sager Weinstein
November 19 – Mad, Mad Bear! by Kimberly Gee
November 20 – Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda
November 21 – Run Wild by David Covell
November 22 – Giraffe Problems by Jory John
November 23 – The Truly Brave Princesses by Dolores Brown
November 24 – Douglas, You’re a Genius! by Ged Adamson
November 25 – King Alice by Matthew Cordell
November 26 – Ayobami and the Names of the Animals by Pilar López Ávila
November 27 – Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña
November 28 – Pretty Kitty by Karen Beaumont
November 29 – Off & Away by Cale Atkinson
November 30 –The Visitor by Antje Damm
December
December 1 – Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy
December 2 – Little Brown by Marla Frazee
December 3 – Franklin and Luna Go To the Moon by Jen Campbell
December 4 – Joy by Corrine Averiss
December 5 – Wallpaper by Thao Lam
December 6 – Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets – A Muslim Book of Shapes by Hena Khan
December 7 – All the Animals Where I Live by Philip C. Stead
December 8 – A Busy Creature’s Day Eating by Mo Willems
December 9 – A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes
December 10 – Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera
December 11 – Night Job by Karen Hesse
December 12 – Seven Bad Cats by Moe Bonneau
December 13 – In a Small Kingdom by Tomie dePaola
December 14 – First Laugh Welcome, Baby! by Rose Ann
December 15 – A Gift from Abuela by Cecilia Ruiz
December 16 – Zola’s Elephant by Randall de Sève
December 17 – Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby
December 18 – I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi
December 19 – There’s a Dinosaur On the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford
December 20 – Cycle City by Alison Farrell
December 21 – The Dress and the Girl by Camille Andros
December 22 – Business Pig by Andrea Zuill
December 23 – Aquarium by Cynthia Alonso
December 24 – The Dreamer by Il Sung Na
December 25 – Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
December 26 – Kitten and the Night Watchman by John Sullivan
December 27 – Stumpkin by Lucy Ruth Cummins
December 28 – The Crocodile and the Dentist by Taro Gomi
December 29 – Door by JiHyeon Lee
December 30 – Up the Mountain Pass by Marianne Dubuc
December 31 – The Snow Lion by Jim Helmore