Here’s a list of some of my favourite things, 2018. I’ve reduced lists to five items, except for children’s novels. All listed in alphabetical order. Shout outs have been marked with *
PICTURE BOOKS
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders; illus. Jared Andrew Schorr
Most People by Michael Leanna; illus. Jennifer E. Morris
Dreamers by Yuyi Moralis
*The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds
The Promise by Pnina Bat Zvi & Margie Wolfe; illus Isabelle Cardinal
NOVELS (ages 9-13)
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Sweep by Jonathan Auxier
The Truth According to Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Missing Mike by Shari Green
*No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
*Ebb & Flow by Heather Smith
The Front Desk by Kelly Yang
YA NOVELS
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich, Steve Levisnon, Benj Pasek, Justing Paul
*The Landing by John Ibbitson
The Agony of Bun O’Keefe by Heather Smith
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
90 Days of Different by Eric Walters
ADULT READS
The Storm by Arif Anwar
*Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Pops by Michael Chabon
Calypso by David Sedaris
MOVIES
The Cakemaker
Foxtrot
*The Rider
Roma
The Shoplifters
DOCUMENTARIES
Itzhak
Nothing Like a Dame
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
*Won’t You Be My Neighbour
THEATRE (local)
*Adrenaline
Every Brilliant Thing
Fun Home
Punk Rock
Secret Life of a Mother
THEATRE (London/ New York+)
Company
Hadestown
*The Inheritance
Lifespan of a Fact
To Kill a Mockingbird+
ETC.
You Took the Last Bus Home by Brian Bilston (poetry)
Bird Guy by David Booth
Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Ari Folman; illus. David Polonsky