Things I Love

  • Adoption
  • Reading out loud (with character voices!)
  • ​The little community library she and her family built
  • Baking (and taste-testing)
  • Furry animals that make her say "Awww!"
  • Her chickens, especially Chip and Dip
  • Glitter
  • Scuba diving
  • Waterfalls
  • Camping
  • Hiking
  • Biking
  • The beach
  • Her garden
  • Okay, really anything outdoors
  • Brewing kombucha
  • Cheese- any and all cheese!

Picture Books I Love

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  • 1 Big Salad by Juana Medina
  • 17 Things I’m Not Allowed To Do Anymore by Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter
  • A Big Mooncake For Little Star by Grace Lin
  • A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O’Leary and QinLeng
  • A House that Once Was by Julie Fogliano and Lane Smith
  • A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
  • After the Fall by Dan Santat
  • All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee
  • Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
  • Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris and LeUyen
  • Because by Mo Willems and Amber Ren
  • Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley
  • Dandy by Ame Dyckman and Charles Santoso
  • Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
  • Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio and LeUyen Pham
  • I Am Enough by Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo
  • I Thought This Was a Bear Book by Tara Lazar and Benji Davies
  • Ida, Always by Caron Levis and Charles Santoso
  • Julian Is A Mermaid by Jessica Love
  • Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunt
  • Love, Triangle by Marcie Colleen and Bob Shea
  • Mixed by Arree Chung
  • Moldilocks and The Three Scares by Lynne Marie and David Rodriguez Lorenzo
  • Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer and Scott Magoon
  • Nugget And Fang by Tammi Sauer
  • One Word From Sofia by Jim Averbeck and Yasmeen Ismail
  • Pink Is For Boys by Rob Pearlman and Eda Kaban
  • Sophie's Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller and Anne Wilsdorf
  • Stars by Mary Lyn Ray and Marla Frazee
  • Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon
  • Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
  • The Day You Begin by Jaqueline Woodson and Rafael Lopez
  • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
  • The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska
  • The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerfeld
  • The Rough Patch by Brian Lies
  • There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi and Laurel Molk
  • This Book Is Spineless by Lindsay Leslie and Alice Brereton
  • This is Not a Valentine by Carter Higgins and Lucy Ruth Cummins
  • They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenz
  • Trevor by Jim Averbeck and Amy Hevron
  • Truman by Jean Reidy and Lucy Ruth Cummins
  • What If… by Samantha Berger
  • We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
  • When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie Deenihan and Lorraine Rocha
  • Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio and Scott Campbell

Things I DON'T Love

  • Hate
  • Unkindness
  • Lima beans (okay, peas too)