Notes from the Member Meetup by Kelly Allan, CLEL Steering Subcommittee Chair
At November’s Member Meetup, attendees talked about some of their favorite storytime reads published in 2022. We also discussed trends we noticed in picture books this year such as the continuation of themes of diversity, consent, and environmental justice.
Our meeting attendees’ 2022 storytime favorites included:
Armadillo Antics by Bill Martin and Michael Sampson, illustrated by Nathalie Beauvois
The Best Bed for Me by Gaia Cornwall
Chirp! by Mary Murphy
Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure by Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez, illustrated by Andrea Campos
Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? by Derick Wilder, illustrated by K-Fai Steele
Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat
Gibberish by Young Vo
A Good Place by Lucy Cousins
Hidden Animal Colors by Jane Park
How We Eat by Shuli de la Fuente-Lau
Hush, Little Trucker by Kim Norman, illustrated by Toshiki Nakamura
I Am! A Book of Reminders by Juana Medina
Iguana Be a Dragon by Maddie Frost
I Love You Because I Love You by Muon Van, illustrated by Jessica Love
I’m Not Small by Nina Crews
Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway
Poo-Dunit? A Forest Floor Mystery by Kate Aronson, illustrated by Stephanie Laberis
Rumble and Roar: Sounds Around the World by Sue Fliess
This Is a School by John Schu, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison
Trucks On Trucks by Sorche Fairbank, illustrated by Nik Henderson
Where Is Bina Bear? By Mike Curato
Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Chris Raschka
