My Reading Log: The List

            I admit it; I am a bookworm.  I enjoy reading...no, devouring books.   If I sit next to some unsuspecting stranger at a doctor's office and they are reading a paperback,  I find subtle ways to get a glimpse of the cover.  Have I read it?  Nope. Add it to my potential menu.  I despise book covers and electronic reading tools only because it's difficult to see what you are reading. Wait, sometimes, that's a good thing! 
             If someone asks, "Hey! Have you read this?"  I feel small butterflies in my stomach at the mere hint of something new to read. When I don't make time to read,  I feel like my brain is withering away like a neglected tomato on a dying vine.  I love to share reading experiences with others.  Fiction, magazines, nonfiction, poetry, dramas, young adult, old adult, almanacs...I'll read anything!  I also want to ask questions about what you've been reading.  Have you read any good books lately? 
           Here is a list of books I've read this summer as an assignment for my Young Adult and Children's Literature class.  This is, by no means, the list of everything I have read.  I have, however, read some new choices based on suggestions from my professor and my classmates' blogs. I revisited some favorites from my own childhood.  I even grabbed a book recommended by a six year old while visiting the public library!   

I. Non-fiction/Informational

1) Nimmo, B. & Scott, D. (2000). Rachel’s tears.  Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc.

2)Pelzer, Dave. (1995). A child called “It.” Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications.

3) Frank, A. (1993). Diary of a young girl. New York: Bantam Books.

4) Perl, L. & Lazan, M.B. (1996). Four perfect pebbles: A holocaust story. New York: Avon Books.  

II. Poetry

1)     Hesse, K. (2001). Witness. New York: Scholastic.

2)     Hesse, K. (1997) . Out of the dust. New York: Scholastic.

3)     Creech, S. (2004). Heartbeat. New York: Scholastic.

4)     Sones, S. (2001). What my mother doesn’t know.  New York: Simon Pulse.

5)     San Souci, R.D.  (2000).  Cinderella skeleton. New York: Harcourt.  

III. Modern Fantasy

1)     Levine, G.C. (1997). Ella Enchanted. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.  

2)     Huxley, A. (1932). Brave new world. New York: Perennial Classics.

3)     Keyes, D. (1959). Flowers for Algernon. New York: Bantam.

4)     Yolen, J. (1988). The devil’s arithmetic. New York: Viking.

5)     DuPrau, J. (2003). The city of Ember.  New York: Random House.

6)     King-Smith, D. (1982). Pigs might fly: A novel. New York: Viking Press.

7)     Bacigalupi, P. (2012). The drowned cities. New York: Little, Brown and Company.

8)     Oppel. K. (2004). Airborn. New York: EOS.

IV. Historical Fiction

1) Armstrong, W. (1969).  Sounder. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

2) James, H. (1898). Turn of the screw. New York: MacMillan Company.
3) Crane, S. (1983). Red badge of courage. New York: Puffin Books.

4) Boyne, J. (2004). Boy in the striped pajamas. New York: Random House.

5) Lowry, L. (1989). Number the stars. New York: Yearling Books.  

6) Hunt, I.  Across five Aprils. New York: Berkley Books.

7) Cushman. K. (1994). Catherine called Birdy. New York: Harper Trophy.

8) Taylor. M.D. (1976). Roll of thunder, hear my cry. New York: Penguin.  

V. Traditional

1) Chase, R. (1943). The Jack tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

2) Brooke, W.J. (1994). Teller of tales. New York: Harper Trophy.

3) Averbeck, J. (2013). The market bowl. Massachusetts: Charlesbridge Publishing.

4) Schlitz, L.A. (2007). The bearskinner: A tale of the brothers Grimm. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.  

VI. Realistic Fiction

1)     Barkley, B. (2007). Dream Factory. New York: Dutton Books.

2)     Creech, S. (1994). Walk two moons. New York: Harper Collins.

3)     Paulsen, Gary. (1987) . Hatchet. New York: Puffin Books.

4)     Paulsen, Gary. (1984). Tracker. New York: Scholastic.

5)     Peck, R. (1998). Long way from Chicago. New York: Dial.

6)     Erskine, K. (2010) Mockingbird. New York: Scholastic.

7)     Lord, C. (2006). Rules. New York: Scholastic.

8)     Kidd. S.M. (2003). The secret life of bees. New York: PenguinGroup Inc.

 

VII. Picture Books

1) Young, E. (1992). Seven blind mice.  New York: Scholastic.

2) Silverstein, S. (1964). The giving tree. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

3) Wolf, A. (1989). True story of the three little pigs. New York: Penguin Books.  

4) Winter, J. (1988). Follow the drinking gourd. New York: Dragonfly Books.

5)Bunting, E. (2002). The bones of Fred McFee. New York: Harcourt.
6) Locker, T. (1984). Where the river begins. New York: Puffin Books.

7) Moulton, M.K. (2003). Twisted sistahs. Wisconsin: Lang Books.