Reading Roundup October 2009

By the Numbers
Picture Books: 23
Early Readers: 2

Sources
(New category! Just to let you and the FTC know where I get my books.)
Review Copies: 1
Purchased: 1
Library: 21
Other: 1 (Um. I read it standing in the bookstore. Um. Sorry.)

Standouts
Writing: Bebe Goes to the Beach by Susan Middleton Elya
Illustration: This is the Stable, illustrated by Delana Bettoli
Overall: Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost, illustrated by Leonid Gore (review coming soon!)

Because I Want To Awards
Punniest: Boogie Knights by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Mark Siegel
Most Fun Interplay Between Text and Illustrations: Minerva Louise on Halloween by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Savviest Protagonist: The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama