Colby Sharp’s Favorite New Books

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And below, we collected the favorite books of Colby Sharp.

Picture Books

One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story by Ruth Spiro

Saturday Morning at the 'Shop by Keenan Jones

It's Winter! (Celebrate the Seasons #2) by Renée Kurilla

Cookie Time by Jessie Sima

Cold by Tim McCanna

Touch the Sky by Stephanie V W Lucianovic

The Table by Winsome Bingham

Still Life by Alex London

My Daddy Is a Cowboy: A Picture Book by Stephanie Seales

The Cat Way by Sara Lundberg

The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood

Leo's First Vote! by Christina Soontornvat

I'm Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff

Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman

Sour Apple by Linda Liu

Emma Full of Wonders by Elisha Cooper

Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin

Built to Last by Minh Lê

The Ship in the Window by Travis Jonker

Being Home by Traci Sorell

The Yellow Bus by Loren Long

Partly Cloudy by Deborah Freedman

Just Like Millie by Lauren Castillo

Animal Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell

Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall

Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan

Poetry Comics by Grant Snider

A Friend for Eddy by Ann Kim Ha

Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford

Ready to Soar by Cori Doerrfeld

There's No Such Thing as Vegetables by Kyle Lukoff

Nana in the Country (Nana #2) by Lauren Castillo

The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris

Love Grows by Ruth Spiro

Pepper and Me by Beatrice Alemagna

Threads: Zlata's Ukrainian Shirt by Lina Maslo

The Last Stand by Antwan Eady

Gravity Is Bringing Me Down by Wendelin Van Draanen

My Block Looks Like by Janelle Harper

In the Night Garden by Carin Berger

My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom

Santa's Gotta Go! by Derrick Barnes

I'm From by Gary R Gray Jr

Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter

A Smart, Smart School by Sharon Creech

My Name by Supriya Kelkar

Fox Has a Problem by Corey R Tabor

Hidden Gem by Linda Liu

A Smart, Smart School by Sharon Creech

Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin

Enough Is... by Jessica Whipple

Real to Me by Minh Lê

The World and Everything in It by Kevin Henkes

Twenty Questions by Mac Barnett

Milloo's Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education by Reem Faruqi

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack

This Is a Story by John Schu

Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin

In Every Life by Marla Frazee

Evergreen by Matthew Cordell

Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld

Gibberish by Young Vo

Perfectly Pegasus (Not Quite Narwhal #2) by Jessie Sima

How Old Is Mr. Tortoise? by Dev Petty

Lizzy and the Cloud by Terry Fan

Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C Stead

John's Turn by Mac Barnett

This Is a School by John Schu

Three Pockets Full: A Story of Love, Family, and Tradition by Cindy L Rodriguez

The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer by Philip C Stead

Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall

Berry Song by Michaela Goade

The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman

The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson

Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl #1) by Christopher Denise

Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady

My Brother Is Away by Sara Greenwood

Pip and Zip by Elana K Arnold

The Bird Book by Steve Jenkins

I Don't Care by Julie Fogliano

Nonfiction Picture Books

The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington by Sarah Albee

Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle

Kamala Raised Her Hand by Raakhee Mirchandani

Gifts from the Garbage Truck: A True Story about the Things We (Don't) Throw Away by Andrew Larsen

The Wolf Effect: A Wilderness Revival Story by Rosanne Parry

The Iguanodon's Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again by Sean Rubin

Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J McDaniel

Basketball: Amazing But True Stories! (Who Got Game?) by Derrick D Barnes

And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance by Supriya Kelkar

Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA by Tanya Lee Stone

Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park by Lori Alexander

Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough by Hayley Rocco

Daytime and Nighttime: Explore the Earth's Habitats During the Day and Night - Flip Over to Explore the Daytime by Michael Bright

The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made of by Kirsten W Larson

Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom

Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

We Are Branches by Joyce Sidman

The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery

The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic by Jennifer Thermes

Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane's Bright Invention Makes a Splash by Kate Hannigan

A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin by Gretchen Woelfle

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden

The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest by Heather Lang

To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela Dalton

A Story Is to Share: How Ruth Krauss Found Another Way to Tell a Tale by Carter Higgins

Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race Around the World by Kate Hannigan

To the Front!: Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam by Claudia Friddell

The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa Robinson

Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton by Suzanne Slade

Wait and See by Helen Frost

Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession by Kate Hannigan

Mega-Predators of the Past by Melissa Stewart

Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer

Over and Under the Waves (Over and Under) by Kate Messner

Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks by Melissa Stewart

The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating

The Replay: 25 Greatest Moments in Sports by Adam Skinner

Splash!: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change by Elisa Boxer

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy

Middle Grade Fiction

Radiant by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner

The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett

Lifeboat 5 by Susan Hood

Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park

Unsinkable Cayenne by Jessica Vitalis

Popcorn by Rob Harrell

A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga

The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society #1) by James Ponti

