Thursday, May 10, 2007

Another Day, Another Challenge

As if I need something else to keep me reading . . .


Nattie is hosting the Newbery Challenge, and since I love children's books, I just can't resist! My six picks from the Newbery Medal Winners:

  • Katherine Paterson - Bridge to Terabithia (1978)*
  • Beverly Cleary - Dear Mr. Henshaw (1984)
  • Karen Cushman - The Midwife's Apprentice (1996)
  • E. L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday (1997)
  • Louis Sachar - Holes (1999)
  • Susan Patron - The Higher Power of Lucky (2007)
*This will be a re-read from my childhood.

5 comments:

  1. Wow, I was just thinking about children's book the last few days and you gave me the answers. I will go check out these titles you mentioned. :)

    PS: I like Chessire Cat and your blog is really nice. Love the names of your three children. Hehe...

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  2. I'm doing the Newbury challenge too. I've read Bridge to Terabithia and saw the movie too. They were both very sad. I've also read Holes.
    I don't mind if you link to my blog. Thanks for asking.

    --Annie

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  3. Hi! I spent hours reading Newbery books as an undergrad in teacher college. Some of the best hours of my life!

    You've been tagged! Please see my blog for details!

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  4. I'm going to read Higher Power of Lucky, too. Haven't read Dear Mr. Henshaw yet, so I'll be looking forward to your review.

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  5. I love Newberry winners. Here's the list of all the ones I have read to date:

    2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
    2004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
    2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
    2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
    1999: Holes by Louis Sachar
    1997: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
    1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
    1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
    1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
    1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
    1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
    1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
    1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
    1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
    1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
    1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
    1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
    1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
    1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold

    I tried to rate them, but they are all so amazing in their own ways.

    What a great idea to read these again, and to discover the new ones!

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