2008 Reading List

Books I read in 2008

January:
1. Eve Marco, Clara Barton and the American Red Cross
2. G. Clifton Wilder, Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer
3. Martha Brenner, Abe Lincoln’s Hat
4. Candice Ransom, Clara Barton; History Makers Bios
5. Rae Baines, Robert E. Lee, Brave Leader
6. Kay Moore, If you lived at the time of the civil war
7. Seymour Reit, Behind Rebel Lines
8. John Holt, How Children Learn

February:
9. Mary Griffeth, The Unschooling Handbook; How to Use the World as Your Child’s Classroom

March:
10. Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek; Little House Series #4

April:
11. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery Medal Winner 1963)
12. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in The Big Woods; Little House Series #1
13. Laura Ingalls Wilder, By the Shores of Silver Lake; Little House Series #5

May:

June:
14. Randy Newberry, If the Battle is the Lord’s Why am I So Tired (Religion)
15. Gary Beauchemin, Hope Beyond Hell; The Righteous Purpose of God’s Judgment (Religion)

July:
16. Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People (Religion)
17. Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth (Classic)
18. Wendy Orr, Nim’s Island
19. Judy Blume, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.
20. Gail Carson Levine, Writing Magic
21. Scott O’Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins (Newbery Medal Winner 1961)
22. Marguerite de Angeli, The Door In The Wall (Newbery Medal Winner 1950)
23. Judy Blume, Blubber
24. Felix Salter, Bambi: A Life In The Woods (Classic)
25. George Seldon, The Cricket In Time Square (Newbery Honor)
26. Frank Bawn, The Wizard of Oz (Classic)
27. Eleanor Estes, Ginger Pye (Newbery Medal Winner 1952)
28. Sid Flieschman, The Whipping Boy (Newbery Medal Winner 1987)
29. Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went To Heaven (Newbery Medal Winner 1931)
30. Elizabeth Foreman, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (Newbery Medal Winner 1933)
31. Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Newbery Medal Winner 1959)
32. Lewis Lowry, The Giver (Newbery Medal Winner 1994)

August:
33. Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves (Newbery Medal Winner 1973)
34. Cornelia Meigs, Invincible Louisa (Newbery Medal Winner 1934)

September:
35. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (Classic)
36. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mocking Bird (Classic)
37. Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Classic)
38. Thorton W. Burgess, The Adventures of Paddy Beaver
39. Lois Lensky, Strawberry Girl (Newbery Medal Winner 1946)
40. S.E Hinton, The Outsiders (Classic)
41. Patricia Reilly Giff, Lily’s Crossing (Newbery Honor)
42. Patricia Reilly Giff, Pictures of Hollis Woods (Newbery Honor)

October:
43. Thornton W. Burgess, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck
44. Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Newbery Honor)
45. Lois Lenski, Indian Captive; The Story of Mary Jemison (Newbery Honor)
46. Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved (Newbery Medal Winner 1981)
47. George Orwell, Animal Farm (Classic)
48. Barbara Cartland, Love Rules (Romance)
49. Barbara Cartland, Gypsy Magic (Romance)
50. Barbara Cartland, A Marriage Made in Heaven (Romance)

November:
51. J.D. Salinger, The Catcher In the Rye (Classic)
52. Nicholas Sparks, Nights in Rodanthe (Romance)
53. Jack London, The Call of The Wild (Classic)
54. William H. Armstrong, Sounder (Newbery Medal Winner 1970)
55. Pat Frank, Alas Babylon (Science Fiction)
56. Karen Hesse, Out of The Dust (Newbery Medal Winner 1998)
57. Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie (Newbery Medal Winner 1958)
58. Bishop Carlton Pearson, The Gospel of Inclusion (Religion)
59. Philip Gulley & James Mulholand, If Grace Is True; Why God Will Save Every Person (Religion)

December:
60. Barbara Cartland, Kiss The Moonlight (Romance)