This list will not include all of the picture books I read over the year (there are often too many to remember to list!), but I will list picture books featured for review, as well as in Great Picture Books posts! All other books, including middle grade, readers, children’s non-fiction, graphic novels, YA, adult fiction, humour, etc., will be listed here.
- The Line Tender by Kate Allen
- Douglas by Randy Cecil
- Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland
- Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Our Favorite Day Joowon Oh
- Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang, illus. Charlene Chua
- The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden by Heather Smith, art by Rachel Wada
- Chirri & Chirra: The Snowy Day by Kaya Doi
- Good Night, Little Blue Truck by Alice Shertle, illus. John Joseph in the style of Jill McElmurry
- Saturday by Oge Mora
- The End of Something Wonderful: A Practical Guide to a Backyard Funeral by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illus. George Ermos
- Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life by Dante Fabiero
- Karen’s Witch (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #1) by Katy Farina, based on the books by Ann M. Martin
- Gross as a Snot Otter (The World of Weird Animals) by Jess Keating, illus. David DeGrand
- Breaking Cat News (Breaking Cat News) by Georgia Dunn
- Lupin Leaps In (Breaking Cat News) by Georgia Dunn
- Go with the Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann
- Chirp by Kate Messner
- Inside the Villains by Clotilde Perrin
- Lucky Little Things by Janice Erlbaum
- The Best of Iggy (Iggy Frangi #1) by Annie Barrows, illus. Sam Ricks
- Mabel: A Mermaid Fable by Rowboat Watkins
- My Dog: The Paradox by Matthew Inman
- Big Nate: Blows the Roof Off by Lincoln Peirce
- Captain Rosalie by Timothée de Fombelle, illus. Isabelle Arsenault Sam Gordon
- The Wolf in Underpants (Le Loup en slip #1) by Wilfrid Lupano, illus. Mayana Itoiz Paul Cauuet
- Bear is Awake! by Hannah E. Harrison
- Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas, illus. Daniel Egneus
- The Witch Boy (The Witch Boy #1) by Molly Ostertag
- The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only Ivan #1) by Katherine Applegate
- Bernice Buttman, Model Citizen by Niki Lenz
- Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson
- Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
- The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert
- If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie, with Nahanni Shingoose, illus. Neal Shannacappo
- How Mirka Got Her Sword (Hereville #1) by Barry Deutsch, colorist Jake Richmond
- Stepping Stones (Peapod Farm #1) by Lucy Knisley
- What Momma Left Me by Renée Watson
- Those That Cause Fear by Neil Christopher, illus. Germaine Arnaktauyok
- Unexpected Art: Serendipitous Installations, Site-Specific Works, and Surprising Interventions by Jenny Moussa Spring
- The One and Only Bob (The One and Only Ivan #2) by Katherine Applegate
- What Lane by Torrey Moldonado
- Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart #1) by Renée Watson
- One Year at Ellesmere by Faith Erin Hicks
- Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag #1) by Zetta Elliot
- American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar
- The Stepmom Shake-Up by Niki Lenz