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What does your garden grow? - Logan's Greenhouse by JaNay Brown-Wood

The sights, sounds, smells and food of the forest - On a Mushroom Day by Chris Baker and Alexandra Finkeldey

Taste the story - Every Peach Is a Story: A Picture Book by David Mas Masumoto

Misaka took his shot - Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka by Cheryl Kim

Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts - The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World (A Picture Book Biography) by James Howe

Told in English and Chinese - Grandpa’s Magic Mask: A Story of Growth and Bravery in English and Chinese by Siping Wu; A House Just for Mommy: A Bedtime Story Told in English and Chinese by Dayong Gan; The Boy, the Deer, and the King: A Legend Retold in English and Chinese by Xiaochun Tang; Little Malan’s Debut: A Story of Courage Told in English and Chinese by Lumin Qian

Few things as fun as a good book or two - O.K. Is Gay: A Picture Book by Vincent X. Kirsch; Here Is a Book:  A Picture Book by Elisha Cooper

Bats and dragons and mysteries - Silverwing: The Graphic Novel by Kenneth Oppel and Christopher Steininger; Winter Turning: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel) by Tui T Sutherland and Mike Holmes

Stories need to be told - A Family Tree by Staci Lola Drouillard; Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor

Mine is: Damn it Jim…. Indeed. - Damn You, Entropy!: 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes by Guy P. Harrison

- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

More of a Reference Book Than I Expected - How Bad Are Bananas: The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee

A dog is a dog - My Name is Jem: a tale of a guide dog superstar by Olivia Muscat

The only real drawback is it’s due Summer 2025! - Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin

Dear Bookstore I love you - Dear Bookstore by Emily Arrow

“Dad? Mom? I think I can do it.” (Do what?) “Save the world?” or Don’t touch the cute space robot on the weird planet in the first place - Blake Laser by Keith Marantz

The first woman to sit down was a teenager - Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! by Claudette Colvin

12 months of the year in English, French, Spanish and German - One Year: Une Année  Un Año  Ein Jahr by Ioana Stoain

You know you’ve told a dad joke or two! - How to Make a Robot Laugh: Funny and Easy to Read Jokes for Children Who Love Robotics and Silly Engineering Humor by Chris Cate; How to Make a Shark Laugh by Chris Cate

Choose Your Own Adventure for the younger crowd - Choose Your Own Adventure: The Ghost on the Mountain (Dragonlarks) by Kyandreia Jones

Which pollinator has the shiny hiney? - The Great Pollinator Count by Susan Edwards Richmond

Pablo probably wishes he was the one stuffed in his locker - Monster Locker Volume 1 by Jorge Aguirre

The other series that gives you goosebumps - You're Invited to a Creepover V03 Ready for a Scare? The Graphic Novel by P.J. Night; You're Invited to a Creepover V04 The Show Must Go On! the Graphic Novel by P.J. Night; You're Invited to a Creepover V05 There's Something Out There the Graphic Novel by P.J. Night; You're Invited to a Creepover V06 Best Friends Forever the Graphic Nove by P.J. Night

Second time is still a charm - Doña Quixote #2 Flight of the Witch by Rey Terciero; Squire & Knight V02: Wayward Travelers by Scott Chantler

Barbara did whatever she set her mind to do - Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World by Sarah MacKenzie

Let the Right One In - The Outsider by Stephen King

A lot is going on in this book - Only the Guilty Survive by Kate Robards

“But the hubris of excess has mortal consequences.” - Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang

It’s not a walk in the woods - At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

An extraordinary friendship (cannonball!) - The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien by John Hendrix

Kind of a Miserable Home, Actually - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Style over substance but not in a bad way - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

Escapist Fun - The Expats by Chris Pavone

“What would happen if we spoke the truth?” - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

I finally read Fourth Wing (Bingo blackout, just before the deadline!) - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Still looking for the comedy - That's Debatable by Jen Doll

Filled my Earth Day square! (Double bingo) - The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Fine But Not What I Was Hoping For - Women Without Kids by Ruby Warrington

My love/hate relationship with surprises and how it lead me to finding a book to recommend - Dear Duck, Please Come! by Sarah MacKenzie

Dogs slobber! They smell! They POOP! And they bark! - Dog Trouble by Kristin Varner

Finding home - Brownstone by Samuel Teer and Marina Julia

Taverns have ale flowing, wenches are wenching and pirates pirating. - Sea of Thieves by Jeremy Whitley; Sea of Thieves: Origins Volume One by Jeremy Whitley; Sea of Thieves: Origins: Champion of Souls by Jeremy Whitley

“For that brief period when everything ugly is covered under the sparkle of something so new, the world almost feels like it’s living up to its potential.” - The Project by Courtney Summers

Don’t Bring Helen! (Or Please Do) - The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes

“With the mystery genre booming in print and on screen at present, I have had no problem satisfying my cravings for crime.” - Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell

Romance in NYC - Best Men by Sidney Karger

No one is born knowing how friends work. You figure it out as you go along. - Icarus by K. Ancrum

Twist and Shout - The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

“All I’ve ever tried to do is the right thing. If that’s so very different from how things have been done before, then what’s done before was wrong.” - To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Hello Darkness My Old Friend - The Lock-Up by John Banville; Alles Wat er Was by Hanna Bervoets

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