Books Read in April

This month, I got back on track with my reading and ended up reading some wonderful books.

Board Books

• Counting Kisses: A Kiss & Read Book by Karen Katz (my review)
• Who Goes Moo? by Make Believe Ideas (my review)
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle (my review)
• No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli (my review)
  

Fiction Picture Books

• Sally and Dave, a Slug Story by Felice Arena (my review)
• The Lady of Ten Thousand Names: Goddess Stories from Many Cultures retold by Burleigh Muten, illustrated by Helen Cann (my review)
• Way Up and Over Everything written by Alice McGill, illustrated by Jude Daly (my review)
• In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck, illustrated by Tricia Tusa (my review)
• Wave by Suzy Lee (review coming soon)
• Someday When My Cat Can Talk by Caroline Lazo, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker (review coming soon)
• Cat by Mike Dumbleton, illustrated by Craig Smith (review coming soon)
• Everybody Bonjours! Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Sarah Mcmenemy (review coming soon)
• Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field, illustrated by Giselle Potter (Review coming soon)
  

Nonfiction Picture Books

• Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport (my review)
• How Artists See Series by Colleen Carroll (my review)
• Pier 21: Stories from Near and Far written by Anne Renaud, illustrated by Ares Cheung (my review)
• Going Around The Sun: Some Planetary Fun by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Janeen Mason (my review)
• This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming by Jan Thornhill (my review)
• Traveling With Anna/ De Viaje con Ana series by Laura Crawford (my review)
  

Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (my review)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (my review)
• Tuk and the Whale by Raquel Rivera (my review)
  
• Thumbelina: Tiny Runaway Bride by Barbara Ensor (review coming soon)
• Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen (review coming soon)

Adult Fiction

A Cartload of Scrolls: 100 Poems in the Manner of T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-shan by James P. Lenfestey (I won this book from Diane at Carp(e) Libris, and it's absolutely wonderful. Look for a Poetry Friday review soon. Thanks Diane!

The Birth House: A Novel by Ami McKay

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Alright, so that's 28 for the month of April, bringing me to a total of 79 for the year. I have 121 left to read by December 31st, and I'm hoping to get a good chunk read during MotherReader's 48 Hour Book Challenge in June.