After a fantastic summer full of reading, I am delighted to announce that
the winner of The Little Literati Summer Reading Challenge is
Gianna from Michigan!
Gianna and her mom submitted the following fantastic list of books that you might enjoy, too.
A book set in a place you’ve never been
Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier
A book that teaches you how to do something
The Wonders of Nature Sketchbook by Colleen Monroe
A book that was your mom or dad’s favorite when they were a kid
Raggedy Ann and the Cookie Snatcher by Barbara Shook Hazen
A book with a funny title
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
A book with an animal as the main character
The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
A book about a make-believe world
Sheila Rae, The Brave by Kevin Henkes
A long book—one that is longer than you normally read
Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell by G. M. Berrow
A book of poems
Bow Wow Meow Meow by Douglas Florian
A book about the sea or the sky
Whales and Dolphins by JJ Anderson
A book about people who lived a long time ago
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges
Congratulations to all the other Little Literati who finished their reading challenges! I loved hearing about your reading adventures and seeing your book lists! I'll be featuring some of those selections in the coming month as summer comes to a close.
Thanks, too, to those Grown-up Literati who participated in The BIGGER Little Literati Summer Reading Challenge! I equally enjoyed reading your lists and plan on stealing many of your ideas for the coming year. I'll be sharing some of those here, too.
One of the most delightful things I received in my inbox was a picture from one of the biggest Little Literati fans out there, Dr. Jill White! She took on The BIGGER Little Literati Challenge and commemorated the challenge with this picture. She has such terrific taste in books, I wanted to share the list to go along with the picture, as well, so that you could take it to the library, hand it over, and say simply, "This, please!"
A book set in a place you've never been
Italian Neighbors by Tim Parks
A book that teaches you how to do something
Creative Metal Forming
A book that most people have read in school but that you somehow dodged--until now!
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
A book meant for young adults
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian
A book that was made into a movie
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
A book about another world
When the Emperor Was Devine by Julie Otsuko
A long book--one is longer than you normally read
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A book of poems
Come, Thief by Jane Hirshfield
A book with a bird or a fish on the cover
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quinlan
A book you've loved your whole life
The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley
To add to the excitement about the start of fall (or Summer, Part the Second, if you live in Florida like me), I'd like to invite you to join me at DeidrePrice.com, my new site which will feature Little Literati posts, book reviews, and essays on pedagogy, theology, and Priceology (where I'll write about peanut butter cabinets, battery drawers, and the shame of opening too-full linen closets for the bug guy when he comes around quarterly).
There will be no recipes or helpful household hints without links to Poison Control, I promise.
With chapters' worth of love in the meantime,
Deidre & the Little Literati
