Gerrick is excited about this challenge hosted by Home-Grown Kids. I'll update this post regularly with the books we read aloud this month, so click on the link in the sidebar if you'd like to check-up on our status. Some books may be listed more than once (because if he wants a book re-read, I would never say that it doesn't count!)
We're also going to use a printable 100 chart and color in a square for each book read. I think this will be a good visual for Gerrick. He thinks there is no way we can read 100 books in a month; he doesn't realize we already probably do.
November 2009
1. Little Farm by the Sea by Kay Chorao
2. Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone
3. The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer
4. L'il Dan the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story by Romare Bearden
5. Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by Dr. Seuss
6. Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
7. Ducks in Muck by Lori Haskins*
8. Swimmy by Leo Lionni
9. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
10. Rumplestiltskin retold by Paul O Zelinsky
11. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
12. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
13. Flotsam by David Wiesner
14. The Napping House by Audrey Wood
15. Swamp Monsters by Mary Blount Christian
16. Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Cowley*
17. L'il Dan the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story by Romare Bearden
18. The Church Mice and the Ring by Graham Oakley
19. I Love My Little Storybook by Anita Jeram
20. The Magic Hill by A.A. Milne
21. Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
22. The Taxi That Hurried by Tibor Gergely
23. The Tale of Three Trees retold by Angela Elwell Hunt
24. Rocks in His Head by James Stevenson
25. Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon
26. The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
27. The Eye of the Pharaoh by Iain Smyth
28. Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch
29. All About Alligators by Jim Arnosky
30. Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
31. The Knights of the Round Table translated by L.A. Bortolussi
32. Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende & Harry Devlin
33. Sid the Kid (Reading Eggs)*
34. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly retold by Nadine Bernard Westcott
35. Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
36. Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters
37. The Church Mice and the Ring by Graham Oakley
38. I Can See Six (Reading Eggs)*
39. Olivia...and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer
40. Jane and the Dragon by Martin Baynton
41. Usborne Lift-the-flap Under the Sea
42. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs as told to Jon Scieszka
43. Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by Dr. Seuss
44. Oh Say Can You Say? by Dr. Seuss
45. Grandfather Buffalo by Jim Arnosky
46. Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
47. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
48. Frederick by Leo Lionni
49. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
50. Curious George by H.A. Rey
51. Groundhog Gets a Say as told to Pamela Curtis Swallow
52. Sit (Reading Eggs)*
53. Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola
54. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
55. Miss Nelson Is Back by James Marshall
56. The Church Mice and the Ring by Graham Oakley
57. Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters
58. The Big Queen (Reading Eggs)*
59. Tiger Can't Sleep by S.J. Fore
60. The Snowmen by C&M Buehner
61. The Church Mice at Christmas by Graham Oakley
62. Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters
63. The Church Mice at Bay by Graham Oakley
64. Once There Was a Tree by Natalia Romanova
65. The Man Who Loved Books by Jean Fritz
66. The Church Mice at Bay by Graham Oakley
67. My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
68. Wag It (Reading Eggs)*
69. The Eye of the Pharaoh by Iain Smyth
70. Swamp Monsters by Mary Blount Christian
71. The Diary of a Church Mouse by Graham Oakley
72. Coyote Raid in Cactus Canyon by Jim Arnosky
73. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
74. Wemberley Worried by Kevin Henkes
75. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
76. The Big Queen (Reading Eggs)*
77. All Aboard Trains by Mary Harding
78. Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett
79. Curious George by H.A. Rey
80. Olivia and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer
81. A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
82. Who Took the Farmer's Hat? by Joan L. Nodset
83. Shortcut by Donald Crews
84. Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie de Paola
84. Zinnia's Flower Garden by Monica Wellington
85. The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
86. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
87. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
88. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
89. Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger
90. Christmas Trolls by Jan Brett
We were 10 short of the goal, but that's okay, some of these books were pretty long and I'd much rather encourage quality over quantity. :) (Oh, and we didn't even count the 25+ Bible stories that were read.)
* read by Gerrick
Thanks for joining in! Like the chart idea, too! ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to keep track of it, I think my kids would be amazed at the number of books read too.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a lot, until you think "three a day", and that's not much! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat challenge!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! We definitely read at least 100 books a month. I like the idea of the chart too.
ReplyDeleteSee, I come here and there's always a great idea! Count us in.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to seeing Amie's reaction when we hit a 100. I think we do this already too, and I'm sure she'll say "we read a THOUSAND books a month, Mama!", or "a hundred million!" So maybe this will be less an issue of reading than of counting - realizing what "a hundred" actually means.
And of course I love lists.
you have some good ones so far. I loved the illustrations in the the girl in the castle in the museum.
ReplyDeleteI like the chart idea. I don't like the idea of trying to keep up with a list of our books but I love the number aspect of it!
ReplyDeleteMandy, I agree. I'm just keeping the books read in a stack and adding them here at the end of the day. Some people like to see what others are reading to get ideas for their own library days; that's really the only reason I'm keeping up with a list here. Gerrick is only using the chart. If he decides he wants to continue this challenge after November, I won't be listing here. :)
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