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Host: Becky's Book Reviews (
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Duration: January - December 2017
Goal: To have adults read more picture books. To celebrate the fact that
picture books are for everyone! Families are, of course, welcome to
join in!
# of books: minimum of 6
Feel free to copy/paste this. You can replace the _ with an X or a ✔
(copy/paste it) when you finish reading a book. If you list the books
you read, that may help other people decide what to read.
✔ 1. An alphabet book
✔ 2. A counting book
✔ 3. Concept book: shapes or numbers or opposites or colors
✔ 4. a book set on a farm or in the country
✔ 5. a book set in the city or in an urban area
Before Morning. Joyce Sidman. Illustrated by Beth Krommes. 2016. HMH. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 6. a book set at the beach, in the ocean, or by a lake
Harry by the Sea. Gene Zion. Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham. 1976. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 7. a book with human characters
✔ 8. a book with animal characters
Mother Bruce. Ryan T. Higgins. 2015. Disney-Hyperion. 44 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 9. a bedtime book
✔ 10. a rhyming book
That's Me Loving You. Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Teagan White. 2016. [December] 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 11. a book celebrating art
✔ 12. a book celebrating dance
✔ 13. a book celebrating music
✔ 14. a book celebrating family (parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, etc.)
✔ 15. a book about feelings, expressing feelings
Finn Throws A Fit. David Elliott. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. 2009. Candlewick. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 16. a book with a twist (unexpected) ending
Bulldozer Helps Out. Candace Fleming. Illustrated by Eric Rohmann. 2017. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 17. a book about pets (cats, dogs, fish)
✔ 18. a book celebrating libraries or reading
_ 19. a book translated into English (originally published in another language/country)
✔ 20 Mother Goose related
✔ 21
a book about adoption
✔ 22
a book by Gail Gibbons
_ 23
a book by Jon Scieszka
✔ 24
a book featured on Reading Rainbow
Caps for Sale. Esphyr Slobodkina. 1938. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 25
free choice
Sophie's Surprise. Lee Richardson. Illustrated by Shirley Holt. 1983. 28 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 26
out of print
Three Little Kittens. Illustrated by Lilian Obligado. 1974. Random House. 32 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 27
wordless picture book
Yellow Umbrella. Jae-Soo Liu. Music composed by Dong II Sheen. 2002. Kane/Miller. 36 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 28
a book by Margaret Wise Brown
Runaway Bunny. Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. 1942. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 29
a board book
Nighty-Night. Leslie Patricelli. 2017. Candlewick. 26 pages. [Source: Review copy; board book]
✔ 30. a book about trains or planes
Trains Don't Sleep. Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Deidre
Gill. 2017. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 31. a book about cars or trucks
How to Track a Truck. Jason Carter Eaton. Illustrated by John Rocco. 2016. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 32. a book about starting school
✔ 33. a book about friendship (sharing, caring, forgiving)
✔ 34. a book about being ME, about being unique, special, loved, etc.
Thunder Boy Jr. Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. 2016. Little, Brown. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 35. a fairy tale
Beauty and the Beast. Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated by Meg Park. 2017. Disney-Hyperion. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 36. a twisted (adapted) fairy tale
Wolf's Story. Toby Forward. Illustrated by Izhar Cohen. 2005. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 37. a book about a holiday
✔ 38. a new-to-you author
A Good Day for A Hat. T. Nat Fuller. Illustrated by Rob Hodgson. 2017. Abrams. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 39. a new-to-you illustrator
Carrot & Pea. Morag Hood. 2017. HMH. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 40. a book about new experiences (dentist, doctor, sleepovers, movies, playing sports, learning to swim, etc.)
88 Instruments. Chris Barton. Illustrated by Louis Thomas. 2016. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 41. a series book
Strega Nona. Tomie dePaola. 1975. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 42. a book celebrating food (cooking, eating, trying new foods, eating healthy)
✔ 43. a book published before 1950
✔ 44. a book published in the 1950s
Julius. Syd Hoff. (An I Can Read Book) 1959. 64 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 45. a book published in the 1960s
Corduroy. Don Freeman. 1968. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 46. a book published in the 1970s
Leo the Late Bloomer. Robert Kraus. Illustrated by Jose Aruego. 1971/1994. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 47. a book published in the 1980s
Minerva Louise. Janet Morgan Stoeke. 1988. 24 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 48. a book published in the 1990s
✔ 49. a book published in the 2000s
✔ 50. a book published 2010-2016
✔ 51. a book published in 2017
✔ 52. a book by Dr. Seuss
✔ 53. a book by Mo Willems
✔ 54. a book by Jan Thomas
✔ 55. a book by Eric Carle
✔ 56. a book by Laura Numeroff
✔ 57. a book by Patricia Polacco
Thunder Cake. Patricia Polacco. 1997. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 58. a book by Jon Klassen
_ 59. a book by Beatrix Potter
✔ 60. a book by Kevin Henkes
When Spring Comes. Kevin Henkes. Illustrated by Laura Dronzek. 2016. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 61. a book written or illustrated by LeUyen Pham
✔ 62. a Caldecott winner
The Rooster Crows. Maud and Miska Petersham. 1945. (Caldecott Medal) 64 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 63. a Caldecott honor
Freedom in Congo Square. Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. 2016. 34 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 64. a picture book biography
✔ 65. a nonfiction picture book
Language of Angels. Richard Michelson. 2017. Charlesbridge. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 66. a book from your childhood
Umbrella. Taro Yashima. 1958/1977. 40 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 67. a book you discovered as an adult
✔ 68. a book celebrating writing, being an author or illustrator
✔ 69. a library book
✔ 70. an audio book
✔ 71. a book about dinosaurs OR dragons
✔ 72. nonfiction book about animals (or animal)
Penguin Day. Nic Bishop. 2017. Scholastic. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
_ 73. a challenged book OR a controversial book
✔ 74. a book that makes you laugh
Chicken Story Time. Sandy Asher. Illustrated by Mark Fearing. 2016. (Dec) 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 75. a book that makes you cry
✔ 76. hate the text, love the art
A Fairy Friend. Sue Fliess. Illustrated by Claire Keane. 2016. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 77. love the text, hate the art
Hug This Book. Barney Saltzberg. Illustrated by Fred Benaglia. 2016. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 78. a book with a great cover
✔ 79. a book with an ugly cover
Triangle. Mac Barnett. Illustrated by Jon Klassen. 2017. Candlewick. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 80. a book about toys
✔ 81. a book about weather
Rain. Robert Kalan. Illustrated by Donald Crews. 1978. 32 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 82. a picture book for older readers
_ 83. a book of jokes, riddles, tongue-twisters
_ 84. a book about seasons
✔ 85. a song
✔ 86. a poetry book
✔ 87. a book by a celebrity
Goodnight, Numbers. Danica McKellar. Illustrated by Alicia Padron. 2017. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 88. a book published in Australia
✔ 89. a book published in the UK
✔ 90. a book about science or math
✔ 91. a book about history or historical event
✔ 92. a book about sports
The Sock Thief. Ana Crespo. Illustrated by Nana Gonzales. 2015. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 93. a book about celebrating birthdays
✔ 94. a book about a President or world leader
✔ 95. a book about another country
✔ 96. a book celebrating faith
Purim Chicken. Margery Cuyler. Illustrated by Puy Pinillos. 2017. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 97. a pop-up book, or, a book with cut-outs or flaps or fold-outs
✔ 98. a bilingual book
✔ 99. a television series that has been adapted to a book
✔ 100. a book that has been adapted to a television series
_ 101. an adaptation of a myth or legend
✔ 102. a book about babies
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