Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Celebrate the Author Reading Challenge

Dates: January 1st through December 31st

February-
Judy Blume
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

*March-
Dr. Seuss
The Lorax (my all-time favorite Dr. Seuss!)

*April-
Beverly Cleary
Ralph S. Mouse
--substituted Emily's Runaway Imagination

*May-
James M. Barrie
Peter Pan

*June-
Cynthia Rylant
The Octopus (Lighthouse Family)

*July-
E.B. White
Stuart Little

*August-
Ruth Stiles Gannett
My Father's Dragon

*September-
Roald Dahl
The Witches

*October-
Johanna Hurwitz
Lexi's Tale

*November-
Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Looking for Bobowicz

*December-
Avi
Ragweed

So, did you notice that all my selections are children's books? That's because I'm devoting this challenge to the boys. These will be among the books that I read to them. Gotta say, I really looking forward to this one!

3 comments:

chrisa511 said...

Ooh! I almost want to join just to steal your list, but I'm saying no, lol. You have some of my favorite childhood books on there. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM is incredible and the movie is just as good. I completely forgot about Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!! That one was so good...I'll have to revisit that one. The Mouse and the Motorcycle was literally my favorite book for awhile when I was a kid. Your boys will love it :) And Peter Pan will always be a favorite. There's an edition that's illustrated by Charles Vess that I highly recommend. He's the guy that illustrated Neil Gaiman's Stardust and his work is wonderful. Reminds me of old time fairy tale illustrations.

Dewey said...

Lucky boys!

alisonwonderland said...

you've picked some really great books here! have fun!