Invisible Isabel by Sally J Pla

Not Another Banned Book by Dana Alison Levy

How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger

The Frindle Files by Andrew Clements

Felix Powell, Boy Dog by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Witching Wind by Natalie Lloyd

Fowl Play by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry

Vega's Piece of the Sky by Jennifer Torres

The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy

Mid-Air by Alicia D Williams

Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn

Gut Reaction by Kirby Larson

Fortune Tellers by Lisa Greenwald

Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn

Hummingbird Season by Stephanie V W Lucianovic

True Colors by Abby Cooper

And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps

Emma McKenna, Full Out (The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class #1) by Kate Messner

The One and Only Family (One and Only #4) by Katherine Applegate

Isabel in Bloom by Mae Respicio

Deep Water by Jamie Sumner

The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

Uprising by Jennifer A Nielsen

Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

Unstuck by Barbara Dee

Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar

Averil Offline by Amy Noelle Parks

Sunny Makes Her Case: A Graphic Novel (Sunny #5) by Jennifer L Holm

Drawing Deena by Hena Khan

Just Keep Walking by Erin Soderberg Downing

Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu

Slugfest by Gordon Korman

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) by Lisa Yee

Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz

Jawbreaker by Christina Wyman

Coyote Queen by Jessica Vitalis

Forever Twelve (The Evers) by Stacy McAnulty

The Death and Life of Benny Brooks: Sort of a Memoir by Ethan Long

The Wild Robot Protects (Wild Robot #3) by Peter Brown

Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango

Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins

Mixed Up by Gordon Korman

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J Pla

The Do More Club by Dana Kramaroff

The House Swap by Yvette Clark

Bella and the Vampire (Shiver by the Sea #1) by Erin Dionne

Heroes by a Hair (Link + Hud) by Jarrett Pumphrey

Wishing Season by Anica Mrose Rissi

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

Elf Dog and Owl Head by M T Anderson

Like Lava in My Veins by Derrick Barnes

North of Supernova by Lindsey Leavitt

Where the Water Takes Us by Alan Barillaro

The Order of Things by Kaija Langley

The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D Schmidt

Control Freaks by J E Thomas

The Gray by Chris Baron

Half Moon Summer by Elaine Vickers

The Cobra's Song by Supriya Kelkar

Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden

Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

The One and Only Ruby (One and Only #3) by Katherine Applegate

Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker

Not an Easy Win by Chrystal D Giles

Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

Worser by Jennifer Ziegler

The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser

Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly

A Song Called Home by Sara Zarr

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller

Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman

A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin

The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q Raúf

Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi

The Road to After by Rebekah Lowell

The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya

Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library Prequel) by Chris Grabenstein

Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet by Barbara Dee

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Big Rig by Louise Hawes

Thirst by Varsha Bajaj

The Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael Leali

Tumble by Celia C Pérez

Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff

The Fort by Gordon Korman

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon

Oh, Sal by Kevin Henkes

The Hurricanes of Weakerville by Chris Rylander

Attack of the Black Rectangles by A S King

Two Degrees by Alan Gratz

The Bridge Battle (Lemonade War #6) by Jacqueline Davies

If You Read This by Kereen Getten

The Bluest Sky by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Mihi Ever After (Mihi Ever After #1) by Tae Keller

You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro

Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

New From Here by Kelly Yang

The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing by Molly B Burnham

The Real Deal by Lindsey Stoddard

Graphic Novels

Dog Trouble by Kristin Varner

We Are Big Time: (A Graphic Novel) by Hena Khan

The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue by Jerzy Drozd

Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas

Next Stop: (A Graphic Novel) by Debbie Fong

Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle

The Adventures of Thunder and Sage (Wagnificent) by Bethanie Murguia

Lucky Scramble by Peter Raymundo

Timid by Jonathan Todd

Meet Me on Mercer Street by Booki Vivat

Blue Stars: Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem: A Graphic Novel by Kekla Magoon

The Big Adventures of Babymouse: Besties! (Book 2): (A Graphic Novel) by Jennifer L Holm

The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom (The First Cat in Space #2) by Mac Barnett

New in Town (Curlfriends) by Sharee Miller

Ghost Book by Remy Lai

Low Power by Michael Rex

Mexikid by Pedro Martín

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (First Cat in Space #1) by Mac Barnett

School Trip: A Graphic Novel by Jerry Craft

Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

Snow Day (Mr. Wolf's Class #5) by Aron Nels Steinke

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel by Dan Santat

Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

The Tryout (The Tryout #1) by Christina Soontornvat

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee

Booked (Graphic Novel) by Kwame Alexander

Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy by Jonathan Hill

Your Pal Fred by Michael Rex

Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel (Leon #1) by Jamar Nicholas

Play Like a Girl by Misty Wilson

Colby Sharp is a husband and father of five. He teaches fifth grade in Parma, Michigan. Colby is the co-founder of Nerdy Book Club, and he co-hosts The Yarn podcast with Travis Jonker. Colby co-authored Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids with Donalyn Miller, and he is the editor of The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection. His latest book, with Donalyn Miller, A Commonsense Guide to Classroom Libraries is now available.