This is a listing of all my 2019 reviews roughly grouped by type (fiction or non-fiction and picture or chapter book) and then alphabetically. Board books are listed separately. Please keep in mind that this is NOT a recommendation list, I review many books that I either do not like, or do not recommend to others. If you are looking to browse reviews by other characteristics, I have a more comprehensive listing of my commonly used tags broken down by category.
In 2019 I reviewed 34 books, mostly chapter book fiction, and 4 board books. I did not compile a favorite list for this year because I completed so few reviews.
Picture Book Fiction (3 books)
Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian, illustrated by Mike Curato.
Chapter Book Fiction (19 books)
Amal Unbound: A Novel by Aisha Saeed.
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Series #1) by Roshani Chokshi.
Fire from the Rock by Sharon Draper.
Ghosts of Greenglass House by Kate Milford, illustrated by Jaime Zollars.
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig.
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson.
Greenglass House by Kate Milford, illustrated by Jaime Zollars.
Hooray for Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke, illustrated by Lauren Tobia.
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin.
Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson.
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes.
The Real Boy by Anne Ursu, illustrated by Erin McGuire.
The Savage Fortress by Sarwat Chadda.
Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin.
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, coloring by Lark Pien.
Picture Book Non-Fiction (4 books)
Bessie Coleman: Trailblazing Pilot (Rookie Biographies) by Carol Alexander.
Chapter Book Non-Fiction (8 books)
A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer.
Civil Rights in America by Rick Beard. (Not technically a chapter book.)
Forever Mom: What to Expect When You’re Adopting by Mary Ostyn.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs, edited by Lisa Barsky.
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Hadish.
The Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi.
Yes, Chef: a memoir by Marcus Samuelsson.
Diverse Board Books can be found on their page.
Cradle Me by Debby Slier.
Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison.
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle.
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole.
At the end of the year I added a list of the board books I reviewed in 2019.
Last updated on February 26th, 2020.
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