Reading Roundup October 2008

By the Numbers
Picture Books: 21
Early Readers: 2 (I need more good early readers. Suggestions?)

Standouts
Writing: Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George, ill. Priscilla Lamont
Illustration: There's Nothing to Do on Mars by Chris Gall
Overall: A Story for Bear by Dennis Haseley, ill. Jim LaMarche

Because I Want To Awards
Most Romptastic: We've All Got Bellybuttons! by David Martin, ill. Randy Cecil
Dare You Not To Pick This One Up: Airplanes!: Soaring! Diving! Turning! (Things That Go!) by Patricia Hubbell, ill. Megan Halsey
Best New-Mommy Book: Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting by Barbara Park, ill. Viviana Garofoli