Here is a list of 2011 titles I am looking forward to. Many of the titles in January have already been released I was a little heavy handed with the cover images but I couldn't help it, there are a lot of great covers.If the title is italicized the story - features kids or color or has a diverse cast. If such a title is not italicized either I forgot to do it or I didn't know. So please feel free to tell me in the comment box.
All authors and illustrators of color will have an asterisk next to their name.
Before I get to January, here are three YA books that were published at the end of December
Bitter Melon by Cara Chow* - Ari's review
Teenie by Christopher Grant* - My review
Shadow Walker by L.A. Banks* - No review, but check out an excerpt
January
Picture Books
Shoe la la by Karen Beaumont illus. by Leuyen Pham*
A Nation's Hope : The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by Matt de la Pena* - Kadir Nelson* Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee* and Tonya Lewis* illus. Sean Qualls*
Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff illus. by R . Gregory Christie*
Before there was Mozart by Lesa Cline Ransome* illus. by James E. Ransome*
Middle Grade
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan- Long Shang* my review
The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter by Kristen Tracy
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
Camo Girl by Kekly Magoon* my review
Wheels of Change : How Woman Rode the Bicycle to Freedom by Sue Macy
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (Paperback)
Young Adult
The Latte Rebellion by Sarah Jamila Stevenson*
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves* my review
Sequins Secrets and Silver Linings by Sophia Bennett My review
Blessed by Cynthia Letich Smith*
Jazz in Love by Neesha Meminger* Edi's review and interview with the author
Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang*
The Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda*
Orchards by Holly Thompson
Good Fortune by Noni Carter* (Paperback)
Sweet Hereafter by Angela Johnson* (Paperback)
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes (Paperback)
Mare's War by Tanita Davis* (Paperback)
Feburary
Picture Books/Early Reader
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred by Samantha R. Vamos illus by Rafael Lopez
Argus by Michelle Knudsen illus. by Andrea Wesson
Ballpark Mysteries : The Fenway Foul Up by David A. Kelly
Middle Grade
A Dog's Way Home by Bobbie Pyron
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Inside Out and Black Again by Thanhha Lai*
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay*
How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba Sized Trohpy by Crystal Allen*
The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott (Paperback)
Young Adult
Trapped by Michael Northrop - out now my review
Pink by Lili Wilkinson
Pickup Game edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R Smith
SkateFate by Juan Felipe Herrera*
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon* (Paperback)
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork* (Paperback)
March
Middle Grade
Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster by Ursula Vernon
Warp Speed by Lisa Yee*
Glitz by Philana Marie Boles*
The Popularity Papers Book Two by Amy Ignatow
Celestial Globe by Marie Rutkoski (Paperback)
The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo (Paperback)
Young Adult
Fury of Phoenix by Cindy Pon*
What Can't Wait by Ashley Hope Perez*
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
Blink &Caution by Tim Wynne Jones
Subway Girl by PJ Converse
I Am J by Chris Beam
The Way the Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith* (Paperback)
The Post Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle* illus by Sean Qualls* (Paperback)
Nurse, Solider Spy -story of Sarah Edmounds by Marissa Moss illus. by John Hendrix (NF)
April
Picture Book
Ladder to the Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng* illus. by Yuyi Morales*
Middle Grade
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French (Paperback)
Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh by R.L. LaFevers
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney* illus. by Sean Qualls*
Sidekicks by Jack D Ferraiolo
Young Adult
Boyfriends With Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez*
Abandon by Meg Cabot
The Returning by Christine Hinwood
You Don't Have a Clue edited by Sarah Cortez*
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor*
The Time Traveling Fashonisita by Bianca Turestsky
Huntress by Malinda Lo*
May
Summer Jackson: Grown Up by Teresa E. Harris*
Diego Rivera His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuth*
Ellray Jakes is Not a Chicken by Sally Warner
The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies
I So Don't Do Famous by Barrie Summy
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
The Midnight Gate by Helen Stringer
Jeremy Bender vs. The Cupcake Cadets by Eric Luper
Fibble: The Fourth Circle of Heck by Dale E. Bayse
Young Adult
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia Mccall*
Compulsion by Heidi Ayarbe
My Life, The Theater, and Other Tragedies by Allen Zadoff
Shine by Lauren Myracle
Notes from the Blender by Brendan Halpin and Trish Cook
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi
June
OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy
Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
July
Picture Book/Early Reader
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown* illus. by John Parra*
The Bravest Woman in America by Marissa Moss illus. by Andrea URen
Nikki & Deja Election Madness by Karen English* illus. by Laura Freeman*
Middle Grade
The Detention Club by David Yoo*
The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens (Paperback)
Young Adult
Dreams of Significant Girls by Cristina Garcia*
Silhouetted by the Blue by Traci L Jones*
The Bestest Ramadan Ever by Medeia Sharif*
Luminous by Dawn Metcalf
Wildcat Fireflies by Amber Kizer
August
Chirchir is Singing by Kelly Cunnane illus. by Jude Daly
Vanished by Sheela Chari*
How Dalia put a big yellow comforter inside of a tiny blue box by Linda Heller
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
Want to Go Private by Sarah Darer Littman
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
September
Circus Galacticus by Deva Fagan
Bronxwood by Coe Booth*
Return to Me by Justina Chen Headley*
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
All the Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake*
Dear Bully edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones
