(image: “The 1” California- Anne-Marie, 2009).
In a mad attempt to channel some good thoughts after a trying December I read an absurd amount of Newbery Medal winners. There was no risk of running into a romantic love story. Most Newbery Medal winners were about pets, Grandparents, and West Virginia. Kira-Kira, Out of the Dust, Missing May, Walk Two Moons and Dear Mr. Henshaw are by far my favorites. After 9 months of quick reads I have settled down to more age appropriate books. But it’s always worth it to go back to the classics and escape during messy times of life.
"Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find, just read!" -Neil Gaiman
Criss Cross: Lynne Rae Perkins
Kira-Kira: Cynthia Kadahata
A Year Down Yonder: Richard Peck
Bud, Not Buddy: Christopher Paul Curtis
Holes: Louis Sachar
Out of the Dust: Karen Hesse
The View From Saturday: E.L. Konigsburg
The Midwife’s Apprentice: Karen Cushman
Walk Two Moons: Sharon Creech
The Giver: Lois Lowry
Missing May: Cynthia Rylant
Shiloh: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Maniac Magee: Jerry Spinelli
Number the Stars: Lois Lowry
The Whipping Boy: Sid Fleischman
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Patricia MacLachlan
Dear Mr. Henshaw: Beverly Cleary
Jacob Have I loved: Katherine Paterson
The Westing Game: Ellen Raskin
Julie of the Wolves: Jean Craighead George
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: E.L. Konigsburg
I, Juan De Pareja: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
Shadow of a Bull: Maja Wojciechowska
It’s Like this, Cat: Emily Neville
Island of the Blue Dolphins: Scott O’Dell
The Twenty-One Balloons: William Pene Bois
